5 Great Baseball Video Games You Need to Play
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- There have been many great baseball games over the years. In this video, I share some of my favorites as well as have my good friend Square Pegs share one with ya. Have you played any of these? What are your favorites? Comment below and thank you for watching.
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World Series Baseball was my jam. Used to be up til 2am at my Uncles house doing home run derbys with him.
Thanks for sharing!
WSB 95 FTW!
Weird to see this series not get mentioned - this was the “De facto” baseball series to play on the Genesis and Saturn.
Just because I did not mention it does not mean I did not play it or think it is good.
Easily the best Baseball franchise of the 16-bit era. Felt like they had a monopoly and even though these were Genesis exclusive. Only thing is like most old sports games that don't lean heavily into arcade style gameplay these don't hold up quite as well.
I had a love for Tommy Lasorda Baseball for the Sega Genesis.
The NES version of Baseball Stars is still my all time favorite baseball game. I love the create a team mode. My friends and I still play it to this day.
The American Dreams!
Let's go Mets!
This game rules. What is a wren?
A bird. If you don’t know what that does then you never fully enjoyed building a perfect team
Baseball Simulator 1.000 was always my NES baseball jam. I just loved that there was a stadium in space. Not to mention the league where everyone had various super powers.
Been stuck on Super Mega Baseball the last couple months. Wicked fun game.
I had a migraine all day on my 21st birthday. I didn't drink at the time so I didn't really miss out but to keep me occupied I played Bottom of the 9th all day in my dark room. Happy birthday to me!
Bummer man. My 21st birthday was depressing. As I lived with a Mormon family who didn't allow alcohol in the house. So I went and bought a Mickey's 40oz and drank alone outside in the carport at night in the dark. That is a night I will never forget. Sigh....
I absolutely loved Bad News Baseball on NES when I was growing up. Very arcade feel with fun animated cutscenes, awesome music and a pink bunny as the umpire. How can ya beat that.
great jumping and diving
LATeam Battingspree
Ken Griffey Baseball on SNES.
Only watched this vid to see if he included it xD
I'm a huge fan of Super Baseball Sim 1.000 to the point that I imported all the SFC sequels. And I picked up Super Batter Up after finding out that it's the only true US sequel to RBI Baseball.
I LOVED Super Baseball Simulator 1.000 and I also imported the Japan only sequel. Everything about that game was great, especially the music.
In addition the soundtrack and sound fx are so good. Repetitive but never gets old.
This is a very sensible list if only for RBI and Ken Griffey. I grew up in a small town and we would hold ‘tournaments’ with RBI Baseball 2 with friends and family. I recently acquired a CIB version of that game and showed it off on Facebook and the response from everyone (including people I didn’t even know played this game) was incredible.
There's a lot of nostalgia for the original R.B.I. Baseball game, but the second game really is simply better in every way.
Baseball Stars on the NES has a special place in my heart, as my brother and I played the heck out of it. We were big into rotisserie baseball at the time, and we would put the teams from our league in and play and sim it for some added fun. I haven't played any of The Show, but I may have to pick it up and give it a go. I haven't played a baseball video game in many years.
MVP Baseball with Manny on the cover. LOVED that game.
mvp baseball 05 greatest baseball game ever. Sad it was the last mvp baseball
@@zacheryainsworth3825 hate to be that guy, but pretty sure the last one was with college teams because 2K took the license.
Reggie Jackson's Baseball on Sega Master System is my all time favorite
I love that game too! So underrated!
My favorite baseball game!
Ken Griffy Jr. Slugfest for N64 was my go to baseball game as a kid.
Ken Griffey jr baseball actually does have all the rep players just not their names. It also lets you edit their names and I remember going through my baseball cards at the time and updated as many players as I could. I probably had close to 75% of the real names in the game. Let my friend borrow it and when I got it back the save had been wiped. I was devastated lol. Definitely the best baseball game on SNES.
I wonder if there is a save online that did this
i had done the same, but i completed 100% of the names. that was lots of time going through the news paper and year book stats section, and entering names. and of course players had been traded or sent to AAA, so that made it even more fun, but it was worth it. easier to get hyped when you hit a grand slam with the real player name. i checked a few months ago, and unfortunately from battery degredation only about 9 teams had the names left.
@@johnhancockretro there is a list online of which player represents which real life player.
No kidding I am currently playing MLBPA Baseball on the SNES while watching this, not the best baseball game on the snes but one I rented a lot back in the day
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I had that when I was a kid! It's a serviceable baseball title. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done. :)
MVP 05 on PS2. Also Mario Baseball on gamecube had an awesome Toy Baseball mode. Which was amazing with 4 players.
What about MVP baseball 2005? Some people say that's the best baseball game ever.
With Manny Ramirez on the cover, yes sir. Best baseball game of all time.
Yep, that game rules.
It is
You mean everybody. The true baseball game fan would choose this...
Oh, man I played that for hours upon hours at a time 😅 was hooked.
I think it was Tony LaRussa Baseball where I got a reliever up in the bullpen, forgot about him, and when I finally called on him, his stamina was zero. Dude pitched himself to exhaustion in the bullpen.
Loved this game. I wish the gameplay would've been a little more fun somehow. I loved the camera angles and stat side of things.
I always loved Dusty Diamond Softball on the NES!
Yeah because you could get a lot of money if you were to sell that dusty diamond softball in the second hand video game market!
Loved Bases Loaded growing up (Oko was the best!)
Baseball Stars was great too. Always rented it.
But my favorite is Baseball All-stars 2003 on PS2. Everything from the player and team customization, pitching, batting options, injuries, career progression, and overall feel gives some good play.
Yay a baseball video. I grew up with the first Earl Weaver on PC. We created real players using Elias baseball analyst books, had a draft and had a league with our friends. That game has a special place. Hardball was also a favorite which I played with my Dad on the Commodore 64. On console I played a lot of Cyber Stadium Series Base Wars on the NES.
Hardball for the C-64, stayed up all night playing this gem when I was young. Dude I loved this game!!!
Was going to mention this. Great Accolade game
I used to love Micro league Baseball for the C64 because you had historical rosters and could play out seasons, but watching the teams take the field was brutal.
I was thinking that you would not mention KGjr baseball, but you did! Great list. As a kid, KGjr offered intuitive controls, great graphics, and I put so many hours into the home run derby with my brothers.
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I absolutely loved NES Baseball from Nintendo (I'm honestly probably one of the only people that do these days). I love how simple it is, I love how casual it is, i also love the cute cartoony little player sprites on the field. It's not the best baseball game by a long shot, but I still really enjoy it, I have the Famicom version myself. Another favorite of mine is Tommy Lasorda Baseball for Sega Genesis since it plays a nice fast-paced game and feels arcade-y to me.
Interesting tidbit. Nintendo in the 90s (through 2016) owned the Seattle Mariners (and thus the contract of Ken Griffey)
Bases Loaded 2: The Second Season on NES is my all time favorite baseball game. It was ahead of it’s time with the strategies and player algorithms that really played a part in the game. Knowing when to sub within your bullpen was an integral part to winning 75 of the 125 games needed to advance to the playoffs. Also the behind the mound camera view was outstanding for offense and defense. The players would actually have a fight if the pitcher hit the batter too many times. Overall my favorite baseball sim.
Baseball Stars on the NES blew me away!! It was so much fun! I used to like Roger Clemens baseball on the NES. I would play with the Braves. The leadoff hitter Otis Nixon had the most power in the game. It was a simple game. Bit very good. But I had fun playing it.
Gosh, Baseball was so much fun! Tap or hold down 1 button to pitch and 1 button to hit. That's it nothing more is needed! Never played triple play before gonna have to check that one out! Thanks John
I'm not a massive fan of the sport, but I absolutely adored the arcade stylings of Baseball Stars 2 on the Neo Geo. To this day, that's my favourite Baseball title. I did enjoy the original "Hardball!", Roger Clemens MVP Baseball, and Triple Play, though.
This video popped up in my feed today, and I had to watch it! That’s so cool that you mention Jay from Square Pegs! Awesome guy! I love his channel! He has definitely mentioned you, and I’m finally glad I got to check out one of your videos!
Great video! I remember going to the arcade to play the Neo Geo baseball game, it is so good.
I always liked the follow up to Ken Griffey JRs MLB, which was Ken Griffey JRs Winning Run for the SNES. Nothing will ever beat EA’s MVP Baseball 2005 though. That game was so immersive, the gameplay was so smooth, and the soundtrack is sick. Great video John, especially for all the big baseball fans out there. 🎮😎🤘⚾️
...and I notice the Seattle jersey you're rocking! Junior was my childhood idol and I still collect him to this day. Great video John!
I was also addicted to MicroLeague Baseball on Amiga and/or PC when I was a kid in the 80's.
This is already a great segment
“Ken Griffey Jr. MLB Baseball” is still one of my all-time favorite baseball games along with SNK’s “Baseball Stars”!
Little league on the nes is awesome it's just like baseball stars such a great game! Also since I only recently bought a ps3 the most current show I have played is 14. So being a xbox one s owner I'm looking forward to the show 21 on game pass.
Little League Baseball was THE human vs human baseball game. My brother and I have continued to battle it out over the years with this game. The players on that game are legendary!
Wii sports version and NGP baseball stars are my preferred ones.
all star baseball for the N64 was awesome...great pitcher/batter interface, easy defensive adjustments, great dive and jump mechanics....I love mlb TheShow also...love RBI baseball, i love the music in that game. The Mario baseball game was fun also. all so basewars was kinda fun, and dusty dimond all star was cool because you drafted a team from like 30-60 players, one was a miner who used a pick axe, also a witch that used a broom. one of a kind execution if nothing else.
I had 2 that I played a ton of when I was young. Ken Griffey Jr Presents Major League Baseball for the SNES and All Star Baseball 2000 for the N64. Both I still have CIB.
I grew up playing World Series baseball on the genesis I remember my friends step dad made a homemade motion controller out up a wiffle ball bat great video John
Baseball games I played growing up were Earl Weaver BB and Micro League BB, both on the Atari 800. Electronic handheld baseball games were also a lot of fun in the early 80s.
Love that you included Triple Play Gold on your list. That was one of my favorites as a teen.
It's so good!
All of the games featured in this video are great baseball games for various reasons. But one older and stats-based game I fondly remember and played a lot was Pure-State Baseball for the Commodore 64. I later added one of the season expansion disks and the stadium disk. It wasn't much to look at, but offered a lot in strategy and the option to build your own players and teams. At the time, I managed an Electronics Boutique store in Texas and decided to have some fun at work by making an EB team with me and my staff as players, and displaying games on auto-play in the store; my district manager, however, was not amused...eh, supervisors.
Great video! Baseball is by far my favorite sport. The 1st Griffey Jr. game on the SNES, you could edit the player names. I was about 12 and I sat there one Saturday and lines the stats of each player up with cards from the 1994 Score set. It was wonderful, until something happened with the battery and wiped my work! Still great memories!
Triple Play 2000 was always a fav of mine. World Series on the Sega and MLB 2K1 on the Dreamcast was always fun to me too.
World Series Baseball II was the best game on Sega Saturn in my opinion and maybe one of the best baseball games of all time. Trades weren't allowed in the game which seriously limited it's play in some ways, but the authenticity and game play was fantastic. Sports Talk Baseball was another from my childhood that's simulation ability was really fun. And like others have said, Little League Baseball on nes was a blast playing 1v1 at home!
Your awesome video made me go out and re-buy some of these. Such great memories.
A little tidbit, Ken Griffey Jr does actually include all of the real players, just not their real names. :)
Love your focused videos. Always interesting topics.
Great stuff, John. Love me some baseball.
Still playing NES Baseball Stars today. Absolutely love that game.
Loved Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run. Great graphics and music, fast gameplay. And we actually loved the made up names of all the characters as kids. Bolt Lightning was unstoppable.
Neo Geo SNK 2020 Super Baseball for me. I played that game as a rental on the Sega Genesis (which apparently was published by EA) and was amazed at how fun it was. As soon as it dips to $6 or $4 on the Switch, I'm picking it up!
I got nostalgia for Great Baseball on the master system, my favorite for real
Same here! I loved that game cause I didn't have much to play but then I got Reggie Jackson baseball on the Master System! That game was really good!
I have a lot of nostalgia for Hardball on the Atari XE. I used to have some pretty epic games with my grandpa on there that I'll never forget. I also really enjoyed World Class Baseball on the TurboGrafx 16. I'll still go back to that one for a game here and there, loved the music and sounds in that one. In general I always found baseball really translated well into video games even from early on. I'm not sure any other sport works as a video game quite as well, maybe besides motorsports.
My favorite baseball game was the majors pro baseball for the game gear since it was my first handheld system and was an exclusive for the game gear.
I owned RBI Baseball '94 I think? Loved it, still wake up with music from it in my head.
I also had World Series Baseball for the GameGear, I played the mess out of too. Same thing with the music.
I used to rent the "Hardball" series a ton for the Genesis. The first one I was awful at. But 3 and 4 I think got pretty good. I loved being able to rename the players and team and change the logo in that one.
My go to baseball game though is MVP Baseball 05 for the PC.
Bases Loaded (NES) and Super Bases Loaded (SNES) were the two me and my friends always used to really enjoy, and i still play both of them on my hacked SNES Classic to this day.
The ones I played growing up were Atari 2600 Baseball, Hardball on the C64, Then R.B.I. Tecmo Baseball and Bases Loaded on the NES, Tiger Electronic Baseball, Radio Shack talking baseball. And I recently started playing M.L.B. The Show series on the PS3, as I find them out at thrift stores for cheap and pick them up.
The Majors Pro Baseball is my go to baseball game on the Game Gear, so many innings played on that game!
For a modern arcade title I would recommend the Super Mega Baseball series. Fantastic games, and available on a variety of platforms.
And for a wacky classic, 2020 Super Baseball is a fun offshoot of the Baseball Stars series.
I play super Mega Baseball from time to time. I have not played the third one.
I would definitely say any of the The Show games, along with Baseball Stars 2 (Neo Geo ver) MVP baseball, the Ken Griffey games, even the Slugfest games were fun for a while.
Hardball for C64
Tommy Lasorda baseball sega
Ken griffey snes
R.B.I baseball nes
The World Series Baseball series on Genesis dominated the 16-bit era Baseball games. The in the batters box view was legit revolutionary and would inspire so many future Baseball games. As far as arcade style Sports Talk Baseball on Genesis was awesome.
One of my old favorites was Hardball on the computer.. you could mod it (or download a save file from AOL) to give you all the "real" teams and players.. and unlike most baseball video games of the time, the hitting wasn't overly easy
MVP Baseball was amazing. I never had 2005 because I had a demanding job and worked a lot but if it's better than 2004 I missed out big time. When I was in Little League 1988 thru 1992 we played Bases Loaded. BL2 was better but the first one is the nostalgia for me.
2 of my favs were super baseball 2020 for snes, always loved the idea of hot babes and robots as players hahaha The other one a more realistic side, was all star baseball 2000 on n64, me and my by buddies played 3 player (sometimes 4 player) full seasons together (well like 82 games), loved the different pitches, diving catches, home runs , stats and how you can change computer difficulty if you dont wanna run up the scores.
Backyard Baseball was a PC game from late 90's. Such a great game. Played a ton of it before i lost my copy of it. Probably should check ebay for it again now i think about it :)
Little League Baseball for the NES was the most played game in my house growing up. 2 player was the way to go. My brothers and I would play rock, paper, scissors to see who got to choose Canada, the best team in the game. But the most fun we had playing was playing as Italy vs Puerto Rico.
Baseball Stars received regular play in my NES, Ken Griffey Jr. was the same for the SNES, and World Series Baseball for Genesis. I haven't played any past the 16-bit era.
Spent lots of hours playing Sports Talk Baseball on the Genesis.
Oh yeah I remember my older brother would track all of his players stats on paper for every game. I was to young to really understand everything but I was mesmerized by all the data on sheets of paper like that.
His team was the Pirates, with Jay Bell, Bobby Bonilla, Barry Bonds, LaVierrie, Andy Van Slyke, Doug Drabek, Merced, John Smiley. Geez it's games like this that is the whole reason I remember players from this far back I was probably 9 years old at the time.
@@winns35 I was a Braves fan during those days. Remember lots of playoff games between them. I was in late Jr. High or early High School.
@@cwshumate914 I remember the braves of that time slightly too because of them playoff games. My brother would be watching them and they were some great games. Geez let me think.... Pendleton, Glavin, Avery, Justice, Sid Bream strictly based on the mustache how could you forget that thing, Ron Gant...and in sure more I'm just forgetting right now. I believe that was the year they played the Twins in the world series, I could be wrong. Geez I just realized I can think of more players in 1991 when I was 9 than I could tell you playing right this second. I haven't followed baseball much outside of the Royals going to the WS in 14 and 15 because we are Royals fans being from Kansas City but let's be honest it was way more fun playing with the Pirates of that time period than the Royals lol.
@@winns35 can't forget George Brett on the Royals from that time. Being from WV we really didn't have a pro team so most were Pirates or Reds fans.
All-Star Baseball 2001 N64 and Little League Championship NES (also SNK) are 2 of my favorites
i love the spider graphs for teams strength, think it was that game. 2 of my favorites for sure.
Sega’s World Series ‘99 is my favorite arcade baseball game. Very fast paced and I love the flip lever for swinging the bat. Unfortunately it never got a home port so you would either have to find an arcade cabinet or emulate it.
My Favorite baseball game was R.B.I. 3 Baseball Sega Genesis......i use to play friends and my brother and they get mad cuz i beat them all the time With the Oakland A's ...loaded Sticks up and down there lineup.....loved that game
The first and still one of my favorite baseball games was Tommy Lasorda Baseball for the Genesis!
My favorite baseball game (16 bit) is MLBPA Baseball on SNES. I still play it from time to time. It also has fun cheat codes like rubber field (the ball bounces super high) and frozen field (the ball glides around with little to no bounce).
Triple Play Gold is one I still fire up from time to time on my Genesis. I remember finding several hidden players using the Create a Player feature. I unlocked Nolan Ryan, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Satchel Paige and Cy Young. I just got into The Show on my Xbox Series X and I’m digging it. This is the first time I’ve actually started a season since MLB2K9.
Shout out to the Colecovision Super Action Baseball. My roommate and I played for hours with that massive super action controller. To go back further, Baseball on the Intellivision was miles ahead of the Atari alternative.
RBI baseball 93 for the Genesis. Love that game. Still play it today
Loved Tony LaRussa bsseball. The pc vrrsion is still in rotation on my system today. Such a cool roto setup
Loved Reggie Jackson Baseball on the SEGA Master System. Also Tommy Lasorda Baseball on the Genesis and Ken Griffey Jr's Winning Run on SNES. The player animations were top notch on Winning Run.
Hey John, my favorite baseball games is on SEGA called Hard Ball 1 and 3, awesome games, never stopped playing them
A fantastic selection of games. I played so much Tony LaRussa baseball growing up! Thank you so much for having me be a part of this video, my friend!
You are most welcome!
Do you know what the Rule 5 draft is, Jay?
I do, I just misspoke in my video. I meant the Entry draft. Rule 5 is to fill out the 40-man roster. I'd heard it mentioned during a spring training game and it got stuck in my head. :)
@@SquarePegs got ya. I haven't played The Show in a while and when you said that, I thought getting selected in Rule 5 would be a cool wrinkle, but you then said you play through the minors, so I realized you must have meant the June draft.
Glad it's part of GamePass this year. I'll definitely be trying it out.
Nah, nothing like that - just my mouth getting ahead of my brain. 😁 I'll actually be grabbing it on Game Pass as well - it legitimately got announced the day after I'd posted my full video, which did not upset me in the slightest.
Played and loved Little league baseball on NES. Spent hours playing Canada vs NY against my pops.
I was hoping you would mention Baseball Stars Professional. So much fun! I have to play it emulated on the PS2 collection, though. :)
Nothing wrong with that friend :).
World Series Baseball was my favorite.
World series was awesome. The first one with the semi first person behind the plate view was something I would never forget. I loved playing with the giants and having matt williams after his 40 something home run season and barry bonds on the same team. I was probably 12 at the time.
Also was a big fan of world series baseball on the Saturn. It was more of a traditional baseball game at the time and the Cleveland Indians were just a power house. Albert Belle hitting bombs!
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RBI baseball was my go to game as a kid growing up. My father and I would play that together for hours.
I of course played Bases Loaded and RBI Baseball on NES, also Baseball Simulator 1000. But where I really got into baseball games was with the Hardball series on PC. I loved the simulation aspects of it, such a great series.
I remember this one game called "Hardball" that I was just hooked to back when I was a kid. I remember you could customize team logos like, by hand and stuff.. I made a halfway decent Pirates "P" logo for a 12 year old 😅
"Baseball Stars" was very good, too for, I think, the NES. They had a sequel, az well. You could sign free agents and player attributes were included.
Another long long-time favorite of mine was the "Bases Loaded" series. Fun fun game..
Base Loaded for the NES is my pick n play.
Ken Griffey agree is all time baseball game, my friend and I would change all the names of players into funny things and wrestlers name, also many hours doing the HR derby
Mine was actually Bases Loaded 2. I loved that game
Started with Real Sports Baseball on the 2600 I believe. There may have been a game called Baseball too that I owned on the system. One I really enjoyed and owned was Reggie Jackson Baseball on the Master System. I only really had 2 games I really liked for that system. RJ Baseball and Wonder Boy 3 , which was awesome.
Great collection of baseball games! My favorite will always be Baseball Stars for the NES. "What is a wren?" "A bird" "When isn't it?" "When it is". Anyone else remember these codes!?
Gotta say the bases loaded series,all star baseball series, the ea sports baseball games, rbi baseball games, the 2k baseball games, all the mlb the show games, and I even had fun with the midway slugfest games,and of course the Snes Ken Griffey Jr baseball games, and the neo geo baseball stars games
I loved the bases loaded series myself as a kid
Loved Baseball Stars on the NES..
Extra Innings on the SNES
Tony LaRussa 2 on the Genesis
I've enjoyed The Show series on the PlayStation..
Triple Play series when it was going..
Two different management sims on the computer: Baseball Mogul and Out of the Park Baseball