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197 · Baseball Stars

November 26, 2021 · 59 min

Player, manager, owner... You can do it all in Baseball Stars! Make your own team and leagues; hire, fire, and trade players: develop your players from inexperienced rookies into veteran pitchers and hitters. Play against a friend or challenge the computer - you'll never have to worry about being rained out again!

Show Notes

Baseball Stars Longplay

Baseball Stars 2 Arcade

Show notes

  • Player, Manager, Owner...You can do it all in Baseball Stars
  • NES Longplay
  • Introductions
    • Baseball Season just ended but lucky us, there’s always a baseball game around the corner on NES.
  • Gameplay
    • Presentation
      • We’ve seen better
      • Why is the player in a zoomed in box?
      • Why is the stadium so bare
      • Teams feel unique
    • Stats are actually wild
    • Offense
      • Batter movement. I don’t like when it’s this free roam
      • Worth taking some pitches
    • Defense
      • Hard to catch because there’s barely a visual cue
      • Pickles are actually challenging
      • Climbing the wall
      • Different types of pitching - Overhand vs sidearm
    • Creating a team
      • HIRING, FIRING, AND TRADING PLAYERS
      • Building player stats
      • Training players aka spending cash
      • Earning Money
    • Called Game
      • If, at the end of an inning, one team has a leading margin of ten points, the game will be called. Victory goes to the team with the greater points.
  • Sequels and Spinoffs
    • Baseball Stars 2
    • Baseball Stars on Neo Geo CD
  • EGL
  • Next week -
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