BASEBALL VIDEO GAMES (Q through Z, 0-9)                     

Below is a summary of most known American baseball video games, dating back to their first introduction in 1972. Excluded are games developed exclusively for video arcades, mobile phones, hand held electronics, pinball and slot machines.

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Quattro Sports (1993) Quattro Sports from Camerica features four different sports action games on one cartridge: BMX Simulator, Pro Tennis Simulator, Soccer Simulator and Baseball Pro's. In Baseball Pro's, pitch fast balls, curve balls, bat, and steal bases in this baseball simulation. Gameplay is from an overhead view of the field or from behind the plate when batting. QMotions Baseball (2005) The QMotions-Baseball Full Motion Game Controller delivers actual full motion player participation in popular PC or Xbox based video games. Step up to the plate with the Batter-Up sleeve equipped bat and swing: Full Swing batting, bunting and pulling back bunts, pull hitting and opposite field hitting. QMotions-Baseball translates your actual swing into the game.

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R.B.I. Baseball Here's the baseball action that started it all - the one, the only, the original RBI. With permission from the Major League Players Association, ten different teams in the Tengen league, plus the AL and NL All-Star teams, have lineups that include baseball stars of the time. Stats and abilities have been structured to give each player strengths and weaknesses. R.B.I. Baseball was developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Namco and published by Tengen. R.B.I. Baseball (1988) R.B.I. Baseball 2 (1990) R.B.I. Baseball 3 (1991) R.B.I. Baseball 4 (1992) R.B.I. Baseball '93 (1993) R.B.I. Baseball '94 (1994) R.B.I. Baseball '95 (1995) Super RBI Baseball (1995) Realsports Baseball (1982 & 1983) Realsports Baseball is an action game which can be played by two players or one player against the computer. The game allows you to bunt the ball or try for a homerun, steal bases, and throw several types of pitches from a fast ball to a curve ball. Several game variations are included which allow you to select whether the home or visiting team is at bat first, and whether or not a player can swing only at pitches that are a strike, or they can swing at any pitch. Published by Atari for the Atari 2600 & Atari 5200. Reggie Jackson Baseball (1988) Reggie Jackson Baseball was published by Sega for the SEGA Master System. There are four modes in the game: Exhibition, Tournament, Watch Mode, and a Home Run Contest. In the Watch Mode the computer just plays against itself, and in Tournament Mode you compete against the computer. You can choose Major League Baseball teams in all of those modes. During the game, the player controls the pitcher and the batter from a third-person view; the view changes to top-down after a strike by a batter, so that the player can view a large part of the field. Events such as injuries or cheerleader performances are graphically shown in the game. Relief Pitcher (1994) Based on the Atari video game with the same name, take the best seat in the park, behind home plate. Then get into the game as famous sports announcer Jack Buck calls the action. Choose a regular 9-inning game. Or if you thrive on pressure, select the Relief Pitcher mode. It transports you to the late innings of a tight game, where you'll throw every pitch, swing every bat, until the game is decided. Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball (1991 & 1992) Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball was released during the years of 1991 and 1992 for the Nintendo NES, Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Super NES, and Sega Genesis. All bearing then 1991 AL Cy Young Award Winner Roger Clemens' name. Play a standard a 9 innings baseball game in Exhibition mode and a full regular season can be played including the World Championship Playoffs in the Regular Season mode. While playing in Regular Season mode, the player can see their chosen team's progress by using the in-game calendar showing all the games.

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Season Ticket Baseball (2001 & 2003) Season Ticket Baseball pits you as the general manager of your own baseball team. Unlike most baseball games where you actually control your players, this game is entirely driven on statistics. Your job is to build the best team you can. Make trades, manage the minor leagues, train in the off-season, sign contracts, hire scouts and coaches, even set the ticket prices. It's your job to ensure that your baseball team is a success. Developed by Out of the Park Developments and published by Infogames. Slugger (1985) In this early UK-developed baseball simulation, one or two player matches can be played over 3,6 or 9 innings, with 3 different computer skill levels. Gameplay is arcade-style, so no need to worry about statistics. The main viewing area is a forced-perspective view of the field, with a small side-viewed window of the pitcher's delivery. When fielding, control automatically goes to the player nearest to the ball, and a play doesn't end until the pitcher has the ball back. The game has cheerleaders on screen between innings and lots of advertising boards and other slogans. Developed by Image Software and produced by Mastertronic Group Ltd. Sports Illustrated Championship Football & Baseball (1994) Sports Illustrated Championship Football & Baseball features both sports on one game cartridge. Choose to play a 16-game football season, complete with 90 different offensive players and full championship setup. Or you can hit the baseball diamond, pick from 28 different teams, and obliterate the competition with a variety of pitches and exciting drives and diving catches. Produced by Malibu Game, licensed Sports Illustrated, and released for Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. Sports Illustrated for Kids Baseball (2001) Sports Illustrated for Kids Baseball combine extensive player development, player trading, team management and arcade-style play into a unified system of game play. Kids can assemble a team, name their team, choose a team uniform style and then train their players to make them better and advance through the leagues. Plus, two friends can link up their Game Boy Advances for hours of gaming fun - the only baseball game on the GBA that offers multiplayer capabilities. Developed by Sennari Interactive and published by BAM! Entertainment. Sporting News Baseball (1988 & 1995) Epyx introduced the Sporting News Baseball game for the Commodore 64 in 1988 with Gary Carter on the cover. The game has an agreement with the MLBPA, so you'll find all your favorite stars to take the field. The well-established sports journal returned in 1995, this time with a version for the Super Nintendo, and this time from Hudson Soft USA. There are several different gameplay modes to choose from Exhibition, All-Star Game, Home Run Derby, and Pennant Race that will put you right on the field in the middle of the action. If you're feeling nostalgic, play a game on the field of dreams, with cornfields surrounding the outfield. Sports Talk Baseball (1992) Sports Talk Baseball is a Mega Drive/Genesis sports game where Lon Simmons announces the play-by-play. Unlike real baseball, the game ends when one team has 10 or more runs than the other team. Players can play either exhibition, regular season, all-star, or playoff games. The game also features authentic Major League Baseball rosters. Gameplay commonly features double and triple plays, and only the fastest runners in the game are capable of stealing bases. It was one of the first video games to feature individual hitting and pitching abilities for each player. Star League (1983 & 1984) Star League Baseball was at the time a graphically spectacular, easy to learn baseball game. SLB can be played between two players, or against the computer. The program is filled with clever little touches. "Heat" Muldoon has a real barnburner of a fastball. Between innings, there's an electronic scoreboard flashing a trivia question and the attendance and the scores of other games going on in the National and American Leagues. Throughout the game, the sound of the proverbial organist can be heard. Developed by Gamestar for Activision and the Commodore 64/128. Street Sports Baseball (1987) A baseball game for 1 or 2 players in which the action takes place in parks, vacant lots and backyards with makeshift bases, rather than on an actual diamond. In addition to the normal rules of baseball, players must cope with mud puddles, tree stumps, and other hazards. Features a split-screen view which provides an overview of the entire field alongside close-ups of where the action is happening. Published by Epyx for the Apple II, Commodore 64 and PC. Super Action Baseball (1983) Colecovision's only baseball game and first of the Super Action series, Super Action baseball was specially designed to work with the Super Action controllers. Batting is done with an angled view wherein you see your batter in the bottom-left of the screen and the pitcher at center-right. The top part of the screen is reserved for keeping an eye on the bases. Running is done with the "wheel" on the top of the Super Action Controllers. Stealing is also possible. Fielding uses the Super Action controllers, and players have 4 buttons to correspond to each base. Thus the ball can be thrown at any of the bases instantly. Super Baseball (1988) Atari's Super Baseball is an altered version of the Atari 2600 version of RealSports Baseball. The game controls are identical. The alterations are that the graphics and colors were changed. Also, the options were reduced to one or two player and whether, in one player, the human player is up first at bat or not. Otherwise, everything else is the same. You still can throw fastballs, curve balls, sinkers, etc. and you can still bunt, hit fly balls, etc. Scoring remains the same with a tie after nine innings going into extra innings. Super Baseball 2020 (1993) In the year 2020, baseball finally evolved. There is no longer conventional professional baseball. Baseball designed by the Super Baseball Association has been very popular and is the best sport. The association has used a colossal sum of money to promote Super Baseball as show business. They have manipulated each player's ability using the control computer to secretly decide victory or defeat in every game. The players who knew this removed the connecting parts of the computer to play their own game of baseball. Finally, a fair game is going to be played at Cyber Egg Stadium. Developed by Pallas and produced by SNK Corporation. Super Challenge Baseball (1982) Super Challenge Baseball is an action baseball game for two players. The game follows most professional baseball rules and allows you to control all of the players on the team. You can throw a variety of pitches, steal bases, tag players out, bunt, try for a home run, and in the event of a tie the game goes into extra innings. Several difficulty levels are available which control the game speed and whether or not stealing bases is allowed. Publshed by Mattel for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision.

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Tecmo Baseball Tecmo Baseball was released for the Nintendo Entertainment Systems. There are five modes: One Player, Two Player, One Player Allstar, Two Player Allstar, and a watch mode. The camera angle when batting or pitching is from behind the pitcher. The pitcher can pitch the ball high and low, as well as curve it. Tecmo Baseball includes digitized voices for the umpire. Tecmo Super Baseball was released 5 years later for the Super NES and Sega Mega Drive. It featured all 28 MLB teams that existed at the time. However, the only license the game has is the MLBPA license. Tecmo Baseball (1988) Tecmo Super Baseball (1994) Tommy Lasorda Baseball (1989) Tommy Lasorda Baseball was the first 16-bit baseball cart on the market. Stats and player names are fictional. Batters are rated according to batting average, home runs, running speed, and fielding and throwing ability. Pitchers are rated by ERA, curve-throwing ability, stamina, top throwing speed, and the distance a hit pitch will travel. All the ratings make this game a challenge to your managerial ability as well as your gaming skill because you're calling the shots from the dugout. A pre-game difficulty switch makes the game biased either towards the pitcher, batter, or an equal game of skill between pitcher and batter. Released by Sega for the Sega Mega-Tech arcade system and later the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Tony La Russa Tony La Russa Baseball was developed by Stormfront Studios and appeared on Commodore 64, PC, and Sega Genesis, and different versions were published by Electronic Arts, SSI and Stormfront Studios. The artificial intelligence for the computer manager was provided by Tony La Russa, then manager of the Oakland Athletics and later the St. Louis Cardinals. The game was one of the best-selling baseball franchises of the 1990s. The game introduced many firsts, including the fly ball cursor where the ball was going to land, a fantasy draft, head-to-head stats and simulation accuracy, baseball stadiums, and more. Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball (1991) Tony La Russa Baseball (1993) Tony La Russa Baseball II (1993) Tony La Russa Baseball 3 (1995) La Russa Baseball '95 (1995) Tony La Russa Baseball 4 (1997) Triple Play The Triple Play series was published by EA Sports until their replacement by the MVP Baseball in 2003. This game is also the only to feature left fielder Barry Bonds in all of its installments, which is rare since he is not in the MLB player's union. Game modes include exhibition, series play, all-star playoffs, and full and partial season play. Players also sustain injuries and go on hot and cold streaks. Beginning in '99, game commentary was supplied by Jim Hughson and Buck Martinez. Beginning in 2000, Internet play on the PC was supported. A world tournament was added the following year. In 2002, 3D graphics were dramatically improved and voice commentary moved to Bob Costas and Harold Reynolds. Triple Play 96 (1995) Triple Play 97 (1996) - Tony Gwynn on cover. Triple Play 98 (1997) - Brian Jordan on cover. Triple Play 99 (1998) - Alex Rodriguez on cover. Triple Play 2000 (1999) - Sammy Sosa on cover. Triple Play Baseball (2000) - Jason Giambi on cover. Triple Play 2001 (2000) - Mike Piazza on cover. Triple Play 2002 (2001) - Luis Gonzalez on cover.

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Ultimate Baseball Online (2005) / Cal Ripken's Real Baseball (2008) Ultimate Baseball Online became Cal Ripken's Real Baseball in 2008, and was the first free-to-play baseball based massively multiplayer online sports game (MMOSG). The game was developed and published by Netamin Communication Corporation.

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Virtual League Baseball (1995) Virtual League Baseball features four different leagues and a plethora of teams to choose from, including the Pan-Am League, Asian League and European League. Developed and published by Kemco for the Virtual Boy platform. VR Baseball VR Baseball prides itself on being the first fully 3D baseball game. You also have complete control over your camera to view the action from any angle. The game comes with a Major League Baseball license and thus features over 700 Major League Baseball players, 28 official stadiums, and all the season statistics. Game modes include Exhibition Game and Home Run Derby. Both can be played in multi-player mode. Developed by VR Sports and published by Interplay Productions. VR Baseball '97 (1997) VR Baseball '99 (1998) VR Baseball 2000 (1999)

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Wii Sports (2006) Bundled with Wii, Wii Sports introduces a whole new way to play your game. Wii Sports offers five distinct sports experiences, each using the Wii Remote controller to provide a natural, intuitive and realistic feel. To play a Wii Sports game, all you need to do is pick up a controller and get ready for the pitch, serve or that right hook. In Wii Sports Baseball, you have a team of players that you control in an abbreviated 3-inning game. You don't exactly control the players. All you do is pitch with real pitching motion, and bat the ball with a real swing. Outfielders, infielders and runners all do their own thing. World Series Baseball World Series Baseball was a long-running SEGA baseball series from BlueSky Software. It featured each team and had all 700 players. It has a play-by-play feature, the Home Run Derby and players are able to play a 162-game season and are able to keep full statistics for every player. '95 added the option to play as legends such as Dizzy Dean, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb. Each subsequent release had improved features, from control of fielding and lineup position, to signing and trading free agents, to managing coaches and minor league teams. The final 2K3 release included an ESPN broadcast license to improve replay and cut-scenes. Hall of Fame legends also joined the complete list of MLB teams, players and coaches, along with retro and alternate uniforms. World Series Baseball (1994) World Series Baseball (1995) - Mike Piazza on cover. World Series Baseball '95 (1995) World Series Baseball starring Deion Sanders (1995) - Deion Sanders on cover. World Series Baseball '96 (1996) World Series Baseball II (1996) - Fred McGriff on cover. World Series Baseball '98 (1997) - Chipper Jones on cover. World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000) - Pedro Martinez on cover. World Series Baseball 2K2 (2001) - Pedro Martinez on cover. World Series Baseball (2002) - Jason Giambo on cover. World Series Baseball 2K3 (2003) - Jason Giambi on cover. World's Greatest Baseball Game (1984 & 1985) World's Greatest Baseball Game is a combo of managerial and play elements in baseball. You can pick from 25 recent World Series, All-Star and All-Time Classic teams. Choose your player lineup based on a player's batting average, fielding percentage, or ERA and other statistics. If you are unhappy with their performance, you can change them or even trade players. In the Statistical gameplay option you only manage the team and give orders. In the Interactive Player Controlled Game, you pitch, hit and field the ball as well as managing the team. Developed by Quest and published by Epyx.

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3D Baseball (1996) 3D Baseball from Crystal Dynamics present the realistic baseball video game ever published. Real Motion control 3D technology serves up incredibly life-like 30 polygonal models that bat, pitch and hit like real players. 700 actual major league Baseball players and stats. Over 50 of the league's top players' batting stances. Dig in and face heat from 5 controllable perspectives. General Manger mode: trade players, modify player stats and build the ultimate dream team. Van Earl Wright fires up the action with over 1,000 supercharged color comments.

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