are there any other baseball games you uys like playing at all?
rbi has a great, simple style of gameplay that most other games don't come close to. later games (thanks to increased technology) have things like season play, statkeeping, roster editing, more "realistic" graphics, etc. i liked sportstalk baseball for genesis and i've played the high heat games for pc, but i can't stand how often that goddamn game crashes.
later games added new features and better graphics, but they forgot about the ease and fun of gameplay. i have been extremely and thoroughly disappointed w/ the majority of baseball games after the early nes ones like the rbi series
i dont know about you guys but after watching this boston v. toronto game i would have to say that they have adopted the dee-nee style of straight pitch. it is in the 5th inning and tied at 11. how did you guys convince the teams to play your style...
I like to play Bad News Baseball for the NES. Joe and Greg always turn it off when im playing so they can play R.B.I. I dont see the problem with the game. Its really fun to play and i like the close ups they show when its a close play.
the only other game i liked to play was baseball stars cause you could make players and you had the all time players...other than that, it aint worth squat
Outside of baseball stars, the only other baseball game I put a lot of time into was Tony Larussa Baseball for the computer. That was a kick ass game, though it was entirely based on stats and coaching, the gameplay was mostly done by the computer. We used to have fantasy drafts and fill in our player stats, then go head to head over a simluated season. Incredibly fun game...
bad news baseball sucks aaron, you are wasting your time... the umpires are rabbits in tuxedos... what else do you need to know about that game.
the only other baseball game i played regularly is little league baseball... we would get about six guys and play a tournament. the shittiest guy would be allowed to pick his team first and so on...
new york was by far the best.
canada and texas were the next best teams.
california and taiwan were after that... if you could win with anyone else than you were very lucky.
Bad news baseball is better than little league baseball. That game is terrible. Its so far zoomed in when they hit the ball all u can see is the pitcher and catcher. You dont even know if your 1st baseman is at the base when u throw it. And if the game is so good, y did u give it 2 us?
Another fun game for the NES is baseball simulator 1000. You could use special items when batting and pitching. when u r batting u can have like a missile and when u hit it and its always a line drive. When the fielders try to catch it, they just fly all the way to the fence. When u pitch u can throw a bowling ball and the batters wont hit it past the pitcher. Pretty fun to play but too easy against the computer.
i gave it to you because i didnt have a nintendo... if you still have it i will gladly take it back.
baseball simulator and baseball stars had season play and kept stats which was nice. however, they weren't as fun to play as rbi, and i recently downloaded a bunch of old nes and sega roms, and those games now have very little playability- very few games that were good back then are still worth playing today.
also, i remember owning legends of the diamond. i liked playing with the hall of fame players in that game, plus sometimes the hitters and pitchers would trash talk.
Baseball Stars was a fun game. I liked making my own teams. Needless to say, the player named "Dill" was always the best. Dusty Diamond Softball was ok for a laugh. Where else can you bat using the devil. There was some other baseball game, but I can't remember what it was named. It had real team names, but made up players. For some reason, I remember one of the pitchers being named Ott. Does anyone remember the name of that game? I Think it was just the name of the company who made the game, such as (Company Name) Baseball.
Damn, I just remembered the name of the game thanks to EBAY. Tecmo Baseball. Decent gameplay, and good for two player action. Sportstalk Baseball for Genesis was the best non-NES baseball game. The voice gets annoying, but I like the Tigers on that game with Fryman, Fielder, and Tettleton in the middle of the lineup.
tecmo did make a great game but it was not for baseball... tecmo bowl is to football as rbi is to baseball... simple, yet very competitive.
i loved the raiders and their bo jackson marcus allen combo.
The Raiders were my team of choice. I don't think I have ever been beaten with them. Me and Stuart actually considered playing Tecmo Bowl the other day, but we just played more RBI. Besides, the last time I played him it was ugly, like 70-21 or something.
the thing i loved about tecmo was the playbook... four plays... it was all about execution. if the defense picked your play you were screwed.
tecmo bowl is the king of all football games....the chicago bears cannot be beat....i like to be them or the niners....the raiders i consider overated...because if you stop bo...you stop the whole team...
the bears defense was a force...and willy gullt was the fastest guy in the game. another good team was the giants... LT was unstoppable. the raiders were strong cause they could move the ball through the air if you came up for the run.
Tecmo Bowl is a great game. Your defensive is basically whoever you are using, so the Giants and LT are the kings there. LT takes away field goals and 80% of the extra points as well...
I play a mean Giants, but Sperling and San Fran are the best in the house. They have that ass across-the-middle pass that can't be picked off...
the cowboys also had a pass play that if you executed it correctly could not be stopped. it was the play where all three receivers would do a button hook. if you passed it to them as they were making the turn, it was good for 10 yards a pop... plus, you had hershell walker on the ground... there defense is swiss cheese.
LT is the best player in the game. he covers the entire field.
the bears actually have two of those unstoppable plays, and added to the frustration of that is that one of em goes to a guy named cap boso.....they can run like the dickens with sweetness and their defense is somothering...LT is a house, but pretty much a one man show on that squad....san fran is nasty....and lott is the fastest guy ive seen on the game
chicago's defense as a whole is very tough... however, they do not have a standout individual player like LT. if you utilize his ability to reak havoc, LT can frustrate an opponent just as the monsters of midway do.
singletary is not as good or as quick as mr taylor, but the guy is very fast and solid...so is mcmichael...before he went into the WWF
I agree, Singletary may not be LT, but he's one of the top defenders in Tecmo Bowl. Good ol' Cap Boso, too bad the Bears couldn't get Emory Moorehead in there...
Sperling has an incredible eye for the picked play and immediately starts sneaking with the QB. He'll usually get 0-2 yeards off the picked pass play...
getting a good read is a critical part of the game... if you dont see the blitz coming and drop back deep, you will lose at least 10 yards. it is better to recognize it early and take your chances with the next play.
singletary is damn good and he has lots of help...
thats why the bears have the best D.
all LT has to work with is carl banks.
Why is no one talking about the Raiders being the best team? They had two of the unstoppable plays also. Plus the best running game. Sure the defense sucked, but who needs that when you can score a TD on EVERY drive. Singletary, in my opinion, was more valuble than LT. He was positioned better at middle linebacker. He was always in position, and you couldn't run away from him because he was right there in the middle.
I used to love Bases Loaded as a kid. We used to have big tournaments. I haven't played it in about 10 years so i don't remember much about the game except that if you got hit by a pitch, you could charge the mound, which rules, and when you called for a relief pitcher, they showed him coming in on one of those golf carts.
i mentioned the raiders initially for their explosive running game. jackson and allen are the best combo in the game. however, their defense leaves much to be desired.
On defense, you've got Howie Long, Sean Jones and Bill Pickel at the nose. Jerry Robinson is hella slow.
in tecmo, defense is all about team speed... and when i say that the raiders leave much to be desired, that is what i mean... they are sloooooooow!
Quote from: Gwynn3k on 04/09/02, 12:33:20 PM
singletary is damn good and he has lots of help...
thats why the bears have the best D.
all LT has to work with is carl banks.
this is amusing cause Banks is without a doubt the 2nd or 3rd best LB'er to use in the game, behind LT and possibly Wilbur Marshall.
So yeah, all LT has to work with is Banks. ;) Poor LT.
Impressive old-school bump, TBT.
Who else does Singletary have to work with besides Dent? Gwynn3k's statement confuses me, too (and I agree with you on Banks - he's awesome).
Singletary has Dent (top DE) which is one of my favorite positions to have speed from. He also has Duerson @ top safety, and McMicheal @ NT.
Being Singletary at MLB is risky cause you stand to be blocked on either runnign play, but the way to overcome this is to blitz in against the running plays and dustrupt the runner long enuf for all that other bears team speed to come make the play. Overall thogu you are better to use DE's.LB's, and DB's to controlwhen on defense.