Complete list of RBI-series games

[nightwulf]

I started looking for some of these myself (thus the Genesis post), but especially after reading Beef's post, I'd like to fill out a complete list of these fuckers.

Your additions are welcome. Gonna try to hunt down each of these.

NES
RBI Baseball (1988, Tengen)
RBI Baseball 2 (1990, Tengen)
RBI Baseball 3 (1991, Tengen)

Famicom
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium (1986, Namco)
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '87
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '88
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '89
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '90
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '91
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '92
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '93
Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '94

Super NES
Super RBI Baseball
Super Batter Up (1992, Namco)

Genesis
RBI Baseball 3 (1991, Tengen)
RBI Baseball 4 (1992, Tengen)
RBI Baseball '93 (1993, Tengen)
RBI Baseball '94 (1994, Tengen)

32X
RBI Baseball '95

Amiga
RBI Baseball 2 (1991, Domark)

ZX Spectrum
RBI 2 Baseball (1991, Domark)

Amstrad CPC
RBI 2 Baseball (1991, Tengen)

Atari ST
RBI 2 Baseball (1991, Domark)

Commodore 64
RBI 2 Baseball (1990, Domark)

DOS
RBI Baseball 2 (Tengen)

Game Gear
Batter Up
RBI Baseball '94 (1994, Tengen)

Arcade (US)
Vs. RBI Baseball (1987, Atari Games)

Arcade (Japan)
World Stadium - Pro Yakyuu (1988)
World Stadium '89 (1989)
World Stadium '90 (1990)
Super World Stadium (1992)
Super World Stadium '92 (1992)
Super World Stadium '92 Gekitouban (1992)
Super World Stadium '93 (1993)
Super World Stadium '95 (1995)
Super World Stadium '96 (1996)
Super World Stadium '97 (1997)
Super World Stadium '98 (1998)
Super World Stadium 1999 (1999)
Super World Stadium 2000 (2000)
Super World Stadium 2001 (2001)

[TempoGL]

i'm pretty sure there are a number of super famicom releases

[nightwulf]

i'm pretty sure there are a number of super famicom releases

Me too, but I was hoping someone else would have the specifics. Viva la laziness!

[TempoGL]

also, "Baseball" for Game boy looks like it was heavily derived from RBI Baseball, although I believe it was made just by Nintendo.

[BeefMaster]

Having played some of the (Super) World Stadium games on an emulator, I'm pretty confident that they're RBI's brethren, especially since they're all made by Namco.  Here's the list from KLOV:
World Stadium
World Stadium '89
World Stadium '90
Super World Stadium
Super World Stadium '92
Super World Stadium '92 (Gekitouban)
Super World Stadium '93
Super World Stadium '95
Super World Stadium '96
Super World Stadium '97
Super World Stadium '99
Super World Stadium 2000
Super World Stadium 2001

I'm not sure why there's no '98 listed, but it's not in lists of MAME ROMs, either, so I'm pretty sure that's accurate.

Screenshots from the original World Stadium:

[Gantry]

I need to verify the dates, but I think the very first version of RBI is the Arcade Version of Family Stadium...

RBI 2 Baseball for the Sinclair Spectrum

[fathedX]

Don't forget Batter Up for the Sega Game Gear.

http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=4267.0

[Gantry]

This site has a World Stadium '98 mention, though no link:

http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=detail&id=3201

[Gantry]

http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=3948

Looks like there were "RBI 2 Baseball" ports for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC. Amiga and Atari ST.

[nightwulf]

Holy shit.

Everyone needs to play the attached ROM now. Runs fine in SNES9X and ZSNES.

I'm thinking that TWI licensed the RBI Baseball name from Tengen (or maybe Namco by that time) and made their own absolutely shitty Super RBI Baseball. The attached ROM (Super Famista) appears to be the predecessor to our Super Batter Up, but it's even more like RBI.

[Attezz]

The grass is always greener on the other side of the pacific.

[JerryD]

Holy shit.

Everyone needs to play the attached ROM now. Runs fine in SNES9X and ZSNES.

I'm thinking that TWI licensed the RBI Baseball name from Tengen (or maybe Namco by that time) and made their own absolutely shitty Super RBI Baseball. The attached ROM (Super Famista) appears to be the predecessor to our Super Batter Up, but it's even more like RBI.

Awesome find.

[BeefMaster]

http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=3948

Looks like there were "RBI 2 Baseball" ports for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC. Amiga and Atari ST.

RBI 2 also exists for DOS - I have a copy I found on an abandonware site, if anyone would like me to attach it (it's small).  It looks like it supports roster updates, which is cool, although I haven't really messed with it much - I tried it out in DOSBox, but the gameplay is pretty crappy.

[Gantry]

Absolutely, please post it!

Also give any release dates and the company that released any of the games above.  Might as well get definitive...

[BeefMaster]

As you wish, Master.

Also, I took a couple screenshots, and the release date was 1990.

[Gantry]

Looks pretty similar to the NES version.  I don't have time to play now, but can you tell me if it was released via Tengen? 

[BeefMaster]

Looks pretty similar to the NES version.  I don't have time to play now, but can you tell me if it was released via Tengen? 

It was indeed - the opening screen has the big "TENGEN Presents", like the NES RBI 2, and the main RBI 2 screen says TM Atari Games, copyright Tengen.

[Gantry]

Then it's official that Tengen published games on the computer platform and weren't limited to consoles.   Anything released in the UK was published by Domark, who seemed to publish a lot of US-developed games.