Best non-RBI baseball game

[Gantry]

I changed the poll to add an "Other" and Baseball Simluator 1.000 instead of Mike Piazza & Atari Baseball.  Should give you more options based on what I read...

[erhajj]

Baseball Simulator 1000.  The gameplay is very, very similar to RBI and you could save a 150-game season, complete with individual player statistics.  Bloody incredible.

The thing that I didn't like about that game was the fact that the passwords were garbage.  With roms that isn't an issue though.

[BeefMaster]

The thing that I didn't like about that game was the fact that the passwords were garbage.

You must be thinking of a different game.  Baseball Simulator 1.000 had memory - it saved custom teams and season results on the cartridge without the use of passwords.  You may be thinking of RBI 2 or 3; I don't know of any other baseball games that would've had passwords, although I admittedly haven't played any of the Bases Loaded games in season mode.

[Baines]

From the list, I'd probably have to go with Baseball Stars.

There was another game we used to play a lot, I think it might have been Bad News Baseball or something like that.  It kind of had a little league theme but setup and gameplay were very similar to RBI except with jumping and diving players.

[BeefMaster]

Bad News Baseball sounds right - I haven't played it much, but I do recall a Little League theme of some sort.  Speaking of which, Little League Baseball was pretty cool - it was made by the same company as Baseball Stars, so it played similarly, but it was Little League-themed.  You threw the bat in the air and caught the handle to determine home/away, anyone could pitch (some kids had "special talent" as pitchers, though), and good pitchers were often the best hitters on teams, just like in real life.  You could also play a Little League World Series, which was pretty cool.

[ultimate7]

Seems like we revist this topic every month.  I voted baseball stars.
The first baseball game I really got into was Super Challenge Baseball for the Atari 2600 (was exclusively 2 player) and homeruns were any hit off the screen.  The way the screen was setup if you hit the ball right down the line, as soon as it passed the 3rd basemen it was basically a homerun.  And I believe everything was 2 dimensions (no fly balls) you could hit a homerun on a ball that the 2nd basemen could have potentially fielded, those were the days...

[nightwulf]

Atari 2600. Oh god. Anyone else remember "Home Run" for the 2600? I played that all the time.

Home Run. Classic.

Nightwulf

[sucka free]

baseball stars....no doubt about it.

[chubbrock]

baseball stars ran away with it huh.....damn.

same pick for me.

RBI #1
Baseball Stars #2


nuff said.

[Glassjoe]

Atari 2600. Oh god. Anyone else remember "Home Run" for the 2600? I played that all the time.

Home Run. Classic.

Nightwulf

Shit yes.  This is one on one baseball at its finest.  I still have an atari 2600...every now and again, I find the need to break it out and play this baseball game.

Speaking of the 2600...I have the cordless joysticks...nobody else that I know of ever seems to have even heard of these, let alone have them.  Do any of you have the cordless joysticks for the 2600?  This was a product truly before it's time.  They work great...why PS2/XBox/etc. still have cords is beyond me!

[nightwulf]

Speaking of the 2600...I have the cordless joysticks...nobody else that I know of ever seems to have even heard of these, let alone have them.  Do any of you have the cordless joysticks for the 2600?  This was a product truly before it's time.  They work great...why PS2/XBox/etc. still have cords is beyond me!

You're not going to believe this until I make a trek into my storage locker and dig it out for a picture, but not only do I have the cordless joysticks, I also have the original box.

Actually, the best wireless controller product I've ever used was the NES Satellite. It turned any controller into a wireless controller, and doubled as a 4-player adapter at the same time.

Nightwulf

[Glassjoe]

nice!

[doveRBI]

honestly dusy diamonds softball is probably the best nonrbi game.  also, don't make a blanket statement about wireless.  sorry that the megalomaniacs at sony and microsoft cant fucking figure it out, but the WAVEBIRD for GC is the fucking shizznit.  eat a dong you nintendo haters.

[erhajj]

I loved the dusty game.  I always picked the devil charactor.

[doveRBI]

that game is great.  it doesn't hurt that my name is dusty either.

[nightwulf]

also, don't make a blanket statement about wireless.  sorry that the megalomaniacs at sony and microsoft cant fucking figure it out, but the WAVEBIRD for GC is the fucking shizznit.  eat a dong you nintendo haters.

I dig the Wavebird too, but I'd love to see another product like the Satellite that allowed you to use any controller as a wireless controller.

Nightwulf

[Gantry]

Actually, the best wireless controller product I've ever used was the NES Satellite.

Wholeheartedly agree, in fact the Satellite is still in use at the Dee-Nee house.  Wireless with the standard NES controllers, nothing finer...

Only downsides are line-of-sight and the fact they it uses C batteries.  Seriously, who uses C batteries anymore?

[doveRBI]

i actually found a new in box nes satellite in my in laws basement last week.  it was pretty freaking cool... i looked on ebay to see if i could make a buck on it and they were going for like 3 dollars.  suck it ebay.

[Baines]

The more I think about it, I believe I am going to begin a quest to find a copy of Bad News Baseball.  I found a couple ROM's but unfortunately I'm worthless with a computer and don't know how to play them.

Another thing we were talking about is that we're pretty sure that there was another baseball game we played back then that had almost identical music to the RBI theme and even the same runners on base music.  Possibly BNB?

Maybe you can help me with this one SalBando?

[BeefMaster]

Wasn't Dusty Diamond the guy who played Screech on "Saved By The Bell"?