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Classic Baseball
Sports series started in 1983
A basic series of baseball games released for Nintendo's early consoles. The visuals are primitive but these games helped establish how baseball is depicted and controlled in future videogames.
Baseball
Release date:
JP: 07 Dec 1983 - ベースボール
US: 18 Oct 1985
EU: 01 Sep 1986
System: NES + Famicom
Developer: Nintendo R&D1 and Intelligent Systems
Genre: Sports
Choose your favourite team from a total of six teams and play against CPU or against a friend in multiplayer. There are no real gameplay differences between the six teams, so you can pick whichever team you want and play on a level playing ground.
Re-Releases:
Famicom Disk System:
21 Feb 1986 (JP)
Card-e Reader (Game Boy Advance):
11 Nov 2002 (US)
Wii Virtual Console:
02 Dec 2006 (JP), 29 Dec 2006 (EU), 01 Jan 2007 (US)
Wii U Virtual Console:
23 Oct 2013 (JP), 24 Oct 2013 (US), 24 Oct 2013 (EU)
NES + Famicom - Nintendo Switch Online:
19 Sep 2018 (JP), 19 Sep 2018 (US), 19 Sep 2018 (EU)
VS. Baseball
Release date:
US: Apr 1984
JP: May 1984 - VS. ベースボール
EU: 1986
System: Arcade
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: Sports
Basically the same basic two-player baseball game that was released for the NES and Famicom, ported to arcade machines afterwards.
Re-Releases:
Arcade Archives (Nintendo Switch):
19 Jun 2020 (JP), 19 Jun 2020 (US), 19 Jun 2020 (EU)
Baseball (Game Boy)
Release date:
JP: 21 Apr 1989 - ベースボール
US: 01 Aug 1989
EU: Sep 1990
System: Game Boy
Developer: Nintendo
Genre: Sports
A baseball game where you can choose from 2 teams from Japan and 2 teams from the USA. The gameplay has been simplified, with outfield defence being performed automatically.
Re-Releases:
Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console:
07 Jun 2011 (JP), 14 Jul 2011 (US), 28 Jul 2011 (EU)
Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online:
15 May 2024 (JP), 15 May 2024 (US), 15 May 2024 (EU)
