sethnintendo said:
Mandalore76 said:
Yeah, it's sad but true. The original RBI Baseball was developed by Namco as "Family Stadium" for the Famicom. It came over to the NES in 1988 as RBI Baseball developed by Atari Games and published by their subsidiary Tengen. It had annual releases from 1990-1994. The annual releases that started up in 2014 to present are far removed from the series' roots. These abominations are developed in house by the MLB under their MLBAdvancedMedia division. The 2017 version features no online play, no created players, and doesn't even have something as simple as a trade player feature. I gave it a shot on Nintendo Switch, but it is awful. I've heard that its equally bad on XBoxOne and PS4. When NES games released almost 30 years ago are more feature complete, there is a definite problem.
There were a lot of good baseball games back in the day. I remember borrowing and enjoying Tecmo Baseball, Bad New Baseball (also Tecmo), and Baseball Stars by SNK. I liked Baseball Stars so much that I bought my friend's copy and got years of enjoyment out of it. The Genesis baseball game I remember playing back in the day was Tony La Russa Baseball. Again, this was a friend's game, as they were much bigger baseball fans than I am. I also liked 3DO's High Heat Baseball a lot. I had High Heat 2004 on the original Xbox.
But yeah, somebody should definitely step into the void. Because if you don't own a PS4, there is literally no good option for playing a baseball game. Which means there is an untapped market on 2 out of 3 consoles. It doesn't have to be a graphics dynamo. Just a good game. Which Power Pro definitely is.
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Yea, I had RBI 1 (fat character sprites) and RBI 3. I believe RBI 3 was pinnacle for me on the NES for a baseball game. I probably played 2 perhaps rented or at a friends but don't remember much from it.
One game that was interesting but didn't really play that well gameplay wise compared to other baseball games at the time was Roger Clemens Baseball. I just remember that the viewing angles were different than most baseball games at the time. It kind of reminded me like a John Elway's Quarterback on NES. A game that tried to be different and gave a decent attempt at it but just fell through in other areas. In case of John Elway's Quarterback it was just damn tough to move the fucking ball consistently. The AI wasn't smart it was just cheap. Game was obviously flawed when compared to Tecmo Bowl.
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lol, yeah, I remember that. I had Tecmo Bowl and my older brother and I would play the hell out of it. My best friend had John Elway's Quarterback though, and would bring it over. And, I distinctly remember that being the case. My fingers would cramp up, and I'd have to stop for a moment and wiggle them around to release the tension. My friend would ask what's wrong, and I'd reply "John Elway fingers". It became an inside joke that no matter what game we were playing, if my fingers tensed up from the NES controller, I'd pause for a moment and say "Sorry, John Elway fingers."
