Baseball [Model HVC-BA]

43 Years old Nintendo Famicom cart. Nintendo Co., Ltd. [Japan]

ベースボール © 1983 Nintendo.
(Baseball)

A baseball game. Players pick from a list of teams. The game-play can be very frustrating because infielders may not pick up a ball at their feet since they are waiting for another player to come over and pick it up.

4,500 Yen

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TECHNICAL

GAME ID: HVC-BA
BARCODE: T4902370832167

TRIVIA

Base Ball was released on December 7, 1983 (Wednesday) in Japan at a retail price of 4,500 Yen.

Export release:
Released in North America as "Base Ball [Model NES-BA-USA]". It has different speed unit (mile per hour), top and bottom halves of innings are written in English, teams' letters are different (A, C, D, P, R and Y) and was published by Nintendo of America with 1984 copyright year.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* The computer (AI) is very tough to defeat, but if you practice it and play for a while, you'll be able to beat them.

* Try not to run around the bases too often. The controls are really bad actually and sometimes respond too late, resulting in an Out for you. When you reach the base, stay there.

* The 4th batter is usually your strongest hitter.

* Hit right/left while the ball is in the air to curve the ball accordingly. You can even curve the ball right AND left in one throw.

* All the teams possess the same abilities, so it doesn't matter which team you choose either in 1- or 2-player games.

STAFF

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Executive Producer: Hiroshi Yamauchi
Producer: Masayuki Uemura
Director: Kenji Miki
Game Design & Character Design: Shigeru Miyamoto
Design: Tadashi Sugiyama
Sound: Yukio Kaneoka

PORTS

CONSOLES

Famicom Disk System (1986) Baseball [Model FMC-BAS]

Nintendo GameCube (2001) Animal Crossing as an unlockable Bonus game.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2002) e-Reader Series
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (2007)

OTHERS

Arcade Vs. Baseball (1984)

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).