Baseball (1983 video game)

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Baseball
North American NES boxart
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D1
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	NES, Famicom Disk System, Game Boy, e-Reader, Virtual Console
Release date	NES version ^JPN December 7, 1983 ^NA October 18, 1985 FDS version ^JPN February 21, 1986 Game Boy version ^JPN April 21, 1989 ^NA August, 1989 e-Reader version November, 2002 Virtual Console version ^NA January 1, 2007
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, two player
Media	192-kilobit cartridge (NES), Nintendo FDS Disk (FDS)
Input methods	NES controller (NES)

Baseball gameplay, infield view

Baseball gameplay, outfield view

Baseball is a simple baseball video game made by Nintendo in 1983 for the Nintendo Family Computer, making it one of the first games released for the Famicom. It was later one of the NES's 18 launch titles when it was released in 1985 in the United States. As in real baseball, the object of the game is to score the most runs. Up to two players are supported. Each player can select from one of six teams. Although there is no difference between them other than uniform color, they are meant to represent the six members of the Japanese Central League.

In the NES release of the game, the six playable teams were changed to represent MLB pennant winners of the early 1980s.

The title screen tune of this NES title was also used as the title screen tune of Nintendo's Pro Wrestling. A slightly altered version of it was used at the title screen of the NES title, Volleyball, also by Nintendo. The home-run tune was later used as the victory tune in the Punch-Out!! arcade and the victory tune in the Super Punch-Out!! arcade.

[edit] Other releases

Arcade - vs. Baseball was slightly different than its NES counterpart. The game featured additional graphics as well as some speech.
PlayChoice-10 - Baseball was one of the games available for play in PlayChoice-10 arcade machines, released in 1986.
Game Boy - Baseball was one of the first games to launch with the Game Boy, along with Super Mario Land and Tetris.
e-Reader - Baseball was one of the NES games ported to the Game Boy Advance e-Reader in 2002.
Baseball is also a bonus NES game in the GameCube game, Animal Crossing.
Wii - The NES version was released for the Wii's Virtual Console on January 1, 2007.