Superstar Status: I remember spending hours upon hours on this game making every team imaginable. "Baseball Stars" was the first sports game with a battery backup, enabling you to create and save to memory a team of Hall of Famers, a team named after everyone in your school, or even a team of your favorite rappers (they were my best team, thanks to the power hitting Ice-T & I'm serious, I did this). The more you played, the more money you earned, which gave you the ability to upgrade your players. At one point, Deion Sanders and Dr. Dre were the two best players on my cart, just to give you an example of some of the craziness that can happen when a kid gets too much time on his hands and loves making crazy lineups.
There was even a team of all-time greats in "Baseball Stars" led by "Babe," "Hank" and "Cy" (no license, no problem back then), not to mention the ability to keep accurate stats for every player, including batting average and home run totals. Back in 1989, this was mind-blowing stuff.
"'Baseball Stars' became a major hit in many countries worldwide and is often referred to as the best baseball game on the NES platform," SNK's Shinya Morashita said. "It was one of the first sports games to have data memory. Therefore, players could create a team, configure baseball leagues and play a season, and the game's memory chip stored cumulative statistics. 'Baseball Stars' was also the first sports game for the NES to have a create-a-player feature, giving gamers the power to name their players, as well as their teams. The game also introduced a role-playing element; as each game played earns the winning team money, and the amount won is directly related to the sum of the prestige ratings of the players from both teams (as prestige determines how many paying fans attend the game). The money can be used to purchase upgrades to the various abilities of players currently on the roster, or it can be used to purchase pre-designed players (available in the Rookie, Veteran, and All-Star categories). Also a first, a hidden feature allows players to purchase female baseball players."
Pro Talk: Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun says: "'Baseball Stars"' was one that was so much fun, and it's probably the first game I remember playing regularly. It was just something that I really enjoyed, and it increased the passion I had for playing the game of baseball."
Throw out the oddballs like NBA Street and NFL Blitz, they aren't too bad right now.
NFL2K5 had the best presentation ever.
I was a big fan of 2K sports. The NHL series (2K6 is where it peaked) and NFL (2K5 being the last one I bought because I liked it so much I didn't need the new one) were really great. Do they even still make those games? I took a break from buying sports games and just played the ones I had until recently.
I wonder why no racing games? It's technically a sport, if golf is a sport. I don't really play racing games, or like racing, but I think Pole Position belongs here.
"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
You have it correct. Peaked then and both the nhl and nfl games surpassed madden and nhl 05 and 06. The exclusivity deals prevented 2k from releasing nhl and nfl games, while ea couldn't make mlb games (and 2k butchered it).
You have it correct. Peaked then and both the nhl and nfl games surpassed madden and nhl 05 and 06. The exclusivity deals prevented 2k from releasing nhl and nfl games, while ea couldn't make mlb games (and 2k butchered it).
I haven't played NFL 2k5 in a while, but I still play NHL 2k6 all the time. It's the only reason I still have my original XBOX plugged in. My Nieuwendyk, Mogilny and Tucker line will fuck you up. Belfour is usually great in the first 2 periods, but he slides in the third. He'll almost always blow a shutout in the final minute, but the game might be programmed that way to try and keep the novelty of shutouts.
"See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
Now I'm getting angry about how good Gran Turismo 5 could have been if the navigation windows were not such a brutal discombobulation. I remember waiting five years and going thru multiple delays, my first reaction after playing the game was, "They should have spent more time ironing this game out".
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7. "Baseball Stars"
Systems: NES
Year Released: 1989
Superstar Status: I remember spending hours upon hours on this game making every team imaginable. "Baseball Stars" was the first sports game with a battery backup, enabling you to create and save to memory a team of Hall of Famers, a team named after everyone in your school, or even a team of your favorite rappers (they were my best team, thanks to the power hitting Ice-T & I'm serious, I did this). The more you played, the more money you earned, which gave you the ability to upgrade your players. At one point, Deion Sanders and Dr. Dre were the two best players on my cart, just to give you an example of some of the craziness that can happen when a kid gets too much time on his hands and loves making crazy lineups.
There was even a team of all-time greats in "Baseball Stars" led by "Babe," "Hank" and "Cy" (no license, no problem back then), not to mention the ability to keep accurate stats for every player, including batting average and home run totals. Back in 1989, this was mind-blowing stuff.
"'Baseball Stars' became a major hit in many countries worldwide and is often referred to as the best baseball game on the NES platform," SNK's Shinya Morashita said. "It was one of the first sports games to have data memory. Therefore, players could create a team, configure baseball leagues and play a season, and the game's memory chip stored cumulative statistics. 'Baseball Stars' was also the first sports game for the NES to have a create-a-player feature, giving gamers the power to name their players, as well as their teams. The game also introduced a role-playing element; as each game played earns the winning team money, and the amount won is directly related to the sum of the prestige ratings of the players from both teams (as prestige determines how many paying fans attend the game). The money can be used to purchase upgrades to the various abilities of players currently on the roster, or it can be used to purchase pre-designed players (available in the Rookie, Veteran, and All-Star categories). Also a first, a hidden feature allows players to purchase female baseball players."
Pro Talk: Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun says: "'Baseball Stars"' was one that was so much fun, and it's probably the first game I remember playing regularly. It was just something that I really enjoyed, and it increased the passion I had for playing the game of baseball."
I think it will go:
5: Mike Tyson's Punch Out
4: Tiger Woods 2003
3: Odd Ball like Tony Hawk or something
2: MVP Baseball 05
1: Tecmo Super Bowl
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
NFL2K5 had the best presentation ever.
was like
Madden 05
nfl 2k5
NBA Jam
Baseball Stars
something else, forgot
gotta say its a tough list to put down.
5. NHL 94
4. Mike Tyson's Punchout
3. Forza 4
2. Gran Turismo
1. Tecmo Super Bowl
MVP Baseball 05
NHL 94
Punch Out
Woods 03
Tecmo Super Bowl
I was a big fan of 2K sports. The NHL series (2K6 is where it peaked) and NFL (2K5 being the last one I bought because I liked it so much I didn't need the new one) were really great. Do they even still make those games? I took a break from buying sports games and just played the ones I had until recently.
I wonder why no racing games? It's technically a sport, if golf is a sport. I don't really play racing games, or like racing, but I think Pole Position belongs here.
I haven't played NFL 2k5 in a while, but I still play NHL 2k6 all the time. It's the only reason I still have my original XBOX plugged in. My Nieuwendyk, Mogilny and Tucker line will fuck you up. Belfour is usually great in the first 2 periods, but he slides in the third. He'll almost always blow a shutout in the final minute, but the game might be programmed that way to try and keep the novelty of shutouts.
http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/story/ ... -games-all
Other then that, a solid top 5.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
agreed. wwf? really? i don't care how good of a game it is. grand turismo should have been on the list.
Oh, but the intro was pretty awesome.
:fp: :fp:
Regardless, a classic game that was ahead of its time.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
I can't believe it either that there isn't a single racing game, especially since they put WWF on there. Pole Position, Excitebike, Rad Racer, etc.
:nono:
SPORTS!!!
Fact!
You would not be able to stop QB Eagles or my team.
I was the same way in NBA Jam. Couldn't be player 2 shooting at the left basket.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
My problem was hockey games where you could only play north and south, I was only worth a damn going north.