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IGDB / 7764

Bases Loaded

1987 74 / 100 Sport
Bases Loaded is a baseball game that was released for Arcade and the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. It was developed by Jaleco and TOSE, and was the first installment in the Bases Loaded series, which was followed by seven sequels for three generations of consoles. The game tried to focus on the confrontation between the pitcher and the batter, putting emphasis on the face-off between the two. Unfortunately, Show full summary

Bases Loaded is a baseball game that was released for Arcade and the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. It was developed by Jaleco and TOSE, and was the first installment in the Bases Loaded series, which was followed by seven sequels for three generations of consoles. The game tried to focus on the confrontation between the pitcher and the batter, putting emphasis on the face-off between the two. Unfortunately, this made the perspective fairly limited in determining where to hit the ball, or even where the ball was during a pitch.

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Story & context

Bases Loaded introduced a unique depiction of the batter-pitcher matchup, emanating the typical views seen on television coverage of baseball. This allowed the player a more realistic feel, and made Bases Loaded into one of the most popular baseball games for early NES. The league was made of fictitious teams, as it was difficult to achieve a license from the MBA, and included 12 American cities with unique players on each team. One unique feature that the game included was that each team had one batter who would charge the mound when provoked by the pitcher.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
HAMSTER, Tose, Jaleco
Publisher
HAMSTER, Jaleco
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player, Split screen
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Third person
Themes
Action
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Nintendo 3DS Jul 10, 2014
  • Nintendo 3DS May 15, 2013
  • Wii Sep 11, 2007
  • Family Computer Jun 26, 1987
  • Wii Apr 07, 2008
  • Wii U Jul 10, 2014
  • Wii U May 15, 2013
  • Nintendo Entertainment System Jul 1988

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