Modern day video games are very realistic when it comes to stats, names, game play, and graphics. No matter how much of an old school gamer you are, it is very difficult to say that the greatest football game of all time, TECMO BOWL, is as good on paper as the newest Madden. Trust me, I spent a portion of my life in Tony's basement with a group of friends drinking beer and playing tournament after tournament of TECMO. But, even I can't claim as an overall game that TECMO is comparable to Madden. When comparing the actual era, of course TECMO is king, but side by side in 2008, Madden wins in a route.The other night we were talking about old school sport's game and the topic of baseball games came up. I assumed that Baseball Stars would be crowned the undisputed king of my childhood, but was shocked to find so much dissent in the group. There was the RBI portion who made claim to the MLB and the fact RBI was the first realistic baseball game. Than from the end of the bar, another friend was stunned that we were not including Bases Loaded in the mix as he felt it was the first "great graphics" sports game and was ahead of the curve in terms of visuals. Once the debate became even more heated, Baseball Simulator was even brought up, even though I do not remember even playing it back in the day.When the dust settled, even though most people stuck to their favorites, the majority ruled that Baseball Stars is the all time disputed baseball game when you base the decision off of the era released. I can recall long hours in my basement with friends playing our league with teams we created and boosting stats with the money made from victories.In a small Irish Pub in Detroit, a group of people handed the title to Baseball Stars. But, here at Pregame.com, we have a large diverse audience that extends all over this great country of ours. So the question to you my fellow gamers is this:What is the greatest baseball game of all time based of the era released and why?
Waiting for Jeff Bonds on this one.......
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Baseball stars and its not even close.
Definitely baseball stars as you can buy/upgrade players and make them all-stars. Bases Loaded was great as you were able to through curve balls, sinkers and what not. That was more realistic. I mean, c'mon, my whole team in BS was 93-95's and were averging 3.5 hr's EACH per game. They all were 100% stealing bases and tracked every ball in the OF. Still gets my vote.
Baseball Stars was the shit. Man, I loved that game.
I'm from the ERA ( OVER 50) & Marco too that DIDN"T Play Video Games. We did However Play REAL Baseball in Sand Filled Lots with Bricks for Bases. Oh the "Good Ole Days"
Baseball Stars and Tecmo Bowl...WOW.... thanks for the trip down memory lane..time to bring out the old Nintendo...
I remember Baseball on Intellivision,
Baseball Stars hands down although the first Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball was pretty damn good
Give me the Ninja Blacksox and I'll slice through this forum in four games
Bonds....
Oh Bonds....
Would you really be up to play after I DESTROY you in TECMO?
I've heard all about putting Jerry Rice in the RB slot - It would get ugly Johnny Detroit
Oh son.......
Thing is you would have to get off to a quick lead.
You know that West Coast cats have no heart :)
You get down early you might pull the old knee on the reset button. Or even worse, the infamous my controller is not working right, button is sticking, etc....
I'd put you at a slight -3 favorite if I flew across the country.....I'm a TD favorite playing on the beaches of California.
-13 here. You would be so miserable being in this dump.
You favored by 2 TDs in CA. I would want to get the game over and get out in the sun to watch sluts and "real time" drive by shootings...