With the 2011 Major League Baseball season right around the corner and both major baseball games releasing today, it seemed fitting to count down the best baseball games to ever grace our consoles. You won't find Atari's Home Run or Baseball on the NES in this list because, frankly, those games sucked. However, this list shows that newer isn't always necessarily better and that some of gaming's greatest triumphs on the diamond came in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Spanning over two decades, this list will highlight ten of the best games to ever swing for the fences. Disagree with the placement? Is your favorite game notoriously absent from this list? This list is in no ways meant to be definitive, but a starting place for discussion, so feel free to leave your comments and explain what your favorite baseball games are. And then let's all celebrate by playing some MLB 11: The Show or MLB 2K11!
These classics need to make a return.
Pre-ordered mine a few days ago. Love this concept and hope there are more games announced. I can’t justify paying the prices for games that collectors are asking for. It’s the primary reason I own almost every console except the Neo Geo.
I've pre ordered one here in the UK, no games though, as I'll move it on for a higher price. The white model looks awesome, but as expected, the price is too high. We'll probably see more of those all in one cartridges from China containing every AES game. In the UK, AES+ game at £70 ($95) is better than eye watering prices for the originals, but these games are so old and I can honestly say SNK didn't release many classics. The Metal Slug series is the only series I rate, there were just too many Street Fighter clones and not enough scrolling fighting games. Overall, the Neo Geo was poor for all genres apart from one on one fighters. Videos on YouTube asking for games from that console generation to be ported to the AES+, but who'd want to pay £70 for Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2? There's a lot of SNK collections out there, the best being Metal Slug Anthology on the PlayStation 2. The Street Fighter Anniversary Collection on the Switch contains 12 games for around £30, instead of £840 if released on the AES+. For collectors, the AES+ is the best news since sliced bread. Are there enough SNK fans out there? Nowhere near. Those £70 cartridges will soon start creeping up in price and it'll be a re-run of the original console.
I always wanted one in the 90's but couldn't afford it. Now i can but i think if i get one it will be collecting dust fast. It's a nostalgia thing i guess.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
