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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    OS Roundtable: Most Enjoyable Baseball Game of All-Time

    This week on the Operation Sports Roundtable, our esteemed staffers discuss the most enjoyable baseball game of all time and then a fight over High Heat Baseball breaks out! Be sure to check out all the banter from TJ Cutini, Matt Gagnon, Chris Sanner, Dave Branda and more! Be sure to add your very own thoughts to the subject!

    "With the latest baseball titles out on the market, it's a great time to reflect on baseball games of year's past. What old baseball title did you enjoy playing the most?"
    OS Executive Editor
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  • MassNole
    Banned
    • Mar 2006
    • 18848

    #2
    Great article. Sad there is no love for RBI Baseball though, even going back to its origins as an unlicensed NES game. IIRC, Jesse Orassco (sp) was a manimal on the mound.

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    • Crash Davis
      Banned
      • Jan 2008
      • 1321

      #3
      Havent read the article, but MLB 08, its passes MVP 05. its MVP 05 next gen, MVP 05 got a little too much love dont get me wrong it was a very solid solid game, classic even but not the greatest not anymore...
      2k5 was a decent shot as well, first game with specific custom soundtracks all new everything at the time. major blow to that game was multiplayer was weak but owell. it was also one of the first games i can remember that had HOF (in the skybox) that made me play ALOT of seasons in franchise personally. as for old school Ken Griffey number 1 for SNES was great for its time. Bigs a solid effort last year, seems like it could deliver an awesome arcade experience in future installments.

      Best HR Derby was in Triple play 2001 where u were placed in odd enviroments ie Construction site, Living Room

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      • Bill_Abner
        MVP
        • Sep 2002
        • 1285

        #4
        Re: OS Roundtable: Most Enjoyable Baseball Game of All-Time

        It is important to distinguish the High Heat games. High Heat 2001 and 2002, specifically on the PC, post patches, and with all of the user mods and tune file adjustments was a brilliant, and highly influencial baseball game on par with games like Earl Weaver Baseball and FPS: Baseball. High Heat on the console just isn't the same. Not even close, really; also if you play High Heat even on the PC without the patches and tune adjustements it's just another game...and a buggy one at that. You really needed the extra stuff for it to shine.
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        • mastersbunch
          Rookie
          • Nov 2007
          • 5

          #5
          MLB 08 is the Next Gen best baseball game hands down.MVP 05 will always be great.The best old gen baseball games in no particular order would be Baseball Stars (NES) RBI Baseball ( NES) Baseball Stars II (NEO GEO) World Series Baseball II (Sega Saturn) World Series Baseball 95 Featuring Deion Sanders ( Sega 32 X )

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          • mastersbunch
            Rookie
            • Nov 2007
            • 5

            #6
            I almost forgot All Star Baseball 04 for (Gamecube,PS2 XBOX)

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            • dkgojackets
              Banned
              • Mar 2005
              • 13816

              #7
              Re: OS Roundtable: Most Enjoyable Baseball Game of All-Time

              MVP 05 for xbox imo.

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              • Cletus
                MVP
                • Oct 2004
                • 1771

                #8
                Bases Loaded 2 was one of the more fun games I've played. It had a Biorythym system that would tell you what players were hot and cold. I liked Bases Loaded 2 better than 3. Good article, honestly, if High Heat was that great of a game then a huge population would still be playing it, like MVP 2005. I remember playing one of the High Heats on PS1, it was a great game, but it was nothing earth shattering.
                PSN:BrrbisBrr

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                • BlyGilmore
                  Have you seen my baseball
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 561

                  #9
                  Re: OS Roundtable: Most Enjoyable Baseball Game of All-Time

                  Originally posted by Crash Davis
                  Havent read the article, but MLB 08, its passes MVP 05. its MVP 05 next gen, MVP 05 got a little too much love dont get me wrong it was a very solid solid game, classic even but not the greatest not anymore...
                  2k5 was a decent shot as well, first game with specific custom soundtracks all new everything at the time. major blow to that game was multiplayer was weak but owell. it was also one of the first games i can remember that had HOF (in the skybox) that made me play ALOT of seasons in franchise personally. as for old school Ken Griffey number 1 for SNES was great for its time. Bigs a solid effort last year, seems like it could deliver an awesome arcade experience in future installments.

                  Best HR Derby was in Triple play 2001 where u were placed in odd enviroments ie Construction site, Living Room
                  Triple Play 2001's HR Derby goes down in history as one of the great drinking/gambling game.

                  we used to pile eight to 10 guys in a room, all drinking, screaming, talking smack, etc.
                  If you can read this, you don't need glasses.

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                  • catcatch22
                    Or should I
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 3378

                    #10
                    World Series Baseball 95 on the Genesis. It introduced me to my favorite type of hitting in which you had to use a cursor. It was the first baseball game I have seen to accurately replicate each and every teams stadium.

                    It was also the first game that I played that had Classic Home Run Derby with like the Black and White show did. With classic players to boot with Ruth, Aaron, Mays and the like.

                    I played World Series baseball for 2-3 seasons (started college couldn't afford a new one).

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                    • Rocky
                      All Star
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 6896

                      #11
                      Re: OS Roundtable: Most Enjoyable Baseball Game of All-Time

                      Glad to see Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball get some love. I was a beast with Apollo Creed.
                      "Maybe I can't win. But to beat me, he's going to have to kill me. And to kill me, he's gonna have to have the heart to stand in front of me. And to do that, he's got to be willing to die himself. I don't know if he's ready to do that."
                      -Rocky Balboa

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                      • DJ
                        Hall Of Fame
                        • Apr 2003
                        • 17756

                        #12
                        MVP '05 was terrific, as was High Heat '03 (both on PS2)

                        Before that I played tons of World Series '95 on the Genesis

                        Nintendo-era was either RBI Baseball, Baseball Stars or Bases Loaded
                        Currently Playing:
                        MLB The Show 25 (PS5)

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                        • Beantown
                          #DoYourJob
                          • Feb 2005
                          • 31523

                          #13
                          Re: OS Roundtable: Most Enjoyable Baseball Game of All-Time

                          Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball if I have to go "old school" but MVP 2005 will always be my favorite.

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                          • Heelfan71
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 19940

                            #14
                            Tony Larussa 96 for PC is the one game I probably have played more than any other baseball game. A close 2nd would be Micro League Baseball.
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                            • Blzer
                              Resident film pundit
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 42501

                              #15
                              Either MLB Power Pros or Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball.

                              I have fun with today's simulation games... just not like I do with these ones.
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