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1989 · Culture Brain · Baseball · Sports

Baseball Simulator 1.000

Nintendo exclusive

Baseball Simulator 1.000 was made by Culture Brain exclusively for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Released in 1989, it was praised by Electronic Gaming Monthly as the "Best Sports-Themed Video Game" of 1989. This was largely due to some unique gameplay features that helped it to set itself apart from the many other baseball games released.

Released: 27 October 1989
Platforms: NES Wii U
Genres: Baseball Sports
Developers: Culture Brain
Publishers: Culture Brain
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Age ratings: CLASS_IND L CERO A ESRB E
Languages: English, Japanese

About

Baseball Simulator 1.000 (超人ウルトラベースボール; "Choujin Ultra Baseball") is a baseball sports video game released on the NES. It was released in 1989 in Japan and in 1990 in North America.

›Story

The player can choose between four separate leagues, each with specific traits in the teams contained. For example, one of the leagues contains "ultra" teams, which have players that hold special powers, and one of the leagues enables the player to create their own teams and league. Special events and plays are able to be used by the player, such as Ultra Hits and Ultra pitches. With this as the context, there is an exhibition mode and a regular season mode allowing the player to play a season with a chosen team.

Keywords

baseball
retro
wii u virtual console

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Gameplay

In the game, there are four leagues available. The first two contain only normal teams, the third contains only ultra teams, and the fourth allows a player to create their own league from any mixture of normal and ultra teams. A player can either control a normal baseball team or an ultra baseball team with super hitting and pitching plays to boost their chances of winning.

Each Ultra play uses a certain number of points. Ultra points are used for special hitting powers and there are also defensive super abilities. These points are limited and when they are all used up no more ultra plays can be performed. There are also some Ultra Upgrades, for outfielders and batters. These cost more points to assign, but become intrinsic effects, and do not cost points to use.

Reception

Electronic Gaming Monthly awarded it "Best Sports-Themed Video Game" in their 1989 awards issue, giving it "top honors ... [for] taking liberty with the sport itself". 1up.com listed it as one of the "hidden gems" of the NES, calling it one of the best baseball games for the system.