1991 · Tose Co. · Baseball · Sports

Super Bases Loaded

Nintendo exclusive

Another baseball game in the Bases Loaded series. The game features a 1 and 2 player game plus a watch mode that allows the player to watch two computer players play each other.

Released: 17 May 1991
Platforms: SNES
Genres: Baseball Sports
Developers: Tose Co.
Publishers: Jaleco
Series: Bases Loaded
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Country: Japan

About

Super Bases Loaded is a baseball video game produced by Jaleco for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1991. It is the fifth overall installment of the Bases Loaded series, and first installment of the secondary series for the Super NES. This game was originally released in Japan under the title Super Professional Baseball (スーパープロフェッショナルベースボール).

The North American version includes a sponsorship from Ryne Sandberg, like Bases Loaded 3 for the NES.

Keywords

baseball
super-ness
character select screen

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

According to Famitsu, Super Bases Loaded sold 179,281 copies during its lifetime in Japan. The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game fourth in popularity in its August 1991 issue.

Super Bases Loaded received mixed reviews from critics. David Upchurch of ACE praised the gameplay but was critical of the graphics and sound. Ashley Summers of Raze considered the baseball players to be realistically drawn and animated, but wrote that the crowd "looks like mush". Summers praised the music, but criticized the "muffled and repetitive" dialogue. Chris Rice of N-Force praised the gameplay and sound effects, but concluded that it was a "good game let down by poor graphics and an unfinished look!".