VR Baseball '97

PlayStation console exclusive

VR Baseball '97 invites players to immerse themselves into the world of baseball by selecting from a variety of teams, stadiums, and players. Designed to be the first baseball game that lets you play in a real-time 360-degree 3D world, gamers can play any position and watch the game play out from any angle. The game includes 700 players, 28 stadiums, all-star games, national anthems, and statistics for the 1997 baseball season. Gamers may play alone or challenge a friend to an "Exhibition Game," or a "Home Run Derby."

Released: 1997
Platforms: PlayStation Windows
Genres: Baseball Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

VR Baseball '97 is a baseball video game developed by VR Sports and published by Interplay Productions for PlayStation. It was released in early April 1997, and was later ported for Microsoft Windows as VR Baseball: Hardware Accelerated in late 1997.

Keywords

baseball

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Reception

VR Baseball '97 received mixed reviews. Next Generation said, "while VR Baseball '97 has most of the pieces in place to be a great baseball game, the slow pace of play [...] and the dismal frame rate keep this game in the minors."