Bases Loaded (video game)
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Bases Loaded (Moero!! Pro Yakyuu in Japan) is a Jaleco game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1987 in Japan and in 1988 in the US. The game allows the player to control one of 12 teams in either a single game or a full season. For single games, there is also a two-player option.
Bases Loaded featured a unique television-style depiction of the pitcher-batter matchup, as well as strong play control and a relatively high degree of realism, which made it one of the most popular baseball games of the early NES era.
One unique feature of the game is that the pitcher can provoke a batter to charge the mound. Each team has only one batter who can be provoked in this manner, however (usually the team's best hitter); it is up to the player to discover who it is.
At the time Bases Loaded was released, few video games were licensed by major league sports. Therefore, the league depicted in Bases Loaded is a fictitious league of 12 teams. They are:
- Boston - Good offense (Freida and Norkus), mediocre pitching
- D.C. - Very potent offense (Doreo and Fendy), bad pitching
- Hawaii
- Jersey - Features Paste, the best player in the game, who can make almost any hit a home run. Very subpar team otherwise.
- Kansas
- L.A. - "Small ball" team (high average, low power) with terrible pitching
- Miami
- N.Y. - Overall strong batting and pitching, but with no particular standouts
- Omaha
- Philly - Best pitching (Gantos), competent hitting
- Texas - another "Small ball" team with decent pitching
- Utah
There are three more video games in the Bases Loaded NES series, Bases Loaded II: Second Season, Bases Loaded 3 and Bases Loaded 4. An equivalent also appeared for the Super Nintendo.
