Box Copy
Crystal Dynamics presents
the most realistic baseball video game ever published. Real Motion
Control 3D technology serves up incredibly life-like 3D polygonal models
that bat, pitch, and hit like real players.
- 700 Actual Major
League Baseball Players and Stats
- Over 50 of the
league's top players' batting stances
- Dig in and face heat
from 5 controllable perspectives
- General Manager
mode: trade players, modify player stats and build the ultimate
dream team.
- Van Earl Wright
fires up the action with over 1,000 supercharged color comments.
Discussion
Take a trip down memory lane with one of the earliest attempts at true
3D baseball (ironic, no?) on the PlayStation. Features the real players
and their stats, but no team names or official parks. The game has
different camera angle choices and is easily playable without looking at
the manual.
Despite the anorexic player models, the game boasts a rather impressive
camera system that follows the plays at just the right height and
distance. It's a little jerky in the batters box, but over all it isn't
bad. This was Crystal Dynamics litmus test to see if they had a viable
sports department after releasing the Slam and Jam basketball game. The
test failed, and the "Championship Sports" series quietly disappeared
from Crystal Dynamics' game line up.
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Trivia
- Also available on
Sega Saturn.
- Upper Deck provided
the player profile images.
- In the PlayStation
version. the in-game menus have a bit more pizzazz to them,
otherwise both games are pretty comparable to each other.
- Several baseball
terms are used on the manual's credits page to describe various
staff members.
- Though the 4
stadiums are fake, they are inspired by real world locales,
including Wrigley Field and Fenway Park.
- The PlayStation
version has this odd glitch where the players, when running onto the
field for the first time, all stop and face towards left field. Once
the camera pan stops, the players are all magically facing the
correct way.
- Occasionally you'll
see Crystal Dynamics games being used for the ballpark ad spaces.
- Both Saturn and
PlayStation packaging have similar screenshots and name drops, one
in particular is the exact same screenshot - it looks like the
Saturn version has a PSX image on it's back panel.
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