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Baseball
Stars 2
ベースボールスターズ2
(1992) |
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Fourth
time lucky: after Baseball
Star (1989), the entertaining but frustrating
Baseball
Stars Professional (1990) and the disappointing
2020
Super Baseball (1991) SNK finally come up
with the perfect arcade-style baseball game.
The gameplay is still a bit random, but everything
else is cranked up: the larger-than-life characters,
fast & hectic game pace and generous hitting
ratio guarantee tense and high-scoring games.
Especially 2-player, where strategy, skill and
luck are all necessary in equal measure. 2P games
almost always end up in hilarious match-ups for
both experts and novices alike, because this is
where the 'random' effect comes into its own:
either player can get a lucky home run at any
time and get back in the game, no matter how bleak
the situation.
The pitching control is vastly improved too, but
over-using curve and swing will tire your pitcher
rapidly, and the opponent can maximise upon this
by using a 'Power Up' option, that sees the chosen
batter yield a massive oversized bat: one clean
hit and it's 'outta here'.
The entire SNK baseball saga comes to a climax
here, ending up as what might well be the best
arcade-style baseball game ever devised. If you
like that sort of thing. |
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Baseball
Stars 2
ベースボールスターズ2
NEO GEO |
DETAILS
| Format |
Neo
Geo |
| Released |
28
Apr 1992 |
| Publisher |
SNK |
| Product
ID |
NGH-041 |
| Size
(cm) |
22
x 17 x 4 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.64 |
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SNK
deliver some truly high-class
baseball hijinks for the Neo
Geo.
The best baseball game ever
made. Maybe.
Soft-case Neo Geo packaging,
68Mbit cartridge, monochrome
booklet. |
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Baseball
Stars 2
ベースボールスターズ2
NEO GEO CD |
DETAILS
| Format |
Neo
Geo CD |
| Released |
9
Sep 1994 |
| Publisher |
SNK |
| Product
ID |
NGCD-041 |
| Size
(cm) |
14.2
x 12.4 x 1 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.10 |
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Standard
Neo Geo CD re-release of SNK's
sporting classic.
Cricket is for pansies.
'Neo
Geo' stamped CD case, Neo
Geo CD CD-ROM disc, monochrome
booklet, spine card. |
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Stars', 'Neo Geo' and 'SNK' are registered trademarks of SNK Playmore
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