Bo Jackson Baseball
| Bo Jackson Baseball TV Sports: Baseball |
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 North American NES cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Beam Software[1][2] |
| Publisher(s) | Data East[1][2] |
| Designer(s) | Scott Orr[1][2] Denny Thorley[1][2] |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System[1][2] MS-DOS[3] Commodore Amiga[4] |
| Release date(s) | Nintendo Entertainment System: MS-DOS: Amiga: |
| Genre(s) | Traditional baseball simulation[1][2] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer (up to two players) |
| Media/distribution | 4-megabit cartridge Floppy disk |
Bo Jackson Baseball (known in Europe as TV Sports: Baseball) is a multiplatform traditional baseball simulation video game that was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Commodore Amiga, and personal computers with MS-DOS compatibility.
[edit] Summary
This video game is loosely based on Bo Jackson's career in Major League Baseball (which spanned from September 2, 1986 to August 10, 1994).[2] An option allows the player to play anywhere from five to nine innings.[2] Nintendo Power gave this game a 2.8 out of 5 in their September 1991 review while Electronic Gaming Monthly issued a 4.25 out of 10 review in their October 1991 issue of their magazine.[2]
Players can either play in exhibition mode or playoff mode. Either one or two players can participate. In addition to those options, a CPU vs CPU mode and a CPU vs CPU quick mode are available in order to quicken up a tournament; the purpose is to see the stats of that particular match and quickly end tournaments. The game uses city names but not the team names because of not having any proper licensing with Major League Baseball.[2] However, the players are purely fictional and they cannot be edited. Some of the player names are parodies of real life baseball players (such as Baltimore's "Kenrip" being a not-so-subtle parody of Cal Ripken).
There is even a cheat code that allows players to play as an all-Bo Jackson baseball team.[5]
| Reception | |
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| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | (4.25/10) |
| Nintendo Power | (2.8/5) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Release information (NES version)". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587149.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Additional release information". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/game/bo-jackson-baseball. Retrieved 2011-03-14.
- ^ a b "Release information (MS-DOS version)". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/928616-bo-jackson-baseball. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ a b c "Release information (Amiga version)". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/amiga/643910-bo-jackson-baseball. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "All-Bo Team Information". Cheat Codes Guides. http://www.cheatscodesguides.com/nes-cheats/bo-jackson-baseball/. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
