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Baseball (USA / Europe)

NES / Famicom
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1985
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✪ Reviewed on July 1, 2023
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Baseball is one of the first Nintendo sports on NES with simplified matches in basic format. The version keeps the sport essence with intuitive controls but content stays limited. For historical 8 bit baseball fans, classic of the first Nintendo NES games, without the depth of later references.

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Category
Sports 2 players 3+
Description
Minimalist Nintendo baseball with nine pared-down innings and basic rules. Published by Nintendo, released in 1985 in the USA. A Famicom sports pioneer later included as a collectible inside Animal Crossing.

Baseball review

2/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,02 MB 📅18/10/1985
Published by Nintendo

Baseball (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $7 Q6 complete
 $48 Q10 new
 $320 !
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Other versions
Baseball
Japan
07/12/1983
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Collector interest

A foundational Black Box title in Nintendo's catalog, its interest comes from historical rank rather than scarcity. Released at the 1985 US launch, this minimalist baseball belongs to the first wave of black-box editions, whose earliest silver-flap printings and label variants draw purists. Extremely common, its loose value stays low, but early Black Box sealed copies and packaging variants carry all of the collecting value.

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