Baseball games for sega genesis

Fans were able to relive, or improve, that year's season in beautiful bit glory. There is a large library of baseball titles on the system, each providing tweaks on the overall formula, but all are fantastic titles. Released in , World Series Baseball is one of the most critically acclaimed baseball titles on the Sega Genesis. This title was the first baseball game to feature officially licensed MLB teams and players, with the roster being from the season.

The play-by-play commentary is provided by the San Diego Padres broadcaster Jerry Coleman to provide some more realism to this title.

World Series Baseball was praised for its realistic gameplay, from the outfielders to the catcher, and its graphics, which were impressive for the time. Sadly, this is the only title in the series to be released for the original Genesis.

But World Series Baseball is a great baseball title and a fantastic nostalgia trip. Another awesome baseball game, Sports Talk Baseball is a cool twist on the baseball formula. In this title, instead of abiding by typical baseball rules, players must score ten more points than the opposing team to win the game. This rule carries over throughout the various modes, which include exhibition, regular season, all-star, and playoff.

This title includes the full roster from the MLB season and features in-depth statistics, which was pretty unusual for the time. Sports Talk Baseball was praised as the ninth-best baseball game ever made, giving players plenty of exciting mechanics, gameplay, and realism that had never been seen before.

The Gold Edition took what players loved about this series and upgraded it for another run. The roster features all of the players with stats from the season. Another welcome inclusion is a four-player mode, which allows four-players to face off in awesome MLB action. Triple Play Gold Edition is an excellent baseball title that puts players right into the action.

Probably the least realistic title on this list, Super Baseball is an awesome, futuristic take on America's pastime. The rules have been changed slightly to account for the super strength that robot players now have.

A home run is only achieved by hitting the ball over the protective glass, otherwise the ball is bounced back into play.

Modern sports commentary is necessary these days, but in , it was great to hear a play-by-play man. Land mines and power ups are vary the gameplay, and the rules of baseball have been changed with home runs only hit to center field, and no foul territory outside of behind home plate. There are also RPG-style leveling up elements to the game as well, which is completely unique. The new behind-the-batter view gave you a real sense of being there in , and it was very cool.

The game is built on the Madden engine, but only seven players are on the field, instead of the standard eleven. Sixteen teams are made up of aliens, robots, trolls and other forms of mutant.

Special plays like sticking dynamite in the ball and killing the referee are just a couple of your many options to ratchet up the craziness. There were rumors of a reboot a few years ago, including a concept video done by EA developers. They actually let you decide if you want to play a regular playoff system or a bowl season. To the best of my knowledge, this game was the first, at least in the EA Football games, to remove the receiver passing windows. Presentation wise, the game looks good and sounds great, while the gameplay is built off the same core Madden engine.

Not quite sure what happened in that one year of development, but I digress. Full season mode significantly lengthens the experience, and they introduced player fatigue as well, which obviously enhances the game in the area of realism. Throw in great graphics and solid audio from Pat Summerall and John Madden, and you probably have the best football game on the Genesis. The gameplay is really what sets it apart from other football games, and while the current generations of Madden get a little bit of flack, Madden is at its best on the Genesis.

The Tournament Edition was released an amazing two months after the original with updated rosters, including an extra player for each team, and the new all-Rookie team, which had five freshmen to choose from. At a time when arcade releases were a dime a dozen, NBA Jam stands out because of incredibly addicting gameplay, but having the NBA license is an obvious enhancement as well.

Seeing real players put in over the top situations, soaring way high above the rim for an on-fire slam dunk is still great to watch and be a part of. The game introduced a new overhead style camera angle for the inaugural year in the series.

The gameplay is a little quicker than most simulation style games, but it just seems to fit. Much like the rest of the Genesis sports library, Electronic Arts nailed it with the perfect combination of gameplay and graphics.

The game boasts eight of the greatest heavyweights of all time, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and the aforementioned Holyfield.

The career mode is where the game shines though, offering a bevy of options to customize and train your boxer as you attempt to climb the ladder against 30 fictional fighters and become the heavyweight champion. There is no better career mode available for the Genesis. Even with the worse roster, Royal Rumble is a blast to play. The gameplay has a tug of war style grapple system, essentially predicated on button mashing and overall wrestler health.

Wear down your opponent enough and you can perform a finishing move. Audio is decent and the character models are pretty good for the period.

Gameplay is faster than the original, allowing you to get a better overall feel for the pace that soccer is played at at the top levels. Nice graphics and sound are present throughout the game, and the animations are top notch. As with FIFA games of today, the amount of content is staggering, which really sets it apart from other available options. Year of Release: Publisher: Codemasters Pete Sampras Tennis is another game in the list of highly underrated Genesis sports titles. The game looks great and handles just like most tennis games of the time period, with the three face buttons controlling lobs, normal shots and top spins.

Sampras is the only real tennis player in the game, but there are many fictional opponents to play against on three standard courts: Clay, Grass and Hard Court.

You have five game modes to play through, but the length of the game is a little on the short side due to relatively easy AI. That is impossible. The SNES came out in Sad that there was no mention of Mario Lemieux Hockey. Lots of other hockey games are missing, too, but I think Lemieux is a stunning absence considering that it was the only hockey game on the system for a while and offers a very different experience from the NHL series.

Dude use Google before you go blasting people. They did miss out on madden Tecmo Baseball and Tecmo Baskeball are also some of my favorites..

Great writeup. It was definitely cool that the Bill Walsh series always had an end of season tournament was optional — you could always just go with bowl games too. Which article are you citing here? Breetai: Apologies for the error with the Madden timeline.

That will be corrected. You are correct in that more hockey games probably could have been listed. I played Mario Lemieux Hockey quite a bit back then as well, and it was pretty fun.

The EA Sports titles always played better on the Genesis, without question. I know that OS has done them in the past as well. When I sent my piece in, there was a link to that tournament as well, but that may have been lost in the posting process. It was all done by fan vote, but they needed to give reasons as well. It was done months ago. I did find the bracket though:.

What system was Blades of Steel for? I loved that game was that NIntendo? But the EA hockey was definately my favorite of all time. Actually just off by one year. Both games are definitely solid, without question. When I was doing some research for that particular section, I read some people talking about framerate hiccups and AI issues as well. Perhaps it clouded my judgment, but both games are exceedingly fun without question.

They are supposed to go above and after the word FIFA. Could be that that japanese dodgeball game earned to be on this list. One of the most fun sports games I played on Genesis.

You would kick the ball and depending on how hard you kicked it or spiked the volleyball it would change shape for super kicks. I really wish I knew the name of that game!!! Your email address will not be published. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Guides Journal Together Retro Forum. The variety of sports games available for the Genesis is impressive. Fewer risks are being taken with games these days.