What baseball games did you play as a kid? - Page 2

edm · 08-13-2016, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rudel.dietrich

I remember the original RBI baseball for the NES and I remember the first one to keep stats because it had a battery backup. Cant remember which version that was.

I'm not sure which one kept stats either, but I can tell you it wasn't the first one, because I kept stats with paper and pen

edm · 08-13-2016, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Rizon

In Order:

Atari2600 Baseball
Matell Handheld Baseball
Hardball on Commodore
Bases Loaded on NES
Hardball 4-6 on PC
OOTP

I forgot about the Matell game. I actually picked up the replica one they released a few years back. The gameplay didn't quite hold up from what I remember as a kid though

eriqjaffe · 08-13-2016, 01:00 PM

My first experience was the Cadaco game with the spinners. I also played Strat-O-Matic for a while in the early 80's.

Computer-wise, the one I remember the most was one just called "Computer Baseball" for the Commodore 64 made by SSI. It had some flaws (Casey the computer manager took forever to do things, and if you struck out the lead-off hitter it would almost invariably lead to a cascade of runs unless you walked the #2 guy) but I played the heck out of it - it had a module where you could enter your own teams which was a lot of fun.

I also played an early version of APBA for the PC for a while. It predated the version with Ernie Harwell, but was still a good game.

Front Page Sports: Baseball '94 flor the PC was the next big leap. Like Computer Baseball, I could enter my own teams - working backwards I had actually entered every MLB team back into the 1910's(!).

Then came OOTP.

I also played Little League for a couple of years. Usually right field and occasionally second base. I was a terrible outfielder, a pretty decent second baseman and a godawful hitter.

bear · 08-13-2016, 03:46 PM

As a young kid in the 50s I played the spinner game. Also had a baseball card game with cards for strikes, balls, hits and outs. Played games with that deck and used my baseball cards as teams. Then, in the early 60s I discovered APBA.

Rizon · 08-15-2016, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by edm

I forgot about the Matell game. I actually picked up the replica one they released a few years back. The gameplay didn't quite hold up from what I remember as a kid though

I picked one of those up, too. Took me awhile to figure it out again.

JohnHoward · 08-27-2016, 09:56 PM

I inherited my uncle's APBA and Cadaco games, which I played as a kid. He had the original 1951 through 1955 sets, with the original boards and sacrifice booklet, with Seitz's hand-typed insert sheet for the hit & run play. I still have all of that set in good condition.

The first APBA set I bought for myself was the 1976 set based on the 1975 season. I played the heck out of it. Bought a few more sets over the years and enjoyed the Master Game and Baseball for Windows versions as well.

I created a baseball game with playing cards and dice with a kid I grew up next door to in the 70's. We had ratings for hitting, power, and speed for batters, and strikeouts, walks, and hits for pitchers. (Sound familiar?) We didn't know what to do for fielding, and probably at that point couldn't tell good fielding from bad, but I played that game for hours as well.

ForeverRoyalKC · 08-28-2016, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rayzor

I played baseball...outside.

Yep, did that too! Complete with pregame show, postgame show, chalk lines, raking and watering the dirt. This in mine and my friends backyards which drove both fathers nuts!! Kinda irks a dad when his lawn has dirt spots and worn grass going from phone book to phone book (bases)!

NoOne · 08-28-2016, 09:50 PM

Definitely one on the C64, but i don't recall the name... then there was RBI Baseball on nintendo.. you could throw a fastball to the upper-inside corner of the zone and pitch nearly perfect games all the time, lol. it didn't maintain yearly stats so i had these pages of hand-drawn tables and such for team and individuals...

i think i had a handheld one that would predate the computers... but i think i had access to a c64 when i was 3 or 4 years old. you could code in Basic right from the command prompt, woot. typed with 2 fingers back then, lol. hands were too small.

rleb · 09-16-2016, 10:53 AM

Here is mine.
Pop quiz : Who remembers this game?

ChrisWaters · 09-16-2016, 12:34 PM

Started with APBA Basic Edition then graduated to their Master Game--which, although more realistic, wasn't as fun to play. I kept incredibly detailed statistics, all by hand/calculator. Was disappointed by APBA's computer game. Played many other baseball games on the Atari 800, IBM PC, various clones, XBOX/XBOX 360. Love playing MLB The Show on the PS4. Haven't tried OOTP yet but am interested.

Rizon · 09-16-2016, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by rleb

Here is mine.
Pop quiz : Who remembers this game?

Hardball 3?

rleb · 09-16-2016, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizon

Hardball 3?

Yup!

Curve Ball Dave · 09-17-2016, 06:42 PM

When I wasn't playing outside all day....

The game with the spinners then Statis Pro Baseball which was excellent. Moving to the computer, Hardball 3, Tony La Russa, and Front Page Sports. From there High Heat which I thought was pretty good, then the OOTP series and haven't looked back from there.

Rizon · 09-22-2016, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rleb

Yup!

Loved that series

CubzFan73 · 09-23-2016, 05:30 PM

In no particular order:

Strat-O-Matic

Console games:
Bases Loaded 2 (NES)
Baseball Simulator 1000 (NES)

PC Games:
Tony LaRussa

Leroy

Kobeck · 09-24-2016, 12:05 AM

Extra Innings - I figured out the maths and made my own teams. Seems there was a newsletter I subscribed to that had all sorts of amazing information as well. Red, white & green dice was the basis. 2 rolls was standard for a result. I kept stats with pencil and paper.

APBA but it was not as good as EI and I abandoned it. I just always assumed the people who played APBA never found EI

Micro League finally replaced EI for me. And ML was replaced by Earl Weaver a few years later.

Then absolutely nothing for a couple of decades - lol

Front Page Sports Baseball looked like something, but was megabuggy and I just could not dedicate to that thing. Then they dumped it like it had a disease.

Finally found OOTP in 2004

RubeBaker · 09-24-2016, 09:36 AM

I'll narrow it down to the BEST and WORST of:

BEST
Strat-O-Matic (board game)
MicroLeague
Earl Weaver Baseball (classic teams w/ HOF'ers & modern-day)
All-Star Baseball (w/ spinner)
Sherco

WORST
Atari Real Sports Baseball
Triple Play Baseball (dice game)

Postman · 09-24-2016, 11:38 PM

Strat-o-matic. That game taught me more about baseball than playing and watching it put together.

JfinR · 09-29-2016, 10:31 AM

MicroLeague Baseball !! Was so much fun. I had a commodore 64 at the time. My Dad and I would run a league together and I would be running the floppy discs back and forth to his computer and my computer all night long to play out games. Sure got exercise running up and down stairs....haha..

Earl Weaver
Tony Larussa
I pretty much tried them all back in the 80's & 90's and in all honesty, the better the technology got the less fun I had until I found OOTP.

Reggie · 10-01-2016, 02:25 PM

Very first game is one I made up playing with just dice..

Then in order-
coleco spinner.. I loved those disks!

APBA

Strat-o-matic we played the heck out of. Kids in the neighborhood and I started a league. Kept box scores and stats ( went through a LOT of erasers)

Got a job and found girls are kinda fun so didn't play anything for a bit..

Front Page sports baseball played that for hours and hours and hours

High Heat baseball also well used. The there was a hole where I couldn't find a game that interested me like the old games did. Until I found ..

OOTP!!

08-13-2016, 01:00 PM	#23
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,708	My first experience was the Cadaco game with the spinners. I also played Strat-O-Matic for a while in the early 80's. Computer-wise, the one I remember the most was one just called "Computer Baseball" for the Commodore 64 made by SSI. It had some flaws (Casey the computer manager took forever to do things, and if you struck out the lead-off hitter it would almost invariably lead to a cascade of runs unless you walked the #2 guy) but I played the heck out of it - it had a module where you could enter your own teams which was a lot of fun. I also played an early version of APBA for the PC for a while. It predated the version with Ernie Harwell, but was still a good game. Front Page Sports: Baseball '94 flor the PC was the next big leap. Like Computer Baseball, I could enter my own teams - working backwards I had actually entered every MLB team back into the 1910's(!). Then came OOTP. I also played Little League for a couple of years. Usually right field and occasionally second base. I was a terrible outfielder, a pretty decent second baseman and a godawful hitter. __________________

08-13-2016, 03:46 PM	#24
bear Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 18,797	As a young kid in the 50s I played the spinner game. Also had a baseball card game with cards for strikes, balls, hits and outs. Played games with that deck and used my baseball cards as teams. Then, in the early 60s I discovered APBA. __________________ Bear's Unstable UTBA Season Four Gold Conference Central Division Champion First UTBA expansion franchise to win a conference divisional title

08-27-2016, 09:56 PM	#26
JohnHoward All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 624	I inherited my uncle's APBA and Cadaco games, which I played as a kid. He had the original 1951 through 1955 sets, with the original boards and sacrifice booklet, with Seitz's hand-typed insert sheet for the hit & run play. I still have all of that set in good condition. The first APBA set I bought for myself was the 1976 set based on the 1975 season. I played the heck out of it. Bought a few more sets over the years and enjoyed the Master Game and Baseball for Windows versions as well. I created a baseball game with playing cards and dice with a kid I grew up next door to in the 70's. We had ratings for hitting, power, and speed for batters, and strikeouts, walks, and hits for pitchers. (Sound familiar?) We didn't know what to do for fielding, and probably at that point couldn't tell good fielding from bad, but I played that game for hours as well. Last edited by JohnHoward; 08-27-2016 at 10:01 PM. Reason: memory

08-28-2016, 09:50 PM	#28
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	Definitely one on the C64, but i don't recall the name... then there was RBI Baseball on nintendo.. you could throw a fastball to the upper-inside corner of the zone and pitch nearly perfect games all the time, lol. it didn't maintain yearly stats so i had these pages of hand-drawn tables and such for team and individuals... i think i had a handheld one that would predate the computers... but i think i had access to a c64 when i was 3 or 4 years old. you could code in Basic right from the command prompt, woot. typed with 2 fingers back then, lol. hands were too small. Last edited by NoOne; 08-28-2016 at 09:53 PM.

09-16-2016, 10:53 AM	#29
rleb Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 311	Here is mine. Pop quiz : Who remembers this game? __________________ Former GM, New Orleans Trendsetters PEBABaseball.com Pro Baseball in Atlantic Canada? Yup! Follow the fictional Atlantic Baseball League! goldensailsbaseball.ca Watch on YouTube!

09-16-2016, 12:34 PM	#30
ChrisWaters Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 2	Started with APBA Basic Edition then graduated to their Master Game--which, although more realistic, wasn't as fun to play. I kept incredibly detailed statistics, all by hand/calculator. Was disappointed by APBA's computer game. Played many other baseball games on the Atari 800, IBM PC, various clones, XBOX/XBOX 360. Love playing MLB The Show on the PS4. Haven't tried OOTP yet but am interested.

09-17-2016, 06:42 PM	#33
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,371	When I wasn't playing outside all day.... The game with the spinners then Statis Pro Baseball which was excellent. Moving to the computer, Hardball 3, Tony La Russa, and Front Page Sports. From there High Heat which I thought was pretty good, then the OOTP series and haven't looked back from there. __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

09-23-2016, 05:30 PM	#35
CubzFan73 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Orygun Posts: 92	In no particular order: Strat-O-Matic Console games: Bases Loaded 2 (NES) Baseball Simulator 1000 (NES) PC Games: Tony LaRussa Leroy Last edited by CubzFan73; 09-23-2016 at 05:37 PM. Reason: misread the question

09-24-2016, 12:05 AM	#36
Kobeck Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 491	Extra Innings - I figured out the maths and made my own teams. Seems there was a newsletter I subscribed to that had all sorts of amazing information as well. Red, white & green dice was the basis. 2 rolls was standard for a result. I kept stats with pencil and paper. APBA but it was not as good as EI and I abandoned it. I just always assumed the people who played APBA never found EI Micro League finally replaced EI for me. And ML was replaced by Earl Weaver a few years later. Then absolutely nothing for a couple of decades - lol Front Page Sports Baseball looked like something, but was megabuggy and I just could not dedicate to that thing. Then they dumped it like it had a disease. Finally found OOTP in 2004

09-24-2016, 09:36 AM	#37
RubeBaker All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: USA Posts: 642	I'll narrow it down to the BEST and WORST of: BEST Strat-O-Matic (board game) MicroLeague Earl Weaver Baseball (classic teams w/ HOF'ers & modern-day) All-Star Baseball (w/ spinner) Sherco WORST Atari Real Sports Baseball Triple Play Baseball (dice game)

09-24-2016, 11:38 PM	#38
Postman Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Evergreen, CO Posts: 322	Strat-o-matic. That game taught me more about baseball than playing and watching it put together.

09-29-2016, 10:31 AM	#39
JfinR Bat Boy Join Date: May 2004 Location: Woodstock, Ontario Posts: 11	MicroLeague Baseball !! Was so much fun. I had a commodore 64 at the time. My Dad and I would run a league together and I would be running the floppy discs back and forth to his computer and my computer all night long to play out games. Sure got exercise running up and down stairs....haha.. Earl Weaver Tony Larussa I pretty much tried them all back in the 80's & 90's and in all honesty, the better the technology got the less fun I had until I found OOTP.

10-01-2016, 02:25 PM	#40
Reggie Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 442	Very first game is one I made up playing with just dice.. Then in order- coleco spinner.. I loved those disks! APBA Strat-o-matic we played the heck out of. Kids in the neighborhood and I started a league. Kept box scores and stats ( went through a LOT of erasers) Got a job and found girls are kinda fun so didn't play anything for a bit.. Front Page sports baseball played that for hours and hours and hours High Heat baseball also well used. The there was a hole where I couldn't find a game that interested me like the old games did. Until I found .. OOTP!!