Bases Loaded
Bases Loaded is a baseball game that was released for Arcade and the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. It was developed by Jaleco and TOSE, and was the first installment in the Bases Loaded series, which was followed by seven sequels for three generations of consoles. The game tried to focus on the confrontation between the pitcher and the batter, putting emphasis on the face-off between the two. Unfortunately, this made the perspective fairly limited in determining where to hit the ball, or even where the ball was during a pitch.
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DeveloperJaleco, Tose, Hamster Corporation
ReleasedJune 26, 1987
StatusReleased
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SeriesBases Loaded
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About This Game
Bases Loaded captures the intensity of baseball's most pivotal moment by positioning players directly behind home plate, mimicking the perspective television audiences know well. This viewpoint grounds the experience in authenticity, transforming the pitcher-batter confrontation into a tense duel rather than an abstracted game mechanic. The fictional league spans twelve American cities, each fielding its own roster of original players, and adds volatile personality to the competition—notably, every team features one hothead batter prone to charging the mound when tensions boil over after an aggressive pitch.