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Baseball Stars in a baseball sports video game developed and distributed by SNK in 1989 in Japanese territory and in the USA region, by many it is considered the best baseball game on the NES, being a commercial success marking a milestone in games sports; the game had sequels that failed to match the popularity of this game.
This is one of the NES games that has a data memory, which allows us to save the teams we have created, as well as the leagues and seasons. This game introduces the possibility of creating our own team as well as buying new players and we can even change the name of the players, we will see all these characteristics throughout this guide.
This is the content you will find in this guide
The Controller in Baseball Stars NES
During the game we will use the control in the following way: CONTROL PAD: we use it to move during the selection of teams, players, etc; we also use it to move players while fielding or batting. START: we press it to start the game, while we are playing to call a time out, we press it again to continue the game. A Button: we press it for select players, teams, etc, also use to control batting, running, pitching and fielding, press to make changes during time out. B Button: we press it for to return when we are in the selection of teams , players etc, when our equipment We use this al bat for base running and stealing bases, when pitching use B to bring up the pick-off screen or to tag runners out.
How to Start a League or Game
When starting a new game, if it is the first time you play
this game and you have never saved data, you will first find two game
modes: League Play or Vs.
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League Play
In the main menu we place ourselves on LEAGUE PLAY and press
the A button, we are in the menu to make a league, first we select the
number of teams that we want to participate, these can be between 2 to 6
teams, then we select the number of games that we want to play these can
be between 3 to 25 games that we can play, once we have made our selection
we press the A button to continue.
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Next we select the teams that will play the league, initially we have eight teams that we can increase as we create more teams in the same way we choose the teams that play with humans (p) and those that play with computers (c).
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Once we have selected them we arrive at a new screen where we are given the opportunity to keep what we have selected or if we wish we can change it.
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Once the game mode is defined, we proceed to the main menu and enter LEAGUE PLAY and now new options appear, Continuing a League: it allows us to start a league or continue an existing one.
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The other option we have is See Standings : in this modality we can see a
lot of statistics such as games won and lost, win - lose percentage, games
back (GB), top ten batting avgs ; top ten homerun hitters, top ten RB I's,
top ten ERA's, top ten pitchers with saved games.
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Vs.
In Vs mode we can play in three different ways, the first is
1P vs Computers, we compete against a computer controlled by the CPU; 2P
Player vs Player, in this mode we compete with the second player; in
Computer Play they will compete CPU vs CPU.
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Once the game mode has been selected, we choose our team and press the A
button to confirm, then the screen with the players appears and press the
A button to start the game.
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How to create your own teams
From the main menu we enter the option Make Team on the next
screen we find a selection of eight categories to define the strong points
of our team we have between: 1) Consistent Hitters, 2) Power Hitters, 3)
Fast Runners, 4) Good Defense, 5) Strong Pitchers, 6) Veterans, 7)
Balanced Team, 8)? ( surprise category ).
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Automate it, the CPU assigns us a name if we want we can change it we use the control pad to change the letters or characters used we have a total of 16 letters, with button A we select a letter and with button B we go to the end of the selection, one Once defined, click on END.
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Then we select an icon for our team, for this we move with the d pad and press the A button on the selected icon, then a screen appears to confirm, if we agree we press the A button on YES and ready we have already created a team.
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In case we want to delete a team in the main menu we go to the Remove option Team and press the A button, here the teams that we have created will appear to eliminate it, we select them and press the A button, a confirmation screen will appear, press YES if we want to eliminate it definitively.
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Team option we can see our players, what their characteristics are among
other things, for this we select the icon of our team and press the A
button, if we select a player we can see each of the characteristics and
we can also assign a name.
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Managing our players
During the game can do trade of player, hire players and
firing a player. Trading Players: during the game you can trade players
among original teams you have created, we select two teams for to trade
between, player one selects a player to trade first and player two second;
press button A to select. Once the trades have been made, we go to a
confirmation screen there we select YES to make the deal effective.
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Firing a player: because each team only has a total of 18 members it will be necessary sometimes to fire a player if you want to keep your team balanced, this decision is forever so we must be sure of our decision, to fire a player we select the team that we want we select the player and press FIRE and press the A button and that's it.
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Buying a New Player: you can improve your team line-up by purchasing
stronger players, or by purchasing players with more room for improvement
than ones you already have; you must accumulate enough money to purchase a
new player. Use the d pad to find which kind of player you want, and press
the A button to select.
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How to Play Baseball Stars NES
Before starting the game we can change our starting line-up before starting the game to do so with the right d-pad we see several options: changing batting order: we move with the cursor up and down we select the player we want with the A button change, the color will change to blue, then we move the cursor to the desired position and press the A button.
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We can also make changing fielders, for this we do the same procedure that we did to change the batting order, only pitchers can play as pitch, they cannot change to another position.
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In the same way we can change the players, for this we click on the changing players option, in the same way we follow the options that we use in the "changing batting order" for this we select a player and at the bottom the available players will appear to select one just press the A button.
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In the same way we can change the order of the pitchers, for this we press the A button in the change pitcher option, for this we press the A button the player we want to start with the pitcher.
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At any time during the game we can change our batting order, to do this we press the START button and then the A button to make the change of batters, we use the control pad to select and then press the A button.
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During the game we can at any time change the pitcher and change the position of our players. For this, we press the START button and then the A button, a menu appears to change the pitcher and the position of the players.
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We will use the d-pad to change the position of the batter, to hit we press the A button. As the batter is hitting the ball, moving the batter forward will cause him to swing upwards, and moving backwards will cause him to swing downwards.
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When we manage to make a bat the runner will run automatically, when the player reaches a base he will stop so that the player continues moving to the next base, press the d pad corresponding to the base and then press the B button.
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If you do not want a player to advance to the base press the d pad of the indicated base and then press the A button, once the player has reached the base he cannot return, in the same way we can stop a player between base to This we press with the d pad down and then the A button.
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When we have the opportunity we can steal a base, for this we must at the moment in which the pitcher throws the ball we press the d pad of the base that we want to steal and then press the B button in this way we can steal a base.
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We select the position of the pitcher moving with the d pad to the left and right, we press the A button to throw the ball, when the pitcher is in his favor we use the d pad up for a fast-ball, down for a slow ball, left and right for curve-balls.
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When pitching and you see a runner lead-off, press the B button to bring up the “pickoff” screen, next press the d pad towards the base you want to throw the ball to and press the A button.
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When the batting makes the ball high we must follow the shadow of the ball to be able to catch it when the ball is close we can jump to catch it, if the ball flies low we simply place ourselves in the path of the ball and we will catch it automatically.
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When the ball passes near either side of an infielder he may make a diving catch by pointing the d pad in the direction the ball is in and pressing the A or B button, only infielder may make a diving catch.
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Point the d pad towards the base that you want to throw to and press the A button, if you press the d pad and the A button at precisely the same time you can throw the ball at a faster than normal speed, if no base is specified the ball will be thrown to first base.
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After a fielder has caught a ball you may make him run to any base by pressing the d pad towards the base you want the player to run to, then press the B button, if the player with the ball beats the runner to the base on a force the runner will be called out. If the player with the ball touches the runner before he reaches base the runner will be called out.
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With this we end this review, if you have any questions, comments or
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Reference: Manual of the game
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