Super Batter Up (USA)
Super Batter Up (スーパーファミスタ, Super Famista) is a baseball video game with both a one- and two-player mode plus a league mode.
The North American release has an official license from the Major League Baseball Players Association and features the names of actual professional baseball players. However, it does not have a license from Major League Baseball, so no actual team names are used, only their respective cities. While the all-star mode in the Japanese version of the game closely mimics the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series, the North American version of the game emulates the MLB All-Star Game. An intrasquad mode (found only in the Japanese version) allows players on the same time to face off against each other. The only limitations are that there are only five pitchers on each time, players cannot be changed, and uniforms are limited to red and white colors. Steve Hudson and Kyle Obal are the top two players in the world at this game, with Hudson just slightly ahead of Obal in the all time series.
The game features teams representing the 26 Major League Baseball teams and their players from the 1991 Major League Baseball season. Ballplayers who competed during that baseball season like Cal Ripken, Dave Winfield, and Kirby Puckett are included. However, the Japanese version was released featuring teams and actual player names from the Nippon Professional Baseball league. Players get to play in either a dome resembling the Tokyo Dome in Japan, a contemporary baseball stadium (with homages to Japan's Koshien Stadium), or in traditional-style stadium style (reminiscent of Chiba Marine Stadium in Japan).
Players are shown standing up for the national anthem of both the United States and Canada (when the home team is Toronto or Montreal). They can also choose to substitute a hitter or a runner while at bat. All game stats are shown on the fictitious newspaper, known as the Namco Sports paper. Players are permitted to zoom in and out of the paper to look for minor details. The words "game over" appear on the screen regardless of whether the player wins or loses a game. Passwords can be entered to restore progress in the game.
Both one-player and two-player modes integrates the traditional playing mode of the game. If the player wins the single-player tournament, then he can see the ending. The battle mode becomes a single-game mode when two players are playing. The single-player league play mode keep tracks of all the players statistics during the season. Pitchers are considered to be "cold" when their ERA is above 9.90. While the Japanese version of this game uses super deformed graphics for the ballplayers, the North American version uses 2D rendering software to create more realistic graphics.
The North American release has an official license from the Major League Baseball Players Association and features the names of actual professional baseball players. However, it does not have a license from Major League Baseball, so no actual team names are used, only their respective cities. While the all-star mode in the Japanese version of the game closely mimics the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series, the North American version of the game emulates the MLB All-Star Game. An intrasquad mode (found only in the Japanese version) allows players on the same time to face off against each other. The only limitations are that there are only five pitchers on each time, players cannot be changed, and uniforms are limited to red and white colors. Steve Hudson and Kyle Obal are the top two players in the world at this game, with Hudson just slightly ahead of Obal in the all time series.
The game features teams representing the 26 Major League Baseball teams and their players from the 1991 Major League Baseball season. Ballplayers who competed during that baseball season like Cal Ripken, Dave Winfield, and Kirby Puckett are included. However, the Japanese version was released featuring teams and actual player names from the Nippon Professional Baseball league. Players get to play in either a dome resembling the Tokyo Dome in Japan, a contemporary baseball stadium (with homages to Japan's Koshien Stadium), or in traditional-style stadium style (reminiscent of Chiba Marine Stadium in Japan).
Players are shown standing up for the national anthem of both the United States and Canada (when the home team is Toronto or Montreal). They can also choose to substitute a hitter or a runner while at bat. All game stats are shown on the fictitious newspaper, known as the Namco Sports paper. Players are permitted to zoom in and out of the paper to look for minor details. The words "game over" appear on the screen regardless of whether the player wins or loses a game. Passwords can be entered to restore progress in the game.
Both one-player and two-player modes integrates the traditional playing mode of the game. If the player wins the single-player tournament, then he can see the ending. The battle mode becomes a single-game mode when two players are playing. The single-player league play mode keep tracks of all the players statistics during the season. Pitchers are considered to be "cold" when their ERA is above 9.90. While the Japanese version of this game uses super deformed graphics for the ballplayers, the North American version uses 2D rendering software to create more realistic graphics.
Stadium dimensions
- Dome: Artificial turf with each side lasting 100 metres (330 ft) and the center lasting for 122 metres (400 ft)
- Modern/contemporary stadium: Artificial turf with each side lasting 91 metres (299 ft) and the center lasting for 118 metres (387 ft)
- Traditional stadium: Natural grass with each side lasting 97 metres (318 ft) and the center lasting for 120 metres (390 ft)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu 5A22 (@ 21 Mhz)
- soundcpu SPC700 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- SNES Custom DSP (SPC700)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 225
- Frequency 60.098476 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 2
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
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Clones of Super Batter Up (USA)
See also
- Family Stadium