I enjoyed the game quite a bit, although I lost 3-0:) I found one that was zipped and I easily unzipped it and was off and running. I don't know if that means they were compressed, but neither my compression utilities nor Kega recognized the format.

The first couple I found had a '7z' extension. I finally managed to find a ROM that worked. Any other thoughts? What's do you think is the best baseball game on the genesis? I was also thinking of picking up one of the many iterations of Hardball on the Genny. I read a good review of Sports Talk Baseball and it looked like fun on YouTube. I used to really enjoy Hardball on my Mac way back in the day. I never cared much for WSB (I know, blasphemy) due to the digitized batters. I enjoy arcadey, hand drawn baseball games that rely on timing to hit pitches (and not placement of the bat, like most 3d baseball games). That said, I've had a hankering to play some 16-bit baseball. But even baseball I tired of, as sports games are just too narrow in scope to be entertaining for all that long (at least, for me). I never liked video basketball, although NBA Jam was and still is fun. I used to play some football and baseball games back in the day, and even continue through to about the N64 (at least with baseball). The possibilities were limitless, it was MVP Mods, and it was incredible.Let me preface this by saying I've come to detest sports games over the years. What was offered was a baseball simulation that was completely customizable right down to the placement of stadium adds, uniform patches, equipment, the integration of rookies, and just about anything that you could think of. A group of seemingly anonymous baseball video game fans, with a bevy of technical and design expertise kept this game up-to-date not only statistically, but graphically for years.

Cue the nerds…Įven though EA lost its license, and PC gamers were denied a new baseball title until 2009, those in possession of a copy of this gem played to their hearts’ delight well into 2009.

Unlike baseball games released on PC in the past, most of the files on MVP Baseball 2005 were left open and re-writable. The PC version of the game offered a little bit more, it was modifiable. Out of the box, EA’s 2005 offering made for endless playability on both the Playstation 2 and Xbox consoles. That game owes so much to the legacy of MVP Baseball 2005 that it would be a disservice to the genre not to hold this game in the highest regard: the greatest baseball video game ever made. Yes, MLB ’09 The Show is a fantastic game and perhaps the most realistic baseball simulation ever built.

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