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Bad News Baseball

Bad News Baseball was developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989, and released in North America in 1990. It followed the rules of baseball for the most part, with the…

15 December 1989

Bad News Baseball is a puzzle developed by Tecmo, released 15 December 1989 on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Bad News Baseball is

Bad News Baseball is a puzzle game developed by Tecmo and released in 1989. It is available on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Although the game lacked a season mode, it allowed a single player to work his/her way through all of the opposing teams in a somewhat cohesive manner. The player would play a game until the other player was defeated-the games could go on indefinitely until that occurs. The game kept track of what teams had been defeated by giving the player a password at the end of each victory, which could be entered into the game to return to the spot where the player was. The game also kept track of the pitcher's stamina, which meant that some rotation was necessary throughout the different games.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Bad News Baseball launched on 15 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Bad News Baseball come out?
Bad News Baseball was released on 15 December 1989 for Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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