
I found this game ages ago in a neighbor's garage sale. Let me make this clear for you: I had absolutely zero knowledge of baseball, other than how the game basically worked. I really have no idea why I paid maybe a dollar for this game out of any others that could have been in that garage sale box, but the instant I popped this weirdly shaped cart into my system, it quickly became one of my most played NES games.
Really, R.B.I. Baseball is nothing out of the ordinary for a NES generation baseball game. It's fluid, it's smooth, and all three music tracks of the game will really find their way into your head for the rest of the day while you grind your teeth down humming the "no batters on" song for the rest of the day (excuse that pitiful excuse of a midi). Be sure to notice how short that is, you're going to hear it at least 20 times an inning.
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Everything about R.B.I. Baseball is just overall, in a word, simple. But above that, it's charming, fun, and really can suck you in, baseball fan or not. Surprisingly, I found out this game is actually licensed by the Major League Baseball Players Association, but not the MLB itself, meaning you get to play as your favorite players (in the game), without all the fun of actually having mascots and actual stadiums. Have fun choosing between your teams by city only, and limited to 8 cities: Boston, California, Detroit, Houston, Minnesota, New York, St. Louis, and San Francisco (no Chicago wtf :c). And of course you're presented with the American and the National "All Star teams," giving you an unfair advantage when your friend chooses a normal team and you try to pass off "Am" to mean "Anaheim" or something. Though you're better off choosing Boston or Houston just to pitch with Roger Clemens or Nolan Ryan, boasting some 90-something mph pitches as opposed to the 70-something every other pitcher in the game seems to sit at. Some fastball, right?
Still, the game is still fun to play, a
