Now, when most people think of baseball games, they think of something with, let's say, full stats (the RBI series), real players, and Chavez Ravine. You won't get that here, but Nintendo's original Baseball game is a very unique game that in its own way, gives us a picture of Japan's interpretation of our national pastime.

First off, when you load the game, you find that there are only 6 teams - however, I THINK these are all of the Pacific League teams in Japan - the Giants, Carp, Bay(S)tars, Blue(W)ave, Tigers, and Dragons. There's only one stadium choice, but this fictional stadium is a beast within itself.

Because of the Astroturf surface, the ball bounces more than even the juiced MLB ball of today; depending on the way the ball bounces, the wall can have holes which result in either home runs or ground rule hits. Oh, and, the walls get smaller the farther you go from home. The sellout crowd often celebrates after each home run (with appropriately happy music playing) but this flashing of cameras and lights may cause epilepsy if it lasts longer than 10 seconds, which, thankfully, it doesn't.