Players can play either exhibition, regular season, all-star, or playoff games. The game also features authentic Major League Baseball rosters for the 1991 season. Gameplay commonly features double and triple plays, and only the fastest runners in the game are capable of stealing bases. It was one of the first video games to feature individual hitting abilities for each pitcher. Classic match-ups include Texas' Nolan Ryan versus Oakland's lineup with such all-stars as Jose Canseco, Rickey Henderson, Dave Henderson, and Mark McGwire.
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this game is arcade-style baseball at its finest.
[this review may or may not be tainted by nostalgia]
[this review may or may not be tainted by nostalgia]
Let's talk about sports.
I'm pretty sure Sports Talk Baseball and Road Rash 2 were both carts I got from my dad when he left his Sega Genesis with me. There was a good stretch where those were the only two games I had besides Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and between them Sports Talk got the most play. Why, you may ask? Oh, I'm sorry, I don't strike you as someone who's into sports?
You'd be correct. I played this so much because if you hit a homerun then you get to see a little picture of Sonic on the score board, and nothing made my adolescent mind more stupid than seeing a picture of Sonic.
As far as 16-bit baseball games go, Sports Talk is pretty alright mmmaybe(??), I don't know. It's not like I've played very many baseball games to compare it to, 16-bit or otherwise. The main gimmick here is that every game has commentary. Back in 92, having your games actually talk was incredibly novel, especially for a sports game that would otherwise be very dry. The voice samples are of course compressed, though they're also a lot cleaner than I'd expect from something like this, and there's quite a bit of soundbites crammed into the cart.
I bought this almost CIB for around ten bucks, it's missing a little leaflet that has a bunch of player stats on it. Stats are pretty important for these kinds of games, especially ones based on real players from real teams, but I never paid any attention to that shit. I throw the ball, I hit the ball. Sometimes I even catch the ball. I replayed this for the first time in nearly 30 years and shut it off the second I got a homerun. I saw Sonic. End of game.
I'm pretty sure Sports Talk Baseball and Road Rash 2 were both carts I got from my dad when he left his Sega Genesis with me. There was a good stretch where those were the only two games I had besides Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and between them Sports Talk got the most play. Why, you may ask? Oh, I'm sorry, I don't strike you as someone who's into sports?
You'd be correct. I played this so much because if you hit a homerun then you get to see a little picture of Sonic on the score board, and nothing made my adolescent mind more stupid than seeing a picture of Sonic.
As far as 16-bit baseball games go, Sports Talk is pretty alright mmmaybe(??), I don't know. It's not like I've played very many baseball games to compare it to, 16-bit or otherwise. The main gimmick here is that every game has commentary. Back in 92, having your games actually talk was incredibly novel, especially for a sports game that would otherwise be very dry. The voice samples are of course compressed, though they're also a lot cleaner than I'd expect from something like this, and there's quite a bit of soundbites crammed into the cart.
I bought this almost CIB for around ten bucks, it's missing a little leaflet that has a bunch of player stats on it. Stats are pretty important for these kinds of games, especially ones based on real players from real teams, but I never paid any attention to that shit. I throw the ball, I hit the ball. Sometimes I even catch the ball. I replayed this for the first time in nearly 30 years and shut it off the second I got a homerun. I saw Sonic. End of game.