I was also curious about something. I forgot to add this in the comment I left before. DO to my complete lack of vision, if I was to ever get this game, I would have to get the cartridges labeled in braille. However, I'm curious as to, wouldn't that damage the cartridge, or render it unusable? Braille stickers aren't that big. They would just include the city names in annitials, e.g. ATL, CIN, HOU, STL, CLE, DET, etc. I assume the team numbers are listed on the back? Sorry to ask so many questions about this game. I'm just really fassinated. I saw this on youtube last Christmas, and I was hooked. They could've easily made more seasons with this via expansion packages. My aunt, whom saw this on ebay, said this toy was the size of a bedpan. The center hub where you decide how many players, who will play who, etc. looks like a computer. Inovative stuff for 1988.
The cartridges do have the team names and a number on the front sticker. There is room to put a label on the top. Maybe just put a number and then have a reference sheet that lists which teams are on each cartridge based on the number. As far as the size, it's about 15 inches long and the widest section is nine inches. I'd assume the retail price in 1988 was too much for most consumers and Parker Brothers probably took a loss which is why it didn't add more seasons. It must have still been paying for the MLB license since the Starting Lineup figures were made by Kenner for many more years. Both were part of the same company and then Hasbro acquired Kenner and Parker Brothers in 1991.
@@Vault1541 So I could put a label at the top of the cartridge and write down who's on each disc, along with their team numbers? I always try to keep the teams in alphabetical order based on leagues, devisions, and city names. Don't you have to take a peace of the console off just to put in a disc? Or do you take it off, put the disc in, then put it back on. I like how there's a running commentary track that plays calling the action. It kinda sounds a little like Lon Simmons. This voice is also in the football game that parkerbrothers made at this same time.
@@aaronreed5612 I don't see why not. There is a piece of plastic to pop off the system when inserting a cartridge. Only a small portion of the cartridge is pushed into the system and the rest is exposed, though the back of the cartridge is not visible when it is in use. You could place a label on the back if you don't need to access it when it's being used. The system piece (two pieces if you need both cartridge slots) that is removeable represents the stands when it is attached but it remains off when you are using a cartridge.
Love this! Am still looking for this game online. One of my relatives said she found it on ebay for, cheepest at 150 bucks. Still looking for it, though. I like how the AI thinks about what to do next. It's too bad there's not a full AI mode, where it makes coaching decisions as well. But, this is just as good. I'm guessing that, a fast pitch game means, one strike equals a strikeout, and 1 ball equals a walk? I"m also guessing that, if you have the game in coach mode, and, say, you have two different cartridges inserted, it'll pick 2 teams at random, just as it did with the 1 cartridge you used here?
In the fast pitch games the lights blink quickly so you need to react faster. I'm not sure if you can select teams in coach mode or not without starting a game up. You can interrupt the coach mode and make player substitutions during the game if you want to, the computer just won't do it on its own. The current eBay listings are on the high side, though looking at recent sales there were some in the $50 range and some more than $100. You never know, you might be able to get one for a reasonable price.
@@Vault1541 Right. I'm still looking. If I'm able to get this game, I'm deffinantly going to do videos on it, perhaps an unboxing. i have Baseball for Windows on my computer, which was something I discovered early last year on youtube. That game uses Ernie Harwell for the running commentary. Giving this game came out in the late 80s, the technoligy that was used to put it all together was amazing. I just hope the C batteries in this game last a while. It sounds like, if you have the game in coach mode, it just picks two teams at random. It doesn't sound like you can pick two teams, shut it off, switch it over to coach mode, then turn it back on again, and it pick the two teams you chose. I've watched all your videos on this game, but I just have a lot of questions about it, or am at least trying to understand it more. I mean, if I got this game in the mail, I'd want to know how to play it directly out of the box.
Was the Kenner line a bunch of action figures? Or were they they're own team discs that were made for the game. Am still hunting this game down online. I want to eventually make my own videos featuring this game. I call it a game, even though it's a toy. BUt it sounds so realistic for the time. There's even a football game made by the same company, using the same technoligy.
This is a cool game. Never seen it before in my life.
I was also curious about something. I forgot to add this in the comment I left before. DO to my complete lack of vision, if I was to ever get this game, I would have to get the cartridges labeled in braille. However, I'm curious as to, wouldn't that damage the cartridge, or render it unusable? Braille stickers aren't that big. They would just include the city names in annitials, e.g. ATL, CIN, HOU, STL, CLE, DET, etc. I assume the team numbers are listed on the back? Sorry to ask so many questions about this game. I'm just really fassinated. I saw this on youtube last Christmas, and I was hooked. They could've easily made more seasons with this via expansion packages. My aunt, whom saw this on ebay, said this toy was the size of a bedpan. The center hub where you decide how many players, who will play who, etc. looks like a computer. Inovative stuff for 1988.
The cartridges do have the team names and a number on the front sticker. There is room to put a label on the top. Maybe just put a number and then have a reference sheet that lists which teams are on each cartridge based on the number. As far as the size, it's about 15 inches long and the widest section is nine inches. I'd assume the retail price in 1988 was too much for most consumers and Parker Brothers probably took a loss which is why it didn't add more seasons. It must have still been paying for the MLB license since the Starting Lineup figures were made by Kenner for many more years. Both were part of the same company and then Hasbro acquired Kenner and Parker Brothers in 1991.
@@Vault1541 So I could put a label at the top of the cartridge and write down who's on each disc, along with their team numbers? I always try to keep the teams in alphabetical order based on leagues, devisions, and city names. Don't you have to take a peace of the console off just to put in a disc? Or do you take it off, put the disc in, then put it back on.
I like how there's a running commentary track that plays calling the action. It kinda sounds a little like Lon Simmons. This voice is also in the football game that parkerbrothers made at this same time.
@@aaronreed5612 I don't see why not. There is a piece of plastic to pop off the system when inserting a cartridge. Only a small portion of the cartridge is pushed into the system and the rest is exposed, though the back of the cartridge is not visible when it is in use. You could place a label on the back if you don't need to access it when it's being used. The system piece (two pieces if you need both cartridge slots) that is removeable represents the stands when it is attached but it remains off when you are using a cartridge.
Love this! Am still looking for this game online. One of my relatives said she found it on ebay for, cheepest at 150 bucks. Still looking for it, though. I like how the AI thinks about what to do next. It's too bad there's not a full AI mode, where it makes coaching decisions as well. But, this is just as good. I'm guessing that, a fast pitch game means, one strike equals a strikeout, and 1 ball equals a walk? I"m also guessing that, if you have the game in coach mode, and, say, you have two different cartridges inserted, it'll pick 2 teams at random, just as it did with the 1 cartridge you used here?
In the fast pitch games the lights blink quickly so you need to react faster. I'm not sure if you can select teams in coach mode or not without starting a game up. You can interrupt the coach mode and make player substitutions during the game if you want to, the computer just won't do it on its own. The current eBay listings are on the high side, though looking at recent sales there were some in the $50 range and some more than $100. You never know, you might be able to get one for a reasonable price.
@@Vault1541 Right. I'm still looking. If I'm able to get this game, I'm deffinantly going to do videos on it, perhaps an unboxing. i have Baseball for Windows on my computer, which was something I discovered early last year on youtube. That game uses Ernie Harwell for the running commentary.
Giving this game came out in the late 80s, the technoligy that was used to put it all together was amazing. I just hope the C batteries in this game last a while. It sounds like, if you have the game in coach mode, it just picks two teams at random. It doesn't sound like you can pick two teams, shut it off, switch it over to coach mode, then turn it back on again, and it pick the two teams you chose. I've watched all your videos on this game, but I just have a lot of questions about it, or am at least trying to understand it more. I mean, if I got this game in the mail, I'd want to know how to play it directly out of the box.
Was the Kenner line a bunch of action figures? Or were they they're own team discs that were made for the game. Am still hunting this game down online. I want to eventually make my own videos featuring this game. I call it a game, even though it's a toy. BUt it sounds so realistic for the time. There's even a football game made by the same company, using the same technoligy.