Sports Talk Baseball
A Genesis baseball game with MLBPA license and mercy rule.
Sports Talk Baseball is a Mega Drive/Genesis baseball video game that features an official MLBPA license and follows most Major League Baseball rules. It was released in Japan as Pro Yakyū Super League '91. Unlike real professional baseball, the game ends when one team has 10 or more runs than the other team (win by domination, or "mercy" rule). Players can play either exhibition, regular season, all-star, or playoff games. It was one of the first video games to feature individual hitting abilities for each pitcher. The most valuable (hitting) player in the game is Howard Johnson of the New York Mets. HoJo has the full capability in both running and hitting. He also has the ability to play infield and outfield.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Sega
- Released
- August 30, 1991 (JP); 1992 (NA)
- Genre
- Traditional baseball simulation
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Platforms
- Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
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Other information
Sports Talk Baseball used Sega's sports talk speech synthesis for running commentary, the second Sega game to do so after Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football. Sega contracted announcer Lon Simmons and Electronic Speech Systems to record phrases; much of the earlier football game's commentary was reused. The Japanese version, Super League '91, replaces commentary with a constant soundtrack of Japanese drums during gameplay and a techno remix of umpire voices at the main menu. It shows no advanced statistics until the end of the game, and all players are displayed in hiragana, with English letters only for field position and player status. A black-and-white picture of Sonic the Hedgehog appears on a billboard if the ball is hit far enough.
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