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.