R.B.I. Baseball

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Title: R.B.I. Baseball

Platform: NES / Famicom

Release Date: January 5th 1988 (North America), 1989 (Australia)

Developer: Tengen and Namcot

Publisher: Tengen

Release Price: $46.95 (U.S.)

R.B.I. Baseball is the most famous 8-bit baseball video game globally, a cornerstone in baseball game history. Featuring simple gameplay and a light-hearted presentation style, R.B.I. made a major impact in both North America and Japan, diverging after this release into two totally separate series: The Tengen-developed R.B.I. Baseball series that would continue on NES and then Sega Genesis, and the Namco-developed Famista series, ongoing now for over three decades.

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R.B.I. Baseball

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Magazine Clippings

  • A photo of boxes of a large number of Tengen NES video games including R.B.I. Baseball.

    From GamePro issue 5, an ad for Tengen's NES games lineup, including R.B.I. Baseball.

  • A cheat code for seeing the credits of R.B.I. Baseball: When the title screen appears, press Start, A and B simultaneously and check out the Programmer's Screen!

    From GamePro 4, a tip on how to see the short credits screen in R.B.I. Baseball.

  • A photo of a surfer in-between cheat codes for various baseball video games including R.B.I. Baseball and Tommy Lasorda Baseball.

    GamePro loved this tip so much, they used it again in issue 7. Humm baby!

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