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NES Works #83: Bases Loaded & Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf (Patreon)

Published:

2021-09-29 13:00:01

Edited:

2021-09-29 18:50:47

Imported:

2024-04

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Two sports games this week, which I suppose should be anathema for me, a person who does not like sports games. But I had a thoroughly good time putting together this episode (aside from actually capturing Bases Loaded footage), because there's a lot to be said about these particular releases. As a result, this is an information-dense episode, and I've made a conscious effort to rely on specific outside sources for info here rather than work off my usual combination of observation, speculation, and synthesis of info accumulated on NES history over the years from reading and talking obsessively about the subject. Research! Sports! Video games!

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Bases Loaded & Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf retrospective: Burning fight | NES Works #083

This episode focuses on perception, especially vis-a-vis Bases Loaded. A certain demographic of NES owners LOVES Bases Loaded. However, in my experience, people who discovered the NES later (when better and better-looking baseball sims were available for the console) tend to find it lacking and shallow. And then there is the Japanese Famicom owner's perspective, in which Bases Loaded (aka Moero!! Pro Yakyuu) is almost universally reviled. How could so many people hold such contradictory points of view? This episode delves deeply into that question. This episode also talks about Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf. (Yes, I am aware of The Simpsons' parody. No, it's not germane to this discussion.) Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Production notes: - NES and Famicom footage in this episode was captured from @Analogue Nt / Nt Mini / Nt Mini Noir via RGB out. - Neo Geo footage was captured from a consolized MVS. - Standard definition video upscaled to 720 with xRGB Mini Framemeister and @Retro Tink 5X.