102 games lasts the season!
Bases loaded gameplay isn’t all that different from most of the other baseball games available at the time, it gives you two gameplay options, on one you can play either a single game against the computer or a friend and the other option is to start a season. Now the season takes you through 102 games playing 11 different teams. I had a bit of trouble finding out just how many games did the season had. I couldn’t find the amount anywhere, so I decided to go through it all. Two and a half month later I got the ending sequence (a very simple ending by today’s standards) which was very rewarding. I managed to win 80 games.
The graphics where back then state of the art, I remember thinking once and again that they were very life like. Bases loaded was one, if not the first game to introduce the from behind the pitcher camera view, this clearly distinguished Bases Loaded from the rest of the games available during the time. It also had different set of graphics for the players and the pitchers.
Although the music in Bases Loaded isn’t memorable at all, anyone who played the game can clearly remember the sound effects for the different calls the umpire made, this at that time took the game to a different level in realism.
This game delivered hours and hours of replay value against a buddy, since in those days kids actually gathered together to play a game at someone’s house, not like today that most of the multiplayer options are over the net. All in all Bases Loaded was a very solid gaming experience that has aged gracefully over the years.