Software:Baseball Heroes

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Baseball Heroes
Atari Lynx Baseball Heroes cover art.jpg
Cover art in all regions
Developer(s)Atari Corporation
Publisher(s)Atari Corporation
Producer(s)Juliana Wade
Designer(s)Steve DeFrisco
Programmer(s)Steve DeFrisco
Artist(s)Bob Pauley
Platform(s)Atari Lynx
Release
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
(up to two players via ComLynx)

Baseball Heroes is a 1992 baseball video game developed and published by Atari Corporation in North America and Europe exclusively for the Atari Lynx.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

Baseball Heroes is a baseball game.[1] It supported up to 2 players with the Atari ComLynx.[2] It had 4 different games included.

Development and release

Baseball Heroes was developed for the Atari Lynx. It released in 1992. It came in a standard box. There was no option to save and there was only mono sound.[2]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
IGN8.0 / 10[3]
Digital Press6 / 10[4]
Joypad82%[5]
Joystick82%[6]
Lynx User6 / 10[7]
Power Play60%[8]
Video Games67%[9]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment4 / 10[10]

Robert A. Jung reviewed the game which was published on IGN. In his final verdict he wrote "Baseball Heroes is a very good translation of the sport, though not a perfect game. It has a few rough spots that will try some people, but for the most part this is a quality title and a showcase game for the Lynx." Giving it a final score of 8 out of 10.[11]

References

  1. Baseball Heroes game manual (Atari Lynx, US)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kromin, Igor. "Baseball Heroes - Atari Lynx | Atari Gamer" (in en). https://atarigamer.com/lynx/game/baseball%20heroes/1999363434. 
  3. A. Jung, Robert (June 30, 1999). "Baseball Heroes - Robert A. Jung reviews Atari's premier Lynx baseball title". IGN. Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/07/01/baseball-heroes-2. Retrieved 2019-04-28. 
  4. Villapando, Edward (July 1993). "Random Reviews Lite - Baseball Heroes". Digital Press - The Bio-Degradable Source For Videogamers (Joe Santulli) (12): 18. https://archive.org/stream/Digital_Press_Issue_12_1993-07_Santulli_Joe_US#page/n17/mode/1up. 
  5. Nini, Nourdine (January 1993). "Lynx - Baseball Heroes - Une Batte Pour Mieux Frapper!". Joypad (Yellow Media) (16): 139. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joypad/joypad_numero016/Joypad%20016%20-%20Page%20139%20%281993-01%29.jpg. 
  6. Nini, Nourdine (January 1993). "Console News - Lynx - Baseball Heroes". Joystick (Anuman Interactive) (34): 227. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero034/Joystick%20034%20-%20Page%20227%20%281993-01%29.jpg. 
  7. Steve (February 1993). "Reviews - Baseball Heroes (?)". Lynx User (The Hide-Out) (6): 8. https://archive.org/stream/LynxUserIssue6#page/n9/mode/1up. 
  8. Gollert, Knut (November 1992). "Videospiele / Tests - Baseball Heroes". Power Play (Future Verlag) (56): 130. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=10175. 
  9. Paul, Michael (November 1992). "Test - Win Or Lose, We Eat Pizza! - Baseball Heroes". Video Games (Future-Verlag) (12): 124. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=8544. 
  10. Bieniek, Chris (December 1992). "Gaming on the Go - Baseball Heroes (Atari) For the Atari Lynx". VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (Larry Flynt Publications) (47): 86. https://archive.org/stream/video-games-and-computer-entertainment-issue-47-december-1992/Video%20Games%20and%20Computer%20Entertainment%20-%20Issue%2047%20-%20December%201992%20%28Compressed%29#page/n85/mode/1up. 
  11. "Baseball Heroes" (in en). https://www.ign.com/games/baseball-heroes. 

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