(NES) RBI Baseball 1871 - NAPBBP

[Baron von Lector]

File Name: RBI Baseball 1871 - NAPBBP

File Submitter: Baron von Lector

File Submitted: 04 Aug 2015

File Category: NES

This is a fun ROM. It is based on the 1871 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players’ season. This is the first year that professional organized baseball existed (only six years after the American Civil War ended).

 

Every team in the league is included, plus one more. At the time, only nine teams existed (Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, Boston Red Stockings, Washington Olympics, New York Mutuals, Troy Haymakers, Ft. Wayne Kekiongas, Cleveland Forest Citys, and the Rockford Forest Citys). A 10th team, Brooklyn, was added to the game. This team was expected to join the league in 1871, but decided to remain as an amateur team. However, for the sake of this game, the Brooklyn Atlantics were added.

 

Also, during this time players did not use gloves. This becomes evident when looking at the fielding statistics at the time and the Washington Olympics were to top fielding team at .850 (and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas the lowest with .803). This is accurately reflected in this game as the players field as if they have no gloves. Not sure why this happens, but I have frequently seen a player take a line-drive off the hand, drop it, and end up running off field in tears while his teammates recover the ball and continue the play. Luckily, the player is back on the field before the next pitch is thrown. Funny thing to watch.

 

Don’t expect any dramatic power numbers in this ROM as there was a three-way tie between Levi Meyerle, Lip Pike, and Fred Treacey as league leader with four. However, the season was approximately 30 games long, so I took this into consideration when determining the player ratings. I based the ratings for each player on their career numbers pro-rated over a 162-game season.

 

One last thing to note… Back in 1871, there were no pitching staffs. A team had a pitcher, and that was it. This is reflected in this game. Each team has a single pitcher with extremely high stamina so he is expected to last the entire game. If for some reason your pitcher is tiring, you can swap him out with a fresh version of himself.

 

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[Lamefest]

I don't much get into RBI mods but I love the original. This looks like something I'll try out.

This reminds me of when I was a kid I had the old All Star Baseball spinner board game and created my own discs to make an 1876 all star team. Kinda like modding a ROM before there was ROMs. I bring it up because I see Cap Anson on your screen shot, who was a hit machine in my board game.

I love the nostalgia man. Good idea and nice work.

[Baron von Lector]

Thank you for the kind words.  One day, I may dig into the graphics and remove the baseball gloves from the players to give it an authentic post-Civil War baseball feel.  If you like RBI ROMs from many years spanning baseball history, I have a healthy collection on my BaronROMS.wordpress.com website.

[PhillyPhan85]

Got to admit it's awesome Baron! The greyscale over the playing field gives it a real age old throwback feel going on. Not many games where you can ever play the Philadelphia Athletics!

 

Though I have to say, I find myself playing this one with NXT tag team the Vaudevillians theme song on loop, definitely geniune feel.

[Baron von Lector]

Got to admit it's awesome Baron! The greyscale over the playing field gives it a real age old throwback feel going on. Not many games where you can ever play the Philadelphia Athletics!

 

Though I have to say, I find myself playing this one with NXT tag team the Vaudevillians theme song on loop, definitely geniune feel.

 

Vaudevillains... that's brilliant!

[TeCmO_sUpEr_BoWl]

File Name: RBI Baseball 1871 - NAPBBP

File Submitter: Baron von Lector

File Submitted: 04 Aug 2015

File Category: NES

 

 

This is a fun ROM. It is based on the 1871 National Association of Professional Base Ball Players’ season. This is the first year that professional organized baseball existed (only six years after the American Civil War ended).

 

Every team in the league is included, plus one more. At the time, only nine teams existed (Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Stockings, Boston Red Stockings, Washington Olympics, New York Mutuals, Troy Haymakers, Ft. Wayne Kekiongas, Cleveland Forest Citys, and the Rockford Forest Citys). A 10th team, Brooklyn, was added to the game. This team was expected to join the league in 1871, but decided to remain as an amateur team. However, for the sake of this game, the Brooklyn Atlantics were added.

 

Also, during this time players did not use gloves. This becomes evident when looking at the fielding statistics at the time and the Washington Olympics were to top fielding team at .850 (and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas the lowest with .803). This is accurately reflected in this game as the players field as if they have no gloves. Not sure why this happens, but I have frequently seen a player take a line-drive off the hand, drop it, and end up running off field in tears while his teammates recover the ball and continue the play. Luckily, the player is back on the field before the next pitch is thrown. Funny thing to watch.

 

Don’t expect any dramatic power numbers in this ROM as there was a three-way tie between Levi Meyerle, Lip Pike, and Fred Treacey as league leader with four. However, the season was approximately 30 games long, so I took this into consideration when determining the player ratings. I based the ratings for each player on their career numbers pro-rated over a 162-game season.

 

One last thing to note… Back in 1871, there were no pitching staffs. A team had a pitcher, and that was it. This is reflected in this game. Each team has a single pitcher with extremely high stamina so he is expected to last the entire game. If for some reason your pitcher is tiring, you can swap him out with a fresh version of himself.

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to download this file

 

I'm honestly surprised that they have fielding statistics (or any stats at all) from pre-20th century games. Then again, this is baseball we're talking about; they have a stat for EVERYTHING.

Edited August 20, 2015 by PockyCandy

[PhillyPhan85]

Vaudevillains... that's brilliant!

 

Thanks! Figured wrestling reference would be a dandy. =)

[buck]

thanks for this neat rom.  it's cool that you figured in all of those details.