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* BASEBALL *
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written in STOS Basic
by Peter van den Houten
Hilversum, Holland, 1992
Two player game, need two joysticks
Low resolution
BASEBALL is a two player baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers
and the New York Yankees.
L.A.Dodgers N.Y.Yankees
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Color Pink Blue
Joystick 2 (mouse port) 1
One games takes 8 innings to play.
Every inning contains 2 halfs.
Each half one player is batting and the
other player is pitching.
Screen 1 ( pitch screen )
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Press 'D' or 'Y' to see statistics of
the two teams.
Press to change pitcher. Then press
joystick UP or DOWN to select pitcher
and press BUTTON to end.
Pitcher: 1. Choose kind of throw:
Use joystick and press
button.
2. Choose direction of throw:
Use joystick to give the
ball a little effect and
press button.
Hitter: 1. Press button to continue or:.
If you want to bunt or
steal a base point joystick
in the corresponding direction.
The hitter must press the button at the
right time. You can only hit the ball
when it does not go wide. When you
hit the ball you can use the
joystick to give the direction you want
to hit to.
Joystick left=ball to right, up=ball
down, down=ball up and right=ball left.
When you hit the ball the screen
changes.
Screen 2 ( field screen )
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Fielders: Press button to switch between
the fielders. Try to catch the ball.
When you have the ball throw the ball
to a base. Select the base with the
joystick and pressing the button.
down=home right=1st base
up=2nd base left=3th base
Watch out when throwing balls to bases
when there is nobody standing on it.
Runners: When a runner has reached
a base safely you can run further by
selecting the appropriate action out
of the ones shown at the bottom of the
screen. The color of the boxes beside
the arrows indicates what a player
can do.
A runner cannot be called back except
when the ball is catched.