Overview and Gameplay
Baseball has become a robot sport near the start of the 24th century. Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars keeps pitching, batting, fielding, innings, and runs, but close plays can turn into one-on-one fights for control of a base.
Players choose from Cyborg, Tank, Flybot, and Mcycle robot types, each with different strengths in movement, durability, hitting, and combat. Open Mode provides configurable single games, while Pennant Mode tracks standings and statistics across a short competition. Wins and losses award money for repairs and upgrades to weapons, speed, batting, catching, throwing, and battle recovery. A team forfeits after three robots are destroyed.
Controls And Mechanics
- Use the directional pad to move fielders and fighters, position pitchers and batters, guide pitches, and select bases.
- A handles swings, pitches, throws, primary attacks, and weapons depending on the situation.
- B advances runners and performs secondary combat attacks.
- Powerful class-specific attacks use A and B together, followed by another attack while the robot flashes.
- Two players can compete head-to-head throughout batting, pitching, fielding, baserunning, and battles.
Release And Credits
- Released: June 1991 in the United States
- Developer: Konami Industry Co., Ltd.
- Publisher: Ultra Games
- Original platform: NES