Play ESPN Baseball Tonight (Beta) Online
You swing for the fences with that classic SNES batting stance, then watch the ball float in slow-mo while the announcer yells the same three lines. The fake ESPN graphics between innings somehow make it feel legit.
ESPN Baseball Tonight (Beta) came out for the Super Nintendo in 1994, published by Sony Imagesoft. It was one of the later baseball games on the system, trying to bring a broadcast feel to the living room. The presentation leaned into the ESPN branding, with graphics and a ticker that tried to mimic a real sports broadcast, which was a neat touch for the time.
You control the entire team, handling both pitching and batting. The main goal is to win games by outscoring the opponent. Key mechanics include timing your swing with a moving cursor in the batter's box and aiming pitches with a target reticle. The game moves at a deliberate pace, with fielding being mostly automatic once the ball is in play. It feels like a straightforward, no-frills simulation that captures the basic rhythms of a baseball game.
Download ESPN Baseball Tonight (Beta) ROM
You can download this ROM to play ESPN Baseball Tonight (Beta) offline using an Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator (Top Emulators).
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