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due to the system's massive success in Japan and for Namco's console and arcade operations being part of the same division, allowing
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Famicom with some of his colleagues, where during play they would bring up how certain parts of the game could be fixed or improved, notably the lack of names or abilities for the in-game players. Kishimoto also expressed disappointment towards the game's lack of playable defense. Once
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Platinum Hall of Fame (at least 35 out of 40). Reviewers applauded its gameplay and sense of realism, as well as its usage of giving each of the players actual names and abilities. In the first
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has sold 2.05 million copies in Japan, has been limited in the number of new programs it can produce, and has suffered declining revenues.
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was completed, Kishimoto decided to try making a baseball game of his own.
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programmer
Yoshihiro Kishimoto, who had previously worked on games such as
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released the game for arcades in North
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score of 35 out of 40, making it one of the oldest games in the
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It was also a commercial success. In Japan, it topped the
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309:. It is the first game in the
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142:Nintendo Entertainment System
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1101:Pro Baseball: Family Stadium
932:"週刊ファミ通クロスレビュープラチナ殿堂入りソフト一覧"
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612:Pro Baseball: Family Stadium
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277:in North America, is a 1986
262:Pro Baseball: Family Stadium
32:Pro Baseball: Family Stadium
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1009:"Japan Platinum Game Chart"
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642:of all time. In the second
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342:(1985). The planner for
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962:"ファミコン通信 TOP 30: 1月28日"
809:McFarland & Company
777:"Atari R.B.I. Baseball"
588:Platinum Hall of Fame
436:Major League Baseball
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379:(1979) and
325:Development
241:multiplayer
133:Platform(s)
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183:June 1988
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561:25.37/30
460:New York
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383:(1981).
377:Pitch In
351:Baseball
339:Baraduke
297:for the
285:for the
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217:Genre(s)
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644:Famitsu
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440:Boston
418:Tengen
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576:Award
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