- Base Wars
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title = Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars
caption = "Base Wars" cover art
developer =Konami cite web|url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/nintendo/base_wars/overview.php|title= AN OVERVIEW OF BASE WARS|accessdate= 2008-01-05|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes ]
publisher =Ultra Games
designer =
released = start date|1991|06|01
genre = sports,science fiction
modes = cooperative, competitive
platforms =Nintendo Entertainment System
media = cartridge"Cyber Stadium Series: Base Wars" (commonly shortened to "Base Wars" or "BaseWars")cite web|url= http://cheats.ign.com/objects/012/012502.html|title= Cyber Stadium Series: BaseWars|accessdate= 2008-01-05|publisher=
IGN ] is a futuristically-themedsports game , released for theNintendo Entertainment System onJune 1 st,1991 . ["Retro Review of "Base Wars"," "Game Informer" 174 (October 2007): 134.] Set in a24th century whereinbaseball team owners have grown tired of paying outrageous player salaries, they decide to replace their rosters withrobot s.cite web|url= http://www.mobygames.com/game/base-wars-cyber-stadium-series|title= Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series for NES|accessdate= 2008-01-05|publisher=MobyGames ]Gameplay
While maintaining basic baseball elements of pitching, batting, fielding, and base running, "Base Wars" adds a fighting element to the game featuring four robot classes; a traditional
cyborg , a tank, a flybot, and lastly a mycycle. A player's robots can be upgraded with new and advanced weaponry and repaired with money earned for game wins during tournaments.Fighting
While fighting is a rare occurrence in traditional baseball, fights are an integral part of the game in "Base Wars". Fights occur when a base runner is tagged out; and tag-outs are made much more common because there are no force-outs in Base Wars. The fights between the runner and the robot tagging him are fought from the side-view. The result of the fight determines whether the runner is safe or out. A robot that has lost too many fights in one game will die by exploding and leave its team with one less robot. Three robot deaths on a team result in a forfeit, thus a player can win a "Base Wars" game by fighting alone.
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