Version 1.4 8/1/02
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Major League Baseball Walkthrough
by The Lost Gamer (
[email protected])
Copyright 2002
Table of Contents:
001. General information
002. The Rules of Baseball
003. Playing the Game
004. Additional Information
005. Random Stuff
006. Credits
001-General Information
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This is a walkthrough for the Nintendo Entertainment System
(NES) game called Major League Baseball. It's a game based
on baseball (who knew). If you want to e-mail me about
this guide (make sure it's relevant), make the subject blank.
(see Random Stuff #1). If you want to use part of this guide
for something, please ask first (see Random Stuff #2). Okay,
let's start the guide.
002-Playing the Game
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Press start to start the game.
You can choose one to two players. In one player mode, you
play against the computer. In two player mode, you play
against the player on the second controller.
Past that you get an option of which game you want. You can
regular game, all star game, and world series (See Random
Stuff #6). In the regular game, player one and two get to
choose their own teams (if player two is the computer, player
one chooses player two's team). In the all star game, player
one can hand pick players from the American League, and
player two gets the National League. In the World Series,
you get to choose the teams, and the gameplay gets moved up
a notch.
After you choose the type of game, you have to choose if you
want to play as a team from the American League or the
National League (not applicable if you choose all star game).
After that you may get the D.H. option. D.H. means designated
hitter (see Random Stuff #7 for info on D.H.).
Now you need to choose your lineup. You need to select which
players are playing, and what order they'll bat in. You press
A to select a player, and B to your current lineup list. Press
select to move between positions (infield, outfield, catcher,
pitcher). You need four infielders, three outfielders, two
catchers, and one pitcher. In the all star game, select also
moves between teams.
Once you've selected the lineup, it's time to play! Player
one is up first!
You're batting. Press up/down to move up/down in the batter's
box. Press the A button to swing. Right/left controls where
you swing (use this only if the pitcher gives you a pitch
that is outside/inside). If you release A during your swing,
the batter freezes (this is used for bunting).
Odds are you can hit the ball (sometimes you get a fastball).
All your players begin running to the next base. They only
move one base, so if you want them to move more, press B and
the direction of the base they should go to (also works for
stealing bases). If your player needs to run back to a base
(say he's running to third but the third baseman has the
ball), press the direction of the base and A. Pressing down
and A makes all of your players go back to their respective
bases.
Well, that's what you need to know when you're up at bat.
But eventually you'll get three outs and soon you'll be
fielding. Won't that be fun (see Random Stuff #8).
To pitch, press the A button. The control pad helps determine
what kind of pitch it is. If you don't touch it, the pitch
is straight at normal speed. Left/right makes the pitch go
inside/outside. Down is a fastball, and up is a change-up.
Remember this is before you release the ball.
After you release the ball, you can move the ball left/right
with the corrseponding controls.
You can press B and the direction of a base to throw the ball
to the base. You try to get a runner out this way. Doesn't
work most of the time. Press start and select a new pitcher
for a relief pitcher.
Well, you do more than just pitching, and that's fielding.
When someone hits the ball, you have to control all of your
players. Here's how.
Use the control pad to get to the ball (you control the player
who has the ball in their section). Press A and a direction
to throw it to that base (up is second, left is third, right
is first, down is home). You can also press B and a direction
to run instead of throw. That's used to tag a person.
Well, that's how to play the game. Go ahead and have some
fun. And remember, this is the only way you'll get to see
the cubs win the world series (see Random Stuff #9).
004-Additional Information
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This section contains things that are relevant to this game.
Check out Random Stuff #3.
Hint: If you play the computer, you can figure out that it
does things in a certain manner. It always tries to stop
the man at the farthest base. For example, if a man is going
to second and another is going to third, the computer will
always try to get the guy going to third.
Second hint: If you have a guy on third and a guy on first,
let the guy on first steal second. The computer will throw
the ball to the catcher to stop the guy on third instead of
to the second baseman.
Third hint: If you are really good, you can get a no hitter
against the computer. Using the pressing left/right after
you release the ball, have the ball barely pass over the
corner opposite of the batter. It counts as a strike, but
the batter won't be able to hit it.
005-Random Stuff
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This section contains random stuff that got referred to in
the rest of the guide.
Random stuff #1: I get a lot of junk mail (also known as spam).
In fact, I get so much junk mail that I've stopped using my
e-mail address (
[email protected]) for anything
important. Changing the address for all my guides would be
a real pain in the butt, so I'm keeping the address solely
for this purpose. The reason why you need a blank subject
is simple: there's never a blank subject on junk mail. Clever
idea, huh?
Random stuff #2: Take a look at the credits section. That's
right, buddy, this stuff is copyrighted! You need the author's
permission to use copyrighted things, so ask first. Otherwise
I could do something really bad to you! (Don't worry about
me turning down your request to use this guide; there's a
99.9% chance I will).
Random stuff #3: It's a little known fact that mathematics
plays a major role in baseball. It's a mathematical fact
that it takes longer to get from second to third than it does
to get from first to second. That's because when you go to
third, you have to take a short stop! That's a bad baseball
joke. For a more serious look at mathematics in baseball,
see Random stuff #4. For another good baseball joke, see
Random Stuff #5.
Random stuff #4: Here's a little scientific trick. You need
a dollar bill and someone else. Hold the dollar by the end
(you are touching the shorter side). Hold it with your thumb
and forefinger (don't cover too much of the bill). Have your
friend hold his or her thumb and forefinger at the opposite
side of the bill, so that he or she is almost touching the
bill. Let go of the bill and see if your friend can catch
it even if he or she doesn't know when you're going to drop
it. Odds are they can. Do this a couple of times, and then
have your friend move their hand up so that he or she is
almost touching George Washington's head. Your friend will
not be able to catch it as easily. The reason is that your
friend's reaction time can't match the gravity and short
distance (if they can, they predicted when you would drop
the bill). Interesting enough, baseball players can do this
without a sweat. You see, baseball players have supernatural
reaction times. The reason is due to the fact that they play
baseball. Take the distance between the pitcher's mound and
home plate (probably about 20 feet). The baseball moves
from the pitcher's mound to home plate at about 100 MPH.
This gives the batter split second timing to react. Since
baseball players do this activity so much, it makes their
reaction times supernatural so they're better at hitting
the baseball. If you don't believe me, try batting against
a major league pitcher (or at least someone with a wicked
fastball). They may be able to throw the ball so fast that
you can't hit it no matter what. It's happened to me, I
swung the second I saw the pitcher release the ball and it
was too late. I whiffed every ball because he was just too
fast for me. Betcha didn't think there was that much
scientific/mathematic stuff to say about baseball. And that
was just one aspect of the game, too.
Random Stuff #5: One night a breeze came up at the Red Rocks
Theater in Denver while the orchestra was giving an open air
rendition of Schubert's Ninth Symphony. During the
intermission, most of the musicians spent their time trying
to tie their sheet music to their stands. The bass players
went into a nearby bar for a few quick drinks. When the
conductor returned to the podium, he was dismayed to find
that in the last half of the Ninth, the scores were tied and
the basses loaded.
Random Stuff #6: The American League consists of the west
half of the US, and the National League consists of the east
half. The all star game is the best NL players VS the best
AL players. The World Series consists of the best NL team
VS the best AL team. A normal game is an AL team VS an AL
team or an NL team VS an NL team.
Random Stuff #7: A designated hitter is a baseball player
who is only a batter. He is not a catcher, pitcher, baseman,
outfielder, or a shortstop. All he does is bats. AL games
have designated hitters, but NL games do not. You can choose
if you want one for the all star or world series game.
Random Stuff #8: It won't.
Random Stuff #9: The Chicago Cubs are the team that is always
least likely to win the world series. Take back in '69. They
were 13 games ahead of everyone else with a month and a half
to go. They didn't make the playoffs. That really sucks.
006-Credits
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This FAQ is copyright of The Lost Gamer, 2002. If you want
to use any part of this FAQ, ask me first (instructions under
general information)
