NGH-030: 2020 Super Baseball vs SNES/Genesis feat. Joe (Same Name Different Game) Neo Geo Generation

The next game in our Neo Geo survey, NGH-030, 2020 Super Baseball. How does it compare to the SNES/Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive versions?
Special thanks to Joe D. from Same Name Different game, for appearing in this video! Check out his channel here:
/ samenamedifferentgame
We're going through the Neo Geo collection, with footage from real hardware, not emulators. Check out top games to play on the Neo Geo console, Neo Geo Mini, Neo Geo MVSX hack, or Neo Geo MVS cabinet.
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[@vigorousapathygames]

Can't express how much I laughed at the out of nowhere "Set the Cracker" song.

[@Reluctant_Hero]

Crazy timing. I just watch Same Name’s video last night! I love this series. Thanks for your continued work on it.

[@Larry]

Ha, great to see Joe in the video, love his stuff. Any chance of getting him back when you get around to covering 3 Count Bout? He's quite the wrestling game fan too!

[@davidcarmichael4006]

My fav series on KZbin! Thanks

[@gumdeo]

What a great game, still play it 30+ years later ⚾

[@laucops198]

Please keep going this Magnum Opus of yours. It's been five years since the first episode and this series keeps being brilliant. Amazing work.

[@Dosunceste]

Always a pleasure to watch your Neo Geo (and other systems) reviews.

[@toryficarola]

Crazy timing! I was just watching your older Neo Geo reviews last night only to wake up to this exciting new addition. What a joy this review was even though I'm not all that into baseball video games. All of the witty Futurama references make me wish there was a Futurama themed baseball game.

[@BasementBrothers]

Thanks, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I tried to make this as entertaining as possible, since in the end it is just baseball. I had plenty of time to come up with jokes and cutaway gags.

[@toryficarola]

@@BasementBrothers Like the Zerowing-like "Gotta set the cracker" translation faux pas spoofs? Loved them! :p >_

[@Charlie-Cat.]

I didn't want to be a weenie and play Super Baseball 2020 on the Super NES or Genesis Alex. I wanted to be a real "Hot Dog" and play it on Neo-Geo. 8^) Excellent work as always bro. A pleasure seeing you doing what you do best. 8^) Anthony..

[@spagbowlsparmacheese629]

Great video as always, the colab was a good touch too..this game would be great with net play if SNK ever did their new console.

[@DKarkarov]

I don't know, I remember playing this on the SNES and liking it a lot. It was a nice fun little baseball game, and the crckers sound stupidly annoying so not having them doesn't bother me one bit.

[@TexasHollowEarth]

So awesome that you brought in Joe for this one. I hope you guys do more of these 👍

[@jumpingmanjim]

Oh yay Canberra got a mention.

[@profchaos354]

A Joe cameo?! I love that guy :D

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

I love this game. It's probably a top 5 Neo Geo game for me. I've cleared seasons a few times, and always play as the Naples Seagulls. I fell in love with this one after playing it in a skating rink as a 12 year old, and loved the atmosphere. I bought the SNES port as soon as I could. It wasn't perfect, but I liked it better than the Genesis version, even if it is less complete. The Genesis game was too choppy and had that awful blank green screen transition with every hit. When I finally got a Neo Geo AES years later, I made this one a priority. No matter how old I get, playing this one always feels great, and always takes me back.

[@GadgetUK164]

Wonderful vid =D Always enjoy new content on your channel!

[@John-du2mq]

I loved playing this game on snes because I never got a neo geo. It was super fun and had a cool element to it as a baseball game because of the upgrades and all that stuff.

[@Technosphile]

A couple QOL issues I have with 2020 is that you’ll always be called “out” in close calls at the plate. Baseball Stars 2 fixed this, and added the little animation for it. The other is that, when powering up, you select from your roster list instead of just automatically powering up your batter, and that can be a little confusing if you don’t know you are currently controlling “Marty” or whatever.

[@pimsbury5155]

Robocop joke: check Short Circuit joke: check Ok, you done good sir

[@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z]

i agree.. however, i saw simpsons, the critic and futurama references but no duckman... i guess you really cant have it all..

[@pimsbury5155]

@@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z well the Critic was already a pretty deep dive Haha! Gotta give credit for what I can!

[@BasementBrothers]

[Neo-Alec] I consider the two seasons of The Critic required viewing, especially for Simpsons fans. Mr. Jakes used an Ed Grimley clip in his Ys 3 video, and it's going to be tough doing an animation clip that's a deeper dive to top that.

[@pimsbury5155]

@@BasementBrothers Wow, an Ed Grimley clip will land with maybe 5 viewers hahaha. That's the deepest dive imaginable!

[@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z]

@@pimsbury5155 again fantastic work , ed grimley is great, but duke phillips is better.. also, am i the only one who thought the female players in "AD 2020 Super Baseball" were super hot when they were young?.. yeah young, not now, that would be creepy right? i certainly dont think neo geo sprites are cute now.. hah.. hah... also short circuit 2 is better than the og... michael mckean beats steve guttenberg...

[@overkill1473]

Fun Fact: the Neo Geo game makes you sprint faster by tapping A button when stealing bases and such. You wont find this in the manual or on the internet.

[@NeoTurboManiac78]

I have 2020 Super Baseball for the AES and the extra speed, while running the bases, is mentioned in the manual. To update this response, Baseball Stars Professional and Baseball Stars 2 also references the faster running in the instruction manuals.

[@overkill1473]

@@NeoTurboManiac78 I just checked. It says "the longer you hold the B button down, the faster the player will run", on page 13. Interesting.

[@metalkayvgm]

The SNES version, although not exact to the NEO GEO version, is quite enjoyable. I played it as a child and now I've revisited it to prepare a cover of one of its songs. Coming soon...

[@trevor_mounts_music]

Call me crazy but I actually prefer this one to baseball stars 2

[@BasementBrothers]

You're definitely not alone there.

[@CorporalDanLives]

Yesss, the Brothers are back!!!

[@Ratralsis]

When does "Time to Set the Cracker" get a Spotify release, is what I want to know

[@MagmaMKII]

Wow, its been a good while since last video! Neo Geo sports games are the only ones worth playing.

[@rocketgrunthyunho]

Where can I find a rip of some of the sound effects or vocal snippets from this game like the play ball or youre out!

[@eriklarson7023]

The SNES version is actually one of my favorite games on that console. I had no idea it had stuff cut out like the crackers and some jump zones, and even the animation looks better on Genesis. Oh well, I still love it.

[@BasementBrothers]

It's also missing music.

[@ChoosenOneStudios]

Usually not the biggest fan of sports games, but I am super curious about trying this game anyway :)

[@_Tizoc_]

Which baseball game do you like most???

[@BasementBrothers]

Baseball Stars 2

[@wildside4822]

Never realised how similar it is to Soccer Brawl. Most likely made in conjunction or straight after

[@MorbidThrasher666]

Imagine if SNK made the baseball simulator 1.000 series

[@smugeebear]

you know something on the japanese megadrive port it has version 1.01J

[@philiphanan1493]

I love the Neo Geo game for Switch and had to buy a complete copy for Sega Genesis for $9.99 at Half-Price Books.

[@silverwings21]

1st time I played this game was in 2020, streamed it too. It's a good one. Plays like "The Majors" from Game Gear, but of course with the futuristic extras. 1:07 Don't forget riots and controversial elections.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

I remember seeing it from you Silver. Awesome work for sure. 8^) Anthony..

[@silverwings21]

@@Charlie-Cat. Thanks.

[@Charlie-Cat.]

@@silverwings21 A pleasure as always bro. 8^)

[@jw-nz2vx]

Oh no, that guy pronounced "SNES" phonetically as if it were a word. Sorry Alec, we're no longer best friends.

[@BasementBrothers]

Haha. My habit is to pronounce the letters, but I have no problem with people just saying whatever they called it back in the day.

[@juanman2483]

Yoooooo, great to see you upload again, I love the neo geo and I am going through the games, these videos are amazing! Great commentary and info on so many games, I can't get tired of it! By the way, do you have a discord?

[@Furluge]

4:07 - Ok, but like, real talk. No one but crazy ultra rich people bought a Neo Geo back then. :D

[@Furluge]

I love thiis game and Base Wars. Of the two though I think I'd rather see a remake of Base Wars as that game has more gameplay deviations from standard baseball and the way it handles pitching is quite novel, but this one is great too and works if you just want a slight departure from standard baseball. I really miss these "fantasy sports" games that we used to see back in the day more often. These days it feels like you only see this sort of thing from Mario titles. :(

[@striderhanzo]

I agree with this video 100% - I recently made a video discussing this game and others that need remakes. So I'm glad I'm not alone.

[@ericm215]

Some one needs to romhack Battle Angel characters into this

[@snesfan8935]

For some reason i like SNES /SFC port of 2020 Super Baseball.

[@popixel]

How did you actually did this episode in 2020 I probably would have said that the cybernetic baseball idea was in response to Covid itself.

[@jp980-]

⚾️😬

[@fordesponja]

I gotta say I never played a baseball videogame and never was interested, I don't anything about baseball apart of some scenes in films and the typical baseball gag episode in some animes like Jujutsu Kaisen. Looks like it has a lot of rules to understand, but this one make me interested in trying.

[@IkeSan]

Actually I know Takara because they created B Daman toy line not their videogames.

[@RetroMediaLibrary]

Polly wants a cracker

[@Technosphile]

Day=made

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

In before this video gets demonitized for using the term "crackers". ;)

[@goatbone]

Not enough singing in this one. More singing next time. I only own the SNES version and I was sad to hear it is the worst version.

[@BasementBrothers]

Haha. I used to do some kind of singing in almost every episode, but it's been a long time. The SNES version is missing music too.

[@neocvera]

That guy said “snez” - lost all credibility.