SNESdrunk Plays Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball: Winning Winners Win Winningly

[@NintenJo-Power]

Great video! A couple of things that I've also noticed over the years: - Pitchers don't tire based on pitch selection. The "FAT" (or "fatigue") stat tells you how many innings he can go before he gets tired. - In season mode the computer's defense gets significantly better after 20 games. - Put all of your best defenders in the outfield, primarily your center fielder. The CPU will hit gap shots all the time and if your CF has a defense rating of 9 or 10, you can run those down a lot faster than anyone with 8 or lower for their rating. - I have not noticed a way to cheese hitting. I've been playing this game for 20 years and it seems as RNG as RNG can be, but your "BAT" stat gives you an idea of how often you'll get a hit, and your "POW" stat will give you an idea of how hard they will hit the ball. Also, go White Sox. :-)

[@mattleonard5773]

My key to hitting was to put the very, very tips of the batter's toes BARELY on the inside Chalk (I mean to where you can barely see the pixels of the chalk and the toes touching, but make sure they are touching), and stand as close to the catcher as possible. Just put him there every time. I never moved the player to try and hit. Then just get the timing down. Me and my buddies used to have EPIC 10-Man Tournaments once a year for like 10-years. It became tradition. We'd all play single-player throughout the year, and then we'd all get together for a big double-elimination Tournament. The final 2 teams played a best of 5series. Manuel Fielding only. We were all really good. I remember numerous NAIL BITERS. The main game I remember was in the Championship game one year. The Series was tied at 2 games to 2 games, and I was playing one of my best friends. The final score was 12-11. I tied it in the top of the 9th with a Fred McGriff 3-run HR, and then he came back and hit a Jay Buhner Walk-Off HR with 1-out in the bottom of the 9th. Those tournaments were so much fun. I played this game from 95 (8-years old) all the way through High School. I'm an avid MLB The Show Diamond Dynasty player now, but I'd love to pick up a SNES just for this game and get the tournaments going again.

[@johngumbs2111]

This was the first game I owned ever. I loved this game. I was 10 when I got it. I can believe its been 21 years since.

[@Ravensfan842]

John Gumbs 22

[@guillaumestpierre9090]

@@Ravensfan842 25

[@Ravensfan842]

@@guillaumestpierre9090 I'm old

[@charlesbogle6544]

This game is so fun and perfect... I use the New York Yankees and sub in Kevin Mass with 10 POWER..!.. Hit SO MANY ROUND TRIPPERS ALL SEASON LONG💨💨🤩🙌 It would be awesome if people could play this multiplayer online...

[@mrt9539]

You are the 2nd best retro game channel on KZbin (behind Cinnemassacre naturally). The fact that you can geek out over role playing games, yet geek out over sports, is something sorely missing in the community. There are others out there, but mostly I see people talk bad about sports games, which is absurd. So thanks for giving us sports fans that like most any genre an opinion we can respect. Love love love your channel!

[@es-ed5ug]

I remember playing this for an entire season. All 162 games plus the playoffs and world series. I struggled in the beginning because I refused to use auto fielding but after I got that figured out I think I only lost one time the rest of the season, giving me something like 154 wins on the season.

[@jeffsandgren1329]

Love this game! GAmes are short and too the point, the animations are cool, players stats/abilities make an impact (especially hitting power, fielders arm strength and speed) and players can get hot and cold as a season goes on and you can tell by the background color behind them. Love when players crash into the wall or climb the wall when trying to catch HR's. Best advice for hitting is to go the other way and try to hit towards the end of the bat.

[@Sly88Frye]

It's amazing that some baseball games back then are still so good today

[@reagandow850]

If only all baseball games were this fast and interesting!!

[@CharlesEBright]

I play this game using a snes emulator on my phone and it brings back memories. Right now I'm 60-23 so far for my season and I use the tigers and I lead my division by 16 games. The most strikeouts I've ever got pitching was 10 and that was tough.

[@ryanries09]

"My dog's name is Clyde..." You just gave up all your internet passwords, son!

[@robertcatania1120]

My favorite baseball game of all-time. I can't tell you how many hours I not only spent playing this game growing up, but also renaming all the players in the game using a 1993 Baseball Digest magazine countless times because the game memory would get wiped out from time to time. I still play the game to this day. Kevin Maas on the Yankees was an absolute beast! The combo of him and Tartabull were tough to beat. Mark Whiten and the Cardinals were also a fun team to play with. The Blue Jays were understandably good as they should have been. I used to write down all the stats I acquired on post notes. I had dozens of them and were compare my all-time records against myself. LOL. Only flaw of the game was not having stat leaders and record books, etc.

[@junibuffooni]

The melody of the organ in this game is exactly the bass line of Peace Frog by The Doors

[@yerk55]

Definitely my favorite baseball game on SNES. With the 1994 rosters, my Indians had big hitters like Belle, Baerga, & Thome. It was nice to play a baseball game where I could use Cleveland and they didnt totally suck. I like the detail of the batters box chalk wearing away as the game progresses.

[@spankygfunk11]

Candy Maldonado is a must to put in it line up...and Manny Ramirez speed batting 2nd behind lofton will get hits and homers...I'm in a season rite now at 40 games n Manny has 10 hrs wit jus 3 power..

[@chrisspearline767]

It is 1993 rosters

[@ShniitSchneyder]

Bummer this doesn't have more views, it is really enjoyable to have in the background like a little podcast.

[@gammaphonic]

The game was developed in Manchester, England. Which is where the Smiths and New Order are from (well, Salford. But Manchester and Salford are like Minnesota and Saint Paul, they’re pretty much the same place).

[@ryana.7510]

Braves fan in real life, but always played as the Rangers because of the cowboy names. All aboutf that sweet spot on the bat when hitting and milking the off speed stuff while pitching. "Oh, COME ON!!!"

[@austinmuldoon9369]

I rented this game when I was 10 and new immediately I had to get it. Me and my friend both talked our parents into getting this game, we played home run derby for so many hours.

[@chrisspearline767]

The line "Oh Come On" is taken directly from the movie Animal House. The line is said by Jim Belushi

[@saynotocensorship]

Sports Talk Baseball for the Genesis is very similar to this game play wise. It’s a little more simulation but it’s still a half and half. And all of the real players are in it. You should do a video of it too.

[@classicretros23]

This game and your channel started me playing retro game....about to start my season soon after 2 weeks practicing lol

[@SNESdrunk]

Awesome

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Total length of video: 1173 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": .5 secs. .04% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk".

[@MrBourm-vm7xo]

I tried playing complete seasons back in the day trying to get to the World Series with the Braves and Deion Sanders aka Neon Deon. Would seldom lose with that strategy, maybe 1 or two games out of 100. I was blown away the other day to see a review where the guy could not win and kept throwing homerun balls haha. Glad to see you know what's up.

[@danielwood82]

My fandom dictates that I have to play as the Texas Rangers. Great hitting anyway. Glad I was not the only youth to play multiple 162 games seasons back in the day.

[@acidfruitloops]

Have played this game for 20 years and have never played as a team other than the rangers. Going through a full season with them now on the snes mini.

[@christopherrichardson2945]

My brother and I used to play the hell outta this game together (he’d bat, I’d pitch/field) back when we were kids. We even managed to either shut out or even perfect game the CPU on a few occasions; shut outs more than perfect games

[@ZachAdams926]

I had a buddy who played me a couple times in this game, but I gotta tell you, my first SNES baseball game was Sporting News Power baseball and I liked that game, but I still think the best game on the system was KGJ’s Winning Run.

[@fornikator]

Best baseball game ever. Gameplay was fast and it was easy to play full seasons. Once I change the roster names to the realistic roster the game was pure perfection. I miss it

[@bpo1975]

Thanks for the excellent video; I have learned tons from it. Have you (or anyone else) noticed that MAN controlled right handed batters usually hit to right field (they don't pull)? Same for MAN controlled lefties; they usually hit to left field.

[@SNESdrunk]

Yes, even if you swing early. It's weird

[@ZaKaTaKofSteel]

I tend to hit pulls moving the batter to the front of the box (Yeah, the front, I know...XD ) and dependent to where the pitcher is on the rubber, I try to line up with him. Then, once the pitcher finishes his delivery animation, I'll tap the swing button (staying stationary, no movement during the swing) , and if a straight fastball is thrown, 75% of the time it'll be a pull-swing with power. Of course, I usually play as the Orioles, so it could differ team to team.

[@airt698]

I put this on my PC last night and having a blast hopefully I can learn some things watching your vid.

[@Steiv44]

I appreciate you playing manual defense. So many videos here they won't do it, don't know why. I don't totally agree with your batting idea, but it's still not bad. I prefer being in the middle of the box, aligned with the plate, and try and get the barrel of the bat over the middle, for the most part. I also believe that there is some sort of hot and cold mechanism built into the game. I usually start off a season really hot (gets the player into the game), then cool down to even things out a bit, and then last playoffs, for example, I blew the cover off the ball. Almost all of the games were blowouts, with a few tight ones to keep things interesting. Finally, I never throw fastballs. Not worth the risk. Thanks for the cool review. I'm glad your team survived contraction...mine was moved away *le cry*

[@headapt]

Bunt is how u win. Cpu always throws home with man on 3rd base no matter how many out if runner not directly on 3rd. If good bunt while stealing home, u can score and make it to 1st base. If not, u can still have people on 1st and 3rd. Rarely does the batter not touch the bunt but sometimes pitcher throws it away from them but most of time it works. If the person on 3rd is fast and the catcher and ss/2b does not throw fast, u can also play a game to move runner off 3rd to have them throw home then run guy off 2nd and flip ir back and forth to then go home on throw to 2nd from catcher. U need to do this at times as during season, some games u wont be able to hit. Cardinals are the best and fastest team for this. Rockies also good for it. It works most of the time and rarely lose but u also want to just hit homers at times..but u can do that. Hours and hours and hours is how i learned it.

[@patanstee2315]

Best baseball game ever made, the newer games have modeled this for their retro mode

[@nuksucow]

Being able to change to actual player names is a nice feature

[@gturcott1]

Did you have trouble getting game to save the names you put in? I had that issue

[@spankygfunk11]

No u go team by team at team edit and u can Google the full real rosters ...

[@chrisspearline767]

The best pitches are slow curvy down the middle if they are too far inside or outside they get crushed

[@Justin4life]

I use to play this game all the time. I had one spectacular play. I pitched the ball, and the batter smacked it to the upper right field. It was going medium speed, and I was running with my guy to catch it. The ball is lowering down on the screen, and my guy is coming close to it. I kept running, and kept my eye on the ball. I jumped up, and caught the ball. As soon as I caught the ball my character smacked into the wall, and fell on the ground. It was just a shocking moment to have that happen.

[@braincrassedaudiofilled9776]

yeah, that's one of the coolest catch of the game!

[@dford617]

Man this game wasn't hard at all I loved this as a kid! Great vid! I just recently got this complete in box with the Griffey baseball card brings back alot of memories haha

[@hell-sol5240]

My ass it wasnt hard you must've had a broken copy or played on easy this game was the first game to make me rage quit

[@saynotocensorship]

It’s definitely an arcade style but the speed of the game and the play style is really good.

[@deinly1]

To pitch a perfect game with 27 strikeouts you can use Tom Candiotti of LA or Charlie Hough and use the slow curve every pitch. It took a few tries back in 94 bit I got it done. The hardest part is avoiding walking anyone. I read a few comments correct me if someone already posted this.

[@yojoeski]

Do updates exist for this game ala Tecmo Super Bowl where you could play with updated rosters each year? Would love to play the 2021 Braves season.

[@noesanches372]

If you want easy bases loaded. When you get a man on 3rd. Just take a small lead off. Bunt with the next batter and just hold your runner at 3rd with the small lead off. The cpu will throw the ball back to 3rd base. Just go back to 3rd base safely and your base runners will be safe. Repeat and you have bases loaded

[@NaplesFlBondsman]

BEST BASEBALL GAME EVER. playing on Droid w emulator so much fun omg! love of my life.

[@zacharykelway5797]

Baseball stars on nes is way better

[@acidfruitloops]

@@zacharykelway5797 Fuck. No.

[@smzig]

This was honestly the best baseball video game until Triple Play 2001 came out on the PS1.

[@christopherrichardson2945]

Back in the day, my brother and I had a perfect game. He on offense, me on pitching & defense

[@sniffmypickle4181]

You need to do more of these snes let’s plays bud good quality channel

[@kindermaschine2515]

sniffmypickle sniffmypickle... what a name, heh. :)

[@nythepremier]

Great video... Btw I looked up the opening song in the sequel...it is not as serious after the very first part.

[@TheVileOne]

This was one of the better MLB games for SNES.

[@airt698]

Atlanta Braves have the best roster in this game just my two cents. I love playing with my Dodgers though. They have a prime Mike Piazza and Eric Karros and the best leadoff hitter Brett Butler and and ace in their bullpen Pedro Martinez. Very balanced team. Go Dodgers

[@bigplb2133]

Dodgers 2024 world champs

[@franknberry]

M. Bolan must be Marc Bolan, guitarist/lead singer of British band T. Rex.

[@saynotocensorship]

Baseball Allstars one and two on original NES are great baseball games too for people that like old baseball games. Still playable and fun to this day

[@speakingmoistly9912]

The #1 rule of hitting in this game is to take as many pitches as possible to fatigue the opposing pitcher.

[@adam_loooong]

I could watch a season of this.

[@Steiv44]

I've been seriously considering a web page/site devoted to breaking this game down.

[@bryansmith844]

One of my favorite aspects of this game is the manual! The art and style is dope, look it up if you haven’t seen it

[@speakingmoistly9912]

You hit better with this game as the music reaches a crescendo (and so does the other team). Also pressing up is a power swing, down a ground ball and regular a line drive.

[@acidfruitloops]

This comment is entirely bullllllshit

[@playafly316]

I just picked up a copy of this game from a flea market and I opened it up to clean the pins/shell and to inspect. I noticed there is a spot for a battery but my copy does not have a battery inside, and to be honest, doesn't even look like there ever was one. I've heard the game will save your progress as you play through Season Mode or World Series. Could you please confirm whether it saves without the typical coin battery? Does it have another way to save Season data? Or is mine just missing the battery? Thanks, love the videos btw :)

[@saynotocensorship]

The Montreal Expos. Never forget

[@aakao2593]

First season I played I went with the Marlins because I'm a huge Dolphins fan. Honestly, I got to know the team and ended up playing really well with them.

[@Amero2323]

Me too that was always my team. They're quietly the best team in the game

[@chrisspearline767]

The computer can reach that strikeout pitch and sometimes they go yard with it

[@je7055]

Thank you very much for this upload! I picked this gem back up again recently and it's strange how hard it is to find any information on the mechanics of it, so I'm compiling as much info as I can. One question for clarity, about pitching -- your strategy is always fastballs with movement to the sides of the zone, then in 2-strike situations, a hard breaking changeup to K the batter, correct? Do you ever use the left/right breaking balls at all? And with the fastballs, do you have a strong preference regarding inside vs. outside, or do you mix both in regardless of the batter's handedness? That's my main question, but a couple of more general questions: what, if anything, do you think the BAT attribute affects? Intuitively, you'd think it would govern the player's ability to hit for contact, but I've read in many places skeptical comments about BAT's effects. POW certainly seems to be way more important. A similar question, how important do you think batting stances are? It seems like lots of folks think stance and POW are the main variables in batting. Is that something you've ever noticed? Obviously you won't have precise answers to these questions, this game doesn't get the same kind of attention as TSB so nobody's bothered to peek in the code and reverse engineer all the hex to answer these questions. But any thoughts you might have would be very much appreciated -- as is the video! Thanks again.

[@je7055]

One more observation I meant to add -- in my experience, throwing a pitch right down the middle isn't universally a bad idea. Just hitting B and never touching the D-pad at all, and just letting the ball float down main street, is often weirdly effective, for whatever reason. I like to pepper it in every now and then

[@SNESdrunk]

James, thanks for the comment! I only do straight curveballs to batters in the bottom half of the lineup, the 3 or 4 hitters will usually crush those. And inside fastballs are always more preferable (for me anyway) than outside corner fastballs As for BAT, if I had to guess, it'd just be the extremely primitive aspect of how that dude's able to make contact and stay alive with two strikes (fouling off pitches in other words). As for batting stances, I've seen/experienced nothing that suggests one stance is better than another, they're just purely cosmetic. Always cool to hear from anyone else that digs this game as much as I do

[@Cooplander]

You are not alone. This is still the most enjoyable baseball game I ever played. I still despise the 'sequel' despite winning a home run challenge at Ontario Place (Old Toronto Amusement park). Also, as a Torontonian... please don't call John Olerud an idiot :P

[@braincrassedaudiofilled9776]

one things is sure BAT stats seems really odd. with the Yankees, ALWAYS bring Harlem in the lineup, yes he has 10 POW / 3 BAT, but always hits many homers especailly in the first games of a full season. so I guss BAT is very comestic-y. if you want some details about this game I made a blog on this games bakc in early 2000's cause I couldn't stop and recorded many stats, have a look. this game deserve more love! kengriffeyjrpresentsmlb.blogspot.com/

[@BrettsPlay]

I know you're the SNES drunk, but I love Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr for N64. If love to know your thoughts on that wonderful game. Your every SNES baseball video for me into Winning Run and Extra Innings. I like Winning Run I think more than you do, mostly because it's similar to the N64 game in some aesthetic ways. I feel the same about Griffey's Slugfest ss you do about Winning Run, same deal. Sequel to the one I love and grew up with.

[@Melvo34]

Me and my cousin would play this all the time. In season, I would do the pitching and he would do the hitting...lol

[@darthniloc6099]

Do you have World Series Baseball for Genesis? If so can you a Sega Drunk gameplay video?

[@speakingmoistly9912]

First and third you can pretty much always attempt to steal second and then steal home while they throw to second.

[@stoozdee]

Shane Mack. Chuck Knoblauch. Kirby Puckett. Kent Hrbek. Dave Winfield. Brian Harper. Pedro Muñoz. Terry Jorgensen. Pat Meares. Come n’ get it.

[@SNESdrunk]

Thank you for making sure to mention Terry Jorgensen. It's the only way that guy lives on

[@unsilentmajority1684]

Ive heard you can charge the mound a while back. I've been playing this game since 94 and still have never been able to do it.

[@chrisspearline767]

You were extremely lucky with throwing all that heat the computer usually crushes that you want to pitch slow pitches

[@saynotocensorship]

Gene Autry. Famous cowboy.

[@airt698]

One thing I noticed playing this game is the developers did a good job of creating field dimensions and timing. Double plays and fielding you can feel the timing is pretty legit when throwing someone out or getting thrown out. I love the news articles in season play and the box scores. You can edit player names easily now that this info is so easy to get on the internet. Its really a good baseball sim and simple and fun to play. The 2nd Griffey game was trash..I tried many times to enjoy it but I couldnt it was terrible.

[@dinger7750]

Ummmm $1 dog night? The wind tunnel death doors at the end? The right field baggie? Astroturf??????? The Metrodome might be the pinnacle of MLB stadiums..

[@n40798]

Do you know why sometimes my base runners dont to back after taking a lead off? Sometimes when the batter grounds out, the runners leading off dont go back to the base and just remain one or two steps away from the base and just stand their waiting to get thrown out?

[@SNESdrunk]

IIRC it's more than just sometimes, it's every time. It's just an additional wrinkle, the game is saying, "If you're going to lead off, be prepared to get back too"

[@n40798]

Oh ok i thought I was doing something wrong

[@Billy-pn3fq]

Have a question is this the game where the batter breaks the bat over his knee when striking out if not what game is it

[@Justin4life]

Yes.

[@chrisspearline767]

You can find out where each team got their names from on a site called banishedtothepen

[@jeffswanson593]

I forget the ump's name, but the ump that voiced the game had been in an accident that left him paralyzed. Griffey recruited him to be the voice of the ump here.

[@joshhunt9551]

Jeff Swanson BRING BACK OUR SUPERSONICS!! 💚💛💚💛💚💛

[@aaronharris5069]

Steve Palermo was the umpire's name. Sadly, he past away recently.

[@PhilMante]

I always play as the Angels thanks to the 1994 Disney movie.

[@bcchurc]

I have a question....Since you have played this game so much, do you win EVERY game now? Does the CPU Challenge you anymore ever?

[@PenAirPilot]

Id watch an entire full season playthrough with your commentary.... ok... your turn!

[@TheFlushmate23]

I always pulled away from the ball and it worked well for me.

[@timbrown_nb]

I always found this game easy enough to play, but I always had a tough time stringing hits together in Winning Run.

[@KevinNelsonkcnelso2]

I wish there were tournaments for this game because this is hands down the game I have the most play time for....never met anyone that I couldnt handle with ease in a series

[@hell-sol5240]

Pff

[@MrBacchus18]

My favorite baseball game, had some good battles with friends and we were all so good. The players names are fun, my Red Sox were all named after Patriots such as Paul Revere. Too bad Winning Run wasn't as fun

[@classicretros23]

How can I add this game to my snes classic?

[@bensonbrett30]

What's the most strikeouts you've ever made? I got 8 once, but haven't gotten close since.

[@SNESdrunk]

12 with Randy Johnson

[@bensonbrett30]

Nice! I still play it as well, great stuff.

[@SNESdrunk]

Cheers

[@domlalonde7111]

Expos were really strong

[@juliovindell264]

I love this game have the original snes game and ill admit I never learned how to field always just used the computer field but thanls forbthe tips im going to try them

[@juanez8]

That curve is CHEESE 🧀 😅 we all did that

[@johnedington1632]

Never owned a baseball game and picked it up today for 10$(actually free with trade ins and plenty credit left) I enjoy your content! Do you recommend any other "best sports games" from any systems besides NHL '94?

[@robertcatania1120]

SNES Drunk you should do a live stream playing this game. LOL

[@jweebs1986]

Terrific video!

[@aaronharris5069]

If you bunt with a man on third, less than two out, if you run home, they'll always throw it home. Cheap way to get base hits, especially if you start running to home, going back to third, they can't get the guy on first.

[@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo]

AWW COME ON!!!!

[@MrShanester117]

I can’t hit or pitch anymore. I never had a problem before. It’s super frustrating. I used to destroy this game

[@SharonisCarin321]

SNES Drunk I hear this game has erasing issues is this true?

[@planeswalker24]

Gene autry owned the angels and it was the mariners that used the developers for the player names

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

I always curved the ball to the side in these games.

[@noesanches372]

That’s how my Mike piazza had 300 rbi per season hah

[@saynotocensorship]

Dave Winfield gets a triple. 😆.

[@PhilLeotardosGhost]

You can edit the names to the real names.

[@robharris245]

Great game! Someone should re create it with new rosters. Probably wouldn't be too difficult to mod.....

[@sloan1123]

there are at least 3 versions with modded rosters...

[@robharris245]

And where might I find these?

[@bpo1975]

Rob Harris www.tecmobowl.org They released a 2016 version last year and the 2017 version will be released before opening day.

[@eejif]

If you have the patience, you can go and rename all of the players in-game.

[@NoNameC68]

I don't know anything about Baseball players or statistics. I just know that the Cardinals are comedians and include all the Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Groucho, etc..

[@justinstolly9]

C I did just the opposite while hittin I'd pull away from the ball with down n pullin it to the opposite field lol

[@chrisspearline767]

If you're good you can win with any team. I am 10-4 with the Pirates of 1993

[@christoph1246]

This seems like a really good 2 player but playing the computer is impossible. What’s the secret to batting??

[@hell-sol5240]

Timing my friend TIMING