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Bases Loaded (NES)

The NES Bases Loaded is the first game in the series. Similarly, its Its Japanese counterpart is the first game in the Moero!! series.

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Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japan

US

Aside from the logo change, the player graphic was changed, the baseball was redrawn, and the copyright info was updated and expanded (losing the Jaleco logo in the process).

Team Select#

Japan

US

  • The S and B switched places with each other.
  • The letters of the teams were changed, as was the formatting of "SELECT YOUR TEAM".
  • The Japanese version has animated flags while the US version does not.
  • The names on the scoreboard were changed. Notably, the Japanese version's names are those of people who worked on the game: Tetsuji Tanaka (graphic artist), Akihito Hayashi, Kouji Murata (sound designers), and Nobukazu Ohta (programmer).