Make-Up Games

Make-Up Games: Baseball Games That Should Exist$

by Patrick Dubuque 7/13

Image credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

There should be more baseball games as the industry expands, not fewer. And here are some that should be made.

Make-Up Games: The Fielder’s ChoiceB

by Kevin Fox, Jr. 7/13

A thinking person's game about the thinking person's game.

Make-Up Games: Pete Rose Pennant FeverB

by Colin Spacetwinks 7/12

More like fever dream, really.

Make-Up Games: MVP Baseball 05B

by Demetrius Bell 7/12

A video game truly befitting of its name.

Make-Up Games: Kirby’s Toy BoxB

by Marc Normandin 7/12

Yes, that Kirby. And he’s the ball.

Make-Up Games: No More Heroes (2008)B

by Trevor Strunk 7/11

A game about becoming the best assassin in the world just for the thrill of it is also about baseball.

Make-Up Games: Immaculate Grid (2023)B

by Patrick Dubuque 7/11

Is it about winning, or about how you win?

Make-Up Games: Mario Superstar BaseballB

by Matt Eitner 7/11

It took Nintendo 30 years to give Mario a baseball game, but it was worth the wait.

Make-Up Games: MLB Showdown

by Ginny Searle 7/21

From the makers of Magic: the Gathering and the Pokémon TCG...

Make-Up Games: Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball

by Marc Normandin 7/21

Baseball is the game, but haggling down video game prices against a sad dad is also the game. It all makes sense in context.

Make-Up Games: Winnie the Pooh’s Home Run Derby

by Patrick Dubuque 7/20

A soldier’s life is terrible hard, says Alice.

Make-Up Games: Baseball Adventure

by Patrick Dubuque 7/20

The time is the present. It used to be, anyway.

Make-Up Games: Relief Pitcher

by Patrick Dubuque 7/18

One of a wave of sports games that tried things another way—this attempt just wasn't too successful.

Make-Up Games: <i>Cyber Stadium Series—Base Wars</i> (1991)

by Marc Normandin 7/18

Turns out baseball in the future involves multiple types of war.

Make-Up Games: Strat-o-Matic (1961)

by Daniel R. Epstein 7/18

Likely the video game with the most profound effect on future front offices.

Make-Up Games: Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP)

by Jonathan Bernhardt 3/11

Image credit: Out of the Park Developments

If it’s in the spreadsheets, it’s in the game.