All Star Baseball 2001

by Ubisoft

Product Features

• one player only
• MLB license
• variety of gameplay options
• improved batting system and computer AI;
• updated rosters.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004T1LF
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 0.9 x 4.9 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: June 1, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,269 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Product Description

For it's one, two, three strikes--you're out in All-Star Baseball 2001 for the Game Boy Color. Smell the freshly cut grass, pine tar, and foot-longs as you take the field with any one of the 30 Major League teams. Be sure to hone those batting skills in the Batting Practice mode. As player/manager, you'll bat and pitch for the team, as well as make the hard decisions about which players (over 700 of them) get traded, called up from the farm team, or sent back down. If you're really in for a clash of the titans, try the Cooperstown Hall of Fame team, which includes recent inductees Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan.

Product Description

Are you ready to be an All-Star? In Acclaim's ALL-STAR BASEBALL 2001, that's just what you'll have to be to hang in the dugout with the pros. This single-player game for the PSX brings all of your favorite MLB teams to the small screen with a wide variety of gameplay options. Choose your favorite team and go through a full Season or cut right to the Playoffs to prove you are the best. Take it to a new level by playing an All-Star Game, where the top players from the MLB come to show off their stuff. For this version there's an improved batting system, as well as updated rosters, better computer AI, and enhanced graphics. Make sure to practice with the improved batting interface, because the ever-popular Home Run Derby also makes its return. ALL-STAR BASEBALL 2001...catch it!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Say It Ain't So Joe!, June 2, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: All Star Baseball 2001 (Game Cartridge)

I guess it would have been too much to hope for thinking theGameBoy version would be as good as it's N64 brother, which may be thebest sports game on any console. The GameBoy either doesn't have the power or Acclaim just couldn't pull it off. Maybe a little of both. I guess I should have been worried when I saw the game was not backed up by a battery. Instead you have to deal with the dreaded password. Acclaim's website was very misleading in the sense it lists this games features in the same breath with the N64 version. All the stadiums are not reproduced, there is only one generic one. Trades are not possible. Although the box boasts 100 different batting stances I have seen only the same few all the time. There is no tracking of season stats, other than standings. All the players are one race it would seem. The sound effects are poor and the constant organ music drives you bats (no pun intended). The batting interface is an exercise in futility. It's near impossible to string hits together and all the scoring in the games I have played by both sides are homers. Fielders seem superhuman making hits even more difficult. There is also almost no way to tell balls and strikes. Pitches off the plate are called strikes and some crossing the plate are balls. Forget about drawing any walks. The pitching interface though I do like, although pitchers realistically have only 4 pitches not 8, which means there is no difference between Rnady Johnson, a flamethrower, and Greg Maddux, a finesse pitcher. They both have the same pitches. The more I play may prove me wrong but all players seem to have the same abilities making it seem like even the worst hitter in the lineup can be Mark McGwire. Stealing bases is near impossible and pickoffs are too frequent. The bullpen mode is nice but how come you can tell when a reliever is ready but not know when the in-game pitcher is tired? I could find no way to tell this so I guess you have to assume 6 or 7 innings is enough work, although one pitcher I faced pitched 11 innings! I think the fielding interface is fine, although when you adjust fielders against a batter I wish they would return to default once he is out or on base. You could literally play at double play depth or outfielders playing in by mistake the whole game. There is one positive though. You do have Major League rosters and a Hall of Fame squad. I was disappointed in this game but I haven't given up. I will continue playing and hope to uncover some silver lining. Sorry Acclaim.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PLAY BALL, June 20, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: All Star Baseball 2001 (Game Cartridge)

Before I bought this game I heard some bad reviews but the only other choice was TRIPLE PLAY 2001.I do not like the TRIPLE PLAY series so I got ALL STAR BASEBALL.When I started playing this I realeased that its really fun.It seamed like the best game.But then I found the downsides to it.It is missing instant replay,create a player, and only has 1 stadium........... the HALE OF FAME TEAM dosent include Babe Ruth,Ted Williams,Willie Mayes, Ty Cobb,Mickey Mantle,Joe Dimmagio, or Honus Wagner.However the rosters are updated, this has the playoffs, a season mode, THE ALL STAR GAME,and an awesome HOME RUN DERBY.Despite all the bad things this is a really cool game,probably the best baseball game for GAME BOY.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hits one out of the Park, February 9, 2001

By A Customer

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This review is from: All Star Baseball 2001 (Game Cartridge)

This game more than lives up to the advanced hype. An eight year olds dream. Super graphics and realistic detail down to the mini-national anthem. Endless playing options although some could be simpler to use. Overall,small screen portable games don't get much better than this