8.8 /10 1 Votes
Producer(s) Hiroshi Yamauchi Initial release date 10 June 1996 | 4.4/5 Emuparadise Composer(s) Eveline Fischer Publisher Nintendo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre(s) Traditional baseball simulation Platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System Developers Rare, Ultimate Play the Game Modes Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game Similar Rare games, Baseball games, Other games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken griffey jr s winning run snes gameplay
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run is a baseball video game developed by Rare for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that is named after the baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. It is the follow-up to Nintendo's previous Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball. Two years later, Nintendo released another game featuring Griffey, Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey Jr., for the Nintendo 64.
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The game's title is derived from the final play of the 1995 American League Division Series featuring the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees. On a play that is sometimes credited with "saving baseball in Seattle," Griffey scored the game's winning run all the way from first base, on a close play in the bottom of the 11th inning.
Due to the lack of a Major League Baseball Players' Association license, Griffey is the only player in the game to use his actual name.
Gameplay
The game features the 28 MLB teams in existence at the time, though playing through a full 162 game season unlocks the option to play against the two 1998 expansion teams, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The game includes a franchise mode, MLB Challenge mode, exhibition (single-game) play, and All-Star Game mode which includes a home run derby mode. Legendary Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck reprises his role from the previous game to call balls and strikes as the play-by-play announcer.
Reception
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run was well received by critics. Air Hendrix gave the game a nearly perfect score in GamePro: 5 out of 5 in both graphics and sound, and 4.5 out of 5 in control and FunFactor. He summarized that "With realistic, action-packed gameplay and superb graphics, Winning Run strolls easily over home plate." He particularly noted that the controls allow players to perform subtle, strategic moves like throwing change-ups, pulling their swing, or intentionally hitting a grounder. He felt that the game retains its authentic feel despite Griffey being the only real player, since the abilities and appearances of the fictitious players are modeled after their real world counterparts. The two sports reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game a unanimous score of 8 out of 10, saying that it has greatly improved graphics and player animations over the original (Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball).
