Play Bo Jackson Baseball Online

Summary

Bo Jackson Baseball, released for the NES and later ported to the Amiga, TurboGrafx‑16 and MS‑DOS in 1990, rides on the fame of its namesake – the two‑sport star who dazzled on the baseball diamond after a brief football career. In Europe the game appeared as TV Sports: Baseball, part of Mindscape’s TV Sports series that also covered basketball, hockey and American football. The on‑screen action lets you pick anywhere from five to nine innings and choose among five pitch types, each with slow, normal or fast variations, while modes range from single‑player exhibition to two‑player playoffs or even CPU‑vs‑CPU quick tournaments. Because MLB licensing was absent, the rosters are built from city names and parody players like Baltimore’s “Kenrip,” and a hidden cheat can field an all‑Bo Jackson lineup. The Amiga and TurboGrafx‑16 versions added a league mode and sharper 16‑bit graphics, but critics were mixed: Computer Gaming World praised the DOS version as solid arcade fun yet weak as a simulation, while Nintendo Power gave the NES version a modest 2.8/5 and Electronic Gaming Monthly scored it 4.25/10.

Storyline

Bo Jackson Baseball, also released as TV Sports Baseball on the NES, offers several play modes. Players can jump into an exhibition match, battle through a playoff bracket, or try the CPU quick mode for a fast challenge.

Because Nintendo couldn’t secure official licenses, the game uses real city names while the team names are fictional. The roster is likewise made up, though a few player names are tongue‑in‑cheek parodies of actual MLB stars.