All-Star Baseball 2000
All-Star Baseball 2000 is a Game Boy Color sports game released in 1999 developed by Realtime Associates. It centers on competitive sport play, sport controls, and shifts between attack and defense, with controls, information, and pacing arranged around a color handheld screen, a directional pad, and two main action buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 6.9 / 10
About this game
All-Star Baseball 2000 is a Game Boy Color sports release centered on competitive sport play, sport controls, and shifts between attack and defense. Matches, challenges, and tournament goals give sessions clear boundaries, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make its immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on campaign length or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Players, venues, and score feedback establish the match atmosphere, while color choices need to distinguish characters, objects, and routes rather than serve as decoration alone. The main genre-specific friction is that opponent ai, control precision, and period-specific rosters can affect consistency. In addition, battery saves, link cables, cartridge-specific hardware, the unlit display, and regional language can affect the original experience. This description covers only this release and excludes emulator features, modern-port conveniences, and content from other platforms.
Collected in series
All-Star Baseball is Acclaim’s baseball simulation series, putting you in charge of pitching, batting and fielding with major-league teams. Later games also let you think beyond the next inning, managing rosters, building an expansion club and revisiting memorable baseball situations.
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A well-organized handheld baseball game with flexible modes and modest audio.
All-Star Baseball 2000 on Game Boy Color retains the basic rhythm of batting, pitching, fielding and base running. A GBC-specific review lists exhibition play, a home-run derby and a season mode that can extend to a full 162 games. That is unusually substantial for portable baseball, although the longest format may turn into repetitive work rather than a practical commute game. The input scheme is its clearest accomplishment. Most primary actions use B, secondary actions such as bunting or pickoffs use A, and stealing uses Start; the reviewer describes it as simple and effective. Teams and the ball remain readable during play, whereas the music and effects contribute little beyond functional cues. This score rewards the accessible control map and flexible structure without assuming that a long schedule automatically equals better pacing.
Strengths
- Clear GBC controls and several baseball formats.
Weaknesses
- Thin audio and potentially wearying full-season length.
Who it is for: Baseball fans looking for full games on Game Boy Color.
Play notes: This assessment covers GBC, not reported GBA display behavior.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Exhibition, derby and long seasons offer range, though 162 games can feel excessive. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Batting, pitching and fielding form a credible portable baseball game. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Readable field action matters more than its modest audio. | Reviewed | 6.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension A mostly B/A input layout keeps the GBC controls manageable. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Realtime Associates
- Publisher
- Acclaim
- Release date
- 1999
- Platforms
- Game Boy Color (GBC)
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- Player versus PlayerShort Sessions2D GraphicsSolo-friendlyFast-pacedLow Entry BarrierSports-based PlayReplayablePick-up and PlayMain Story Under 10 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Game Boy Color (GBC)Worldwide1999
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