Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball is a

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video game released in 1992 by Mindscape for the

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and

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. It was a port of '' TV Sports: Baseball'' for home computers.

Gameplay

Due to a lack of licensing from

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(MLB), the game features no MLB team names, stadiums, or artwork, and

Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). ...

himself is the only non-fictitious player in the game. The two game modes that are available are Exhibition and League. In Exhibition mode, players can select the field location as either domed or outdoor.

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or natural grass can be selected which affects gameplay, with artificial turf being faster. Exhibition allows for single player vs computer, 2 players against each other or an entirely computer simulated game can be watched. In League mode there are 16 teams including the player selected team. If the player is in first place at the end of the league, they will enter the playoffs, and then have the chance to win the pennant. If the player’s team wins the pennant, they will face off against another pennant winner in the

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Reception

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* 1992 video games Baseball video games Ripken Ripken Mindscape games Multiplayer and single-player video games Sega Genesis games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Video games based on real people Video games developed in Australia {{baseball-videogame-stub