Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball

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Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball
Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball Cover.jpg
North American box art
Developer(s) Tose [1]
Publisher(s) Tonkin House [1]
Broderbund [1]
Composer(s) Yuko Sano
Platform(s) NES [1]
Release
Genre(s) Sports (softball) [1]
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball (released in Japan as Softball Tengoku) is a one or two player Nintendo Entertainment System video game where players can select various fictional softball players and customize their own team to take to the championship. [2]

Contents

Gameplay

In 1-player mode, the player attempts to win one game on each available field. Upon doing so, the player then faces a difficult all-female team called "The Amazons" on the professional field. Defeating the Amazons beats the game. In 2-player mode, players play an "exhibition game."

Players choose either fast-pitch or slow-pitch mode, the playing field, a team of ten players from the 60 available characters, and a team name from a list of 26 names, one for each letter of the alphabet.

Despite the game being a softball game, the rules are more reminiscent of baseball, with the exception that each game is played to a maximum of seven innings (unless extra innings are needed to break a tie). The game also features a mercy rule, with the game ending if someone leads by 10 or more runs after an entire inning is played.

Characters

Players assemble their teams from 60 characters, some of whom have noticeable trademarks. For instance:

Fields

The game features six different playing fields, each with its own features and ground rules.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Release information". GameFAQs . Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  2. "Basic information". NES Player. Archived from the original on 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  3. "Dusty Diamond's All-Star Softball / Softball Tengoku". 30-30.club. Retrieved 2023-12-03.