Bottom of the 9th
Play Exhibition and Season modes as your favorite team from the Major League Baseball. 300 real life players, complete with a full list of stats, are included for this combination of simulation and arcade…
Bottom of the 9th is an indie developed by Konami, released 4 April 1996 on Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Sega Saturn.
What Bottom of the 9th is
Bottom of the 9th is an indie game developed by Konami and released in 1996. It is available on Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Play Exhibition and Season modes as your favorite team from the Major League Baseball. 300 real life players, complete with a full list of stats, are included for this combination of simulation and arcade style baseball. Along with the usual assortment of playing options, you can also play some scenario simulations, where each scenario is based on a real life occurence in the MLB. For example, hit a home run with the last ball of the match, or stop a team from scoring in the final inning to complete each scenario. Traning and support for 2 player multi-player are also available.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 17 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the MLBPA series
Bottom of the 9th is the 12th of 47 entries we hold in the MLBPA series. The next entry was MLB 98 in 1997. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is All-Star Baseball 2000 at 89.
How it was received
Bottom of the 9th holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support, 2 GB RAM and DX10, DX11, DX12 Capable. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Bottom of the 9th launched on 4 April 1996, within three weeks of Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star and Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil, Duke Nukem 3D, Kirby Super Star, Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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