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Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball

Baseball player Frank Thomas licensed one of the first baseball games to use motion-captured 3D graphics and multiple camera angles. 28 stadia have been rendered in 3D, and each has its own visible and…

60 1 February 1995

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball is a sport developed by Iguana UK, released 1 February 1995 on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball is

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball is a sport game developed by Iguana UK and released in 1995. It was published by Acclaim. It is available on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and DOS. It runs on TrueMotion.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Baseball player Frank Thomas licensed one of the first baseball games to use motion-captured 3D graphics and multiple camera angles. 28 stadia have been rendered in 3D, and each has its own visible and significant differences. There are 6 distinct game modes, allowing for single exhibition matches as well as full seasons on the playoffs. There is also a Home Run Derby mode, allowing the player to pelt the ball out of the ground for points. You can choose pitchers and batters, based on their statistics and form. Bowling options are set to define the delivery, with fastballs and curveballs as well as more precise setting of pace and height. Fielding is optional - it's best to leave this to…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the MLBPA series

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball is the seventh of 47 entries we hold in the MLBPA series. The next entry was World Series Baseball '95 in 1995. Its critic score of 60 is 15 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is All-Star Baseball 2000 at 89.

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How it was received

Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 21% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

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When did Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball come out?
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball was released on 1 February 1995 for Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and DOS.

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