Baseball Star - Mezase Sankanou!! is one of those old-school NES baseball games that somehow feels both simple and weirdly deep. You pick a team (I always went with the Giants, obviously), and then it's straight into the action—no fancy menus or drawn-out tutorials. The pitching mechanics take a second to get used to—timing matters more than you'd think—but once you figure it out, you can actually place some nasty curveballs.

Batting’s a little stiff at first, but there’s something satisfying about nailing a home run with that classic NES *crack* sound. The fielding? Yeah, it’s janky—your players move like they’re stuck in molasses sometimes—but that just makes robbing a home run even sweeter when you pull it off. And if you play long enough, you start noticing little quirks, like how certain pitchers have a weirdly slow fastball.

It’s not the prettiest or smoothest baseball sim out there, but it’s got that addictive, just-one-more-game vibe. Perfect for killing time when you want something straightforward but still competitive.