The game is fully tested & guaranteed to work. It’s the cartridge / disc only unless otherwise specified.
Not only does All-Star Baseball 2004 simulate professional baseball, but it also gives you a look into baseball’s history and homes. Now, in addition to today’s baseball stars, you can play history’s greatest players, from the MLB to the Negro Leagues. Aim your bunt in the desired direction and hope for the best. Fielding has also received a slight change, with the ball cursor changing color. Take a panoramic tour of each stadium while learning about interesting facts and features. If you’re new to the game, all-star Derek Jeter will guide and instruct you in the new Rookie mode tutorial.
PRODUCT DETAILS
UPC:021481653127
Condition:Used
Genre:Sports
Platform:Nintendo Gamecube
Region:NTSC (N. America)
ESRB:Everyone
SKU:GC_ALLSTAR_BASEBALL_2004
———This game is fully cleaned, tested & working. Includes the Disc/Cartridge Only. May have some minor scratches/scuffs.This description was last updated on October 28th, 2020.
xianghua –
120% better than all star ’03, and still the best baseball game out there…
Clip326 –
I got this game for Christmas (2003) so I have had almost 3 months to play with it and get used to it. The fact that I’ve had so long to experiment with this game is significant, because if I had written this review right after I received the game (as it appears some of the other reviewers did) I might not have given this game such a high score.This game is very challenging, definitely. It is not like other baseball games which are unrealistically easy to play. This is not the type of game in which you will be hitting home runs with 170 pound shortstops.In the long run, however, it is a much more realistic game. The pitches are especially neat. While some games only allow pitchers to have the basic “fastball,” “change,” “curve,” “slider,” etc., this game has more specific pitches. Examples are circle change, 2 seam fastball, 4 seam fastball, knuckle curve, slurve, etc.This game is more realistic from a hitting perspective as well. At first, you will find hitting very difficult. Do not be frustrated; you will eventually improve. I suggest looking only at the strike zone, not at the ball when it is pitched. There is an option allowing the placement of the pitch to be shown, and that helps a lot. That being said, this feature by no means makes hitting easy. Unlike other games, where you just have to get the timing of the pitch down in order to hit, this game requires you to get the timing and the placement down (all in a matter of 2 or so seconds). Ultimately this a mo.
Sean Parauka –
This new and improved All-Star Baseball 2004 game is slightly better than 2003. The gameplay has gotten better, the pitching is pretty much the same, the hitting is a lot more realistic and the new different gameplay selections are great.A new feature to this game is: Scenario Mode, which is where you play a certain part of a game like Mariano Rivera on the mound in the bottom of the 9th with the bases loaded and no outs and your objective is to retire the inning without the opposing team scoring any runs. Like all of the previous All-Star games, you have CREATE-A-PLAYER. This updated feature is so much better than any other one in the previous games. You have over 300 faces to choose from, a lot more batting stances and also when you work on your player’s ability points, there is no limit. Remember in 2003 where you only could use 20 points? Well, in this game, there is no limit so you can make your character the best in the game. Tip: Don’t give your player all A+’s becase the game will freeze near the end.The best new feature to this game, which I love is the In-Game Save capability. So if you’re playing a game during your season, you can save where you left off during the game, so when you re-load your season, it’ll bring you right back to where you were. GREAT! In Season mode, a lot of different things have been added. In the General Manager’s offive, there is a numerous amount of things you can do from: trading players, high minors and low minors rosters, disabled list,.
Glenn Friedman –
I always liked baseball games and thought they are fun and entertaining. The pitchin is the best to me. I never bought Allstar baseball 2003 but I rented it about 5 times thats all that I have to say bye
kyle –
This game is one of the best baseball games around! The graphics are so cool and realistic! The game controll is so real, as just like you were playing in the game! This is a game that is good to buy so go get it!
Jim –
Game play is GREAT, graphics, stadiums top notch. And beyond that you can play specials such as scenerio mode. This mode puts you in real game situations from the previous REAL season with the same line up, the same everything. You’re facing Randy Johnson in the 9th with one out and you’re down by 9 runs, go to it. Beyond the game play, they have included 3-d stadium tours of all the parks, many from the past and renderings from plans for Future shea, Fenway, etc. You can have "pickup" fun games where you choose from a Major Leaguers who are just standing around and play at a farm field, urban playground and more. The announcing is top notch with Tom Brennaman and Steve Lyons. The announcing is absolutely dead on right. I buy the new version the minute it comes out each year and play it to death. Buy it for the excellent game play, then be surprised by all the terrific extras. After a while I even unlocked real video interviews with players from the old Negro Leagues. Love this game.
Hsiang Tu –
I have played All-Star Baseball since N64 and this is by far the best to date. After the terrible 2002 and the improved-but-rough 2003 installments, this one is a pleasant surprise!Gameplay:The best feature is the much, much deeper FRANCHISE MODE, which follows the option/waiver rule–you can’t just move players up and down the major and minor as you please-if a player has no more option left, you have to pass him through waiver, and likely some other teams will pick him up. You can also control the 40-man roster, trading block (let other teams know who you are interested in trading), sign long-term contract DURING the season, decide on coaching, scouting budgets, and high-and-low minor leagues.In-game features:The main gameplay is pretty much the same as 2003, but many details has been inproved.INSTANT REPLAY: TV-like angles with more than a dozen to choose from and whenever you want, even to see if a check-swing has gone too far!CHECK-SWING, REALISTIC ERRORS, EJECTION, CATCHER STOPS THE HITTER FROM CHARGING THE MOUNT, and OFF-THE-LINE THROWS: They probably learned quite a bit from High Heat Baseball, but it looks so much better.MOUNT VISIT: Shows the condition of your pitcher (rattled, fatigued, etc.) and the coach’s suggestion.BETTER A.I.: It’s much harder to get a triple because the CPU finally has learned not to throw everything to the second base from the outfield. CPU’s pitching has also become tougher and it’s possible to draw lots of walk if you are patient.BETTER.
J. E. Reynolds –
This is a great game, but really only one I’d recommend for those who pay attention to detail and can appreciate the “little things”, like commentator accuracy, player/stadium authenticity, etc. HOWEVER, don’t get this game if you’re looking for something you can just jump into and be competitive right away. It’s fairly difficult to get your bearings and learn the controls, even if you’ve mastered past baseball games. Some controls come naturally, but actions like chasing down a fly ball, diving or jumping for a ball, etc, are difficult. As for hitting, you’d be better off getting used to disappointment for a while. Learning the pitch timing isn’t so bad, but in an attempt to be more authentic, you pretty much have to guess where the pitch is going, even in rookie mode. They do have an “easy hit” mode where all you have to worry about is the timing, but then all you do is give the opposing team little pop flies and grounders that they’ll automatically field without an error. And as for errors, you can forget about the computer getting an error that often. It happens once in a while, but not enough to be realistic. Overall, it’s a great looking/feeling/sounding game- just don’t expect to rent it and have it mastered without adding up some late fees.
Matt –
OK, I’m a huge baseball fan, and a Red Sox fan, so here goes…Not a bad effort. For a benchmark, I use my favorites: Earl Weaver Baseball for the Amiga, and World Series ’95 for the Genesis. First off, the graphics are OK, not great. I have to admit that the graphics for World Series 2K2 for the Dreamcast were as good, if not better. However, the strategy is far superior. I love the mound visits, the defensive changes, and the fact that you have to warm up your pitchers. There are a few minor glitches, however. I’ve hit a few balls that were caught in foul territory, yet I was able to run my baserunners around the bags because the fielder just hung on to the ball. Oh well. Also, there are a lot of pop-up outs. Note to Acclaim — cut down on the infield flies. They don’t happen 6 times a game. Plus, as a Red Sox fan, it’s near sacriledge to assign David Ortiz the number 27. That’s Carlton Fisk’s! You may have heard of him — he’s a Hall of Famer.So far, I’ve played some very realistic games. A 10-8 win, a 7 -4 loss, a 3-2 win. Nice, old fashioned nail-biters. The GM features are well done, and are a nice added dimension. Also, it’s nice to be able to strike out opposing batters for once. In most games, the computer never swings at balls, and never misses at strikes. However, batting is very difficult on the normal level. Pitches come in extremely fast, and it’s difficult to adjust. I guess it will come in time, though. I was surprised that Fenway has the Monster seats, yet Ke.
Roland Dark –
From what I have seen, "All-Star Baseball 2004" has all the elements which made its predecessors the best baseball franchise in the digital world – plus infinitely more! I am almost losing sleep, waiting to play it! I can only hope that Acclaim has rectified the major flaw in "All Star Baseball 2003": no long sleeves. "All Star Baseball 2002" had them! Why not last year’s installment? The players sporting long sleeves in the inclimate weather made the game much more realistic.