BatterUP

BatterUP is a "24-inch foam-covered plastic" baseball bat-shaped controller manufactured for the personal computer, Sega Genesis, and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Sports Sciences Inc.[1]

The BatterUP controller for the Super Nintendo.

Compatible Super NES games

Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball, 1992 Mindscape
ESPN Baseball Tonight, 1994 Sony Imagesoft
Hardball III, 1994 Accolade
Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, 1994 Nintendo
Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Winning Run, 1996 Nintendo
MLBPA Baseball, 1994 EA Sports
Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball, 1993 Malibu Games
Tecmo Super Baseball, 1994 Tecmo
Super Batter Up, 1993 Namco

Compatible Sega Genesis games

Sports Talk Baseball, 1992 Sega
World Series Baseball, 1994 Sega
Hardball III, 1993 Accolade
Hardball '94, 1994 Accolade
RBI Baseball '93, 1993 Tengen
RBI Baseball '94, 1994 Tengen
Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball, 1992 Mindscape
ESPN Baseball Tonight, 1994 Sony Imagesoft
Super Baseball 2020, 1993 Electronic Arts
Tony La Russa Baseball, 1993 EA Sports
MLBPA Baseball, 1994 EA Sports

Reception

According to Business Wire, "the video version of Batter Up was chosen by the editors of Popular Science as one of 1994's most innovative products. Batter Up was also chosen as a winner of Innovations '95 by the Consumer Electronics Show."[2]

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References

Albert Kim, "Get In There, Scottie! Playing with an NBA star is only one thing you can do with these new titles," Sports Illustrated Vault (December 12, 1994).
"Sports Sciences introduces PC version of Batter Up and car-racing simulation game at Consumer Electronics Show," Business Wire (Jan 6, 1995).

External links

Batter Up!

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[1] Albert Kim, "Get In There, Scottie! Playing with an NBA star is only one thing you can do with these new titles," Sports Illustrated Vault (December 12, 1994).

[2] "Sports Sciences introduces PC version of Batter Up and car-racing simulation game at Consumer Electronics Show," Business Wire (Jan 6, 1995).