All-Star Baseball
All-Star Baseball is a series of baseball video games that was developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1997 with the release of All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas, the successor to Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball. New York Yankees play-by-play announcers John Sterling and Michael Kay were the announcers for 1998-2000 editions of the game.
| All-Star Baseball | |
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North American cover art for PlayStation 2 of All-Star Baseball 2005, the final game in the series | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Developer(s) | Console Iguana Entertainment/Acclaim Studios Austin (All except 2001) High Voltage Software (2001) Handheld Realtime Associates ('99, 2000) KnowWonder (2001) Creations/Acclaim Studios Manchester (2003 and 2004) |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Entertainment/Acclaim Sports |
| Composer(s) | Nelson Everhart |
| Platform(s) | |
| First release | All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas June 30, 1997 |
| Latest release | All-Star Baseball 2005 April 8, 2004 |
The final game in the series is All-Star Baseball 2005, released in April 2004. The following month, Major League Baseball ended its licensing agreement with Acclaim for the franchise due to unpaid royalties. The franchise went inactive following Acclaim's bankruptcy in September 2004.
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