The Evolution of Hitting System in Baseball Games

Operation Sports takes a look at the evolution of the batting system in baseball videogames from past to present.

Excerpt: "One of the Best Batter-Pitcher Interfaces: High Heat Baseball 2000

3DO's now-defunct baseball series always had one of the most impressive batter-pitcher interfaces in any baseball game available. For hitting, users are given the opportunity to guess which pitch is coming -- and the location of said pitch -- all before it leaves the pitcher's hand. Another feature of the hitting system is the ability to move the player's bat in the zone in order to make better contact with the pitch. While it is still possible to make solid contact with a pitch by simply pressing one button, it gives users a new level of control over their swing location, and, at the time, represented a step forward for batting systems in baseball video games."