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As stated above, when money is won, it can be applied to upgrade a player.
In 1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked the NES version as number 87 on their "100 Best Games of All Time".
IGN placed it at #28 in the article "Top 100 NES Games".
David Littman, a producer on EA's NHL series of games, stated that the popular GM mode in those games was originally inspired by Baseball Stars.
Baseball Stars Professional (1990, one of the first Neo-Geo games published) featured all the teams in the original Baseball Stars for the NES, but the teams' features could not be changed, gamers could only play as them.
Baseball Stars was released only in Japan and Europe, but Baseball Stars Color was released in North America.
David Littman, a producer on EA's NHL series of games, stated that the popular GM mode in those games was originally inspired by Baseball Stars.
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