hits the ball into play, the runner on third base could score if a throw to third base forcing out the runner from second base (thus, the third out) arrived after the runner on third crossed home plate but before the runner from second base reached third base. Ports An updated version titled World Championship Baseball was released in 1983. Sears sold it without the MLB license for its private-label Super Video Arcade console, and Mattel's M Network produced an Atari 2600 conversion called Super Challenge Baseball. After Mattel Electronics ceased production of the Intellivision system and its assets were sold to INTV Corporation, Major League Baseball was re-released with the new name Big League Baseball. It is in the Intellivision Lives! compilation and in Microsoft's Game Room service as Baseball. Reception Baseball was reviewed by Video magazine in its "Arcade Alley" column where it was praised for its inclusion of moveable fielders and "flashy" baserunning techniques like the suicide squeeze. Criticism was given to the somewhat simplistic pitching controls, and the fact that "all batted balls are grounders", but overall the game was described as "blow[ing] away" all other contemporary baseball video games. The game is covered in Video magazine's 1982 Guide to Electronic Games where reviewers noted that the game had "lost none of its luster" since its release. In 1995, Flux magazine ranked the game 37th on its Top 100 Video Games. It praised the realistic graphics and the ability to control each player individually. It was reviewed in Games magazine. References External links Baseball at Intellivision Lives 1980 video games Atari 2600 games Baseball video games Intellivision games Mattel video games North America-exclusive video games Video games developed in the United States