Family Stadium, also known as Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium and Famista, is a series of baseball sports video games initially developed and released by Namco in Japan, and later developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first entry in the series, Pro Baseball: Family Stadium, was released for the Nintendo Family Computer in 1986 and later in North America as R.B.I. Baseball (subsequent games in this series would see various names used when exported to North America but none after 1992), with the series being released on numerous home consoles, the latest being Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 in 2020 for the Nintendo Switch. The series is considered a precursor to Namco's own World Stadium series of baseball games, released for arcades, PlayStation, and GameCube. The series has been a commercial success since, with over 15 million copies being sold as of 2016.

In April 1993, Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazine awarded Family Stadium a world record for being the video game franchise with the most published video game releases, with fourteen video games published for the series up until then.

List of games

GameDetails
Pro Baseball: Family Stadium Original release date(s): JP: December 10, 1986Release years by system: 1986 – Family Computer, Nintendo VS. System
Notes: Localized and released as Atari R.B.I. Baseball and R.B.I. Baseball in the U.S.
Pro Baseball: Family Stadium '87 Original release date(s): JP: December 22, 1987Release years by system: 1987 – Family Computer
Notes: This game marks the first appearance of real players from Nippon Professional Baseball. It topped the bi-weekly Japanese Famitsu sales charts in December 1987, and again during late January to early February 1988.
Pro Baseball: Family Stadium '88 Nendoban Original release date(s): JP: December 20, 1988Release years by system: 1988 – Family Computer
Pro Baseball Family Stadium: Home Run Contest Original release date(s): JP: April 28, 1989Release years by system: 1989 – MSX
Famista '89: Kaimaku Ban!! Original release date(s): JP: July 28, 1989Release years by system: 1989 – Family Computer
Notes: It topped the bi-weekly Japanese Famitsu sales chart in August 1989.
Pro Baseball Family Stadium: Pennant Race Original release date(s): JP: November 22, 1989Release years by system: 1989 – MSX
Notes: Developed by Compile.
Famista '90 Original release date(s): JP: December 19, 1989Release years by system: 1989 – Family Computer
Famista Original release dates: JP: September 14, 1990NA: April 1991Release years by system: 1990 – Game Boy
Notes: Published in North America by Bandai as Extra Bases.
Pro Baseball: Family Stadium '90 Original release date(s): JP: September 28, 1990Release years by system: 1990 – FM Towns
Notes: Developed by Game Arts.
Famista '91 Original release date(s): JP: December 21, 1990Release years by system: 1991 – Family Computer
Gear Stadium Original release dates: JP: April 5, 1991NA: 1991Release years by system: 1991 – Game Gear
Notes: Released in North America as Batter Up.
Famista '92 Original release date(s): JP: December 20, 1991Release years by system: 1991 – Family Computer
Super Famista Original release dates: JP: March 27, 1992NA: October 1992Release years by system: 1992 – Super Famicom
Notes: Released in North America as Super Batter Up.
Famista 2 Original release date(s): JP: July 30, 1992Release years by system: 1992 – Game Boy
Famista '93 Original release date(s): JP: December 22, 1992Release years by system: 1992 – Family Computer
Super Famista 2 Original release date(s): JP: March 12, 1993Release years by system: 1993 – Super Famicom
Notes: It topped the Japanese Famitsu sales chart in March 1993.
Famista 3 Original release date(s): JP: October 29, 1993Release years by system: 1993 – Game Boy
Famista '94 Original release date(s): JP: December 1, 1993Release years by system: 1993 – Family Computer
Super Famista 3 Original release date(s): JP: March 4, 1994Release years by system: 1994 – Super Famicom
Super Famista 4 Original release date(s): JP: March 3, 1995Release years by system: 1995 – Super Famicom
Notes: Features in-game advertising From Kirin Beverages. The last Family Stadium game published under Namco brand.
Gear Stadium Heiseiban Original release date(s): JP: October 20, 1995Release years by system: 1995 – Game Gear
Super Famista 5 Original release date(s): JP: February 29, 1996Release years by system: 1996 – Super Famicom
Notes: Support XBAND modem. Features in-game advertising from Kirin Beverages.
Famista 4 Original release date(s): JP: November 29, 1996Release years by system: 1996 – Game Boy
Notes: Only available in Namco Gallery Vol.2.
Famista 64 Original release date(s): JP: March 4, 1997Release years by system: 1997 – Nintendo 64
Famista Advance Original release date(s): JP: June 28, 2002Release years by system: 2002 – Game Boy Advance
Family Stadium 2003 Original release date(s): JP: May 30, 2003Release years by system: 2003 – GameCube
Pro Baseball: Famista DS Original release date(s): JP: November 15, 2007Release years by system: 2007 – Nintendo DS
Pro Baseball: Family Stadium Original release date(s): JP: May 1, 2008Release years by system: 2008 – Wii
Pro Baseball: Famista DS 2009 Original release date(s): JP: April 2, 2009Release years by system: 2009 – Nintendo DS
Famista Wireless Original release date(s): JP: October 1, 2009 (Softbank S!アプリ), JP: February 2, 2010 (NTTDoCoMo FOMA)Release years by system: 2009 – Mobile (Softbank, FOMA)
Pro Baseball: Famista DS 2010 Original release date(s): JP: March 25, 2010Release years by system: 2010 – Nintendo DS
Pro Baseball: Famista Online 2010 Original release date(s): JP: April 30, 2010Release years by system: 2010 – Microsoft Windows
Notes: Developed by E-Frontier.
Pro Baseball: Famista 2011 Original release date(s): JP: March 31, 2011Release years by system: 2011 – Nintendo 3DS
Famista Dream Match Original release date(s): JP: October 1, 2014Release years by system: 2014 – iOS, Android
Pro Baseball: Famista Returns Original release date(s): JP: October 8, 2015Release years by system: 2015 – Nintendo 3DS
Pro Baseball: Famista Climax Original release date(s): JP: April 20, 2017Release years by system: 2017 – Nintendo 3DS
Pro Baseball: Famista Evolution Original release date(s): JP: August 3, 2018Release years by system: 2018 – Nintendo Switch
Pro Yakyuu Famista 2020 Original release date(s): JP: September 17, 2020Release years by system: 2020 - Nintendo Switch

See also

Notes

External links

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