~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .____ .___ _____ | | ____ ____ ____ ____ __| _/______ _____/ ____\ | | _/ __ \ / ___\_/ __ \ / \ / __ |/ ___/ / _ \ __\ | |__\ ___// /_/ > ___/| | \/ /_/ |\___ \ ( <_> ) | |_______ \___ >___ / \___ >___| /\____ /____ > \____/|__| \/ \/_____/ \/ \/ \/ \/ __ .__ ________ .__ .___ _/ |_| |__ ____ \______ \ |__|____ _____ ____ ____ __| _/ \ __\ | \_/ __ \ | | \| \__ \ / \ / _ \ / \ / __ | | | | Y \ ___/ | ` \ |/ __ \| Y Y ( <_> ) | \/ /_/ | |__| |___| /\___ > /_______ /__(____ /__|_| /\____/|___| /\____ | \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ FAQ Developed: Bandai, 1990 System: Nintendo Entertainment System FAQ written by: Christopher Long (Awing Pilot), September 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 1st 2005: Submitted as v1.0 January 22nd 2005: Fixed minor grammatical and factual errors. Re-submitted as v1.1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Overview. 2. Controls. 3. Gameplay mechanics. 4. Player Stats. 5. Secrets, Passwords and codes. 6. Legal and Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Overview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of my favorite 8-bit sports games that offered a chance to play with the greats of Americas past-time. The game features some great animation that really brought the whole sport to life on the ol' girl. In a time where a lot and I mean a lot of baseball games were on the market for the NES Legends of the Diamond really stood out as a great arcade baseball experience that let you play with the true great of the sport. Legends of the Diamond can be played with one or two players. It's a fun little game that manages to give you a full baseball experience on such an old platform. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Controls ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Batting ~~~~~~~ D-Pad: move the batter around the "box" [A]: Swing the bat. [B]: combined with the D-Pad controls the runners on base Pitching ~~~~~~~~ D-Pad: controls the pitchers left or right placement on the mound. [A]: throw the ball: Add direction with the D-Pad [B]: pitch the plates combined with the D-Pad Fielding ~~~~~~~~ D-Pad: control the player [A]: combined with the D-Pad throws to a base [B]: combined with the D-Pad the player will run to the desired base to tag. Start: Pauses the game at anytime. Select: Hit it while paused to bring up the sub screen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3.Gameplay mechanics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hitting ~~~~~~~ Hitting a pitch is a matter of timing your swing with the pitch that was thrown. Just like the real sport keep your eye on the ball and swing when you are sure to connect. Your swing is context sensitive to how long you hold the [A] button down also known as your follow through. So if you are aiming to knock that baby out of the park hold the button down but if you are looking for a pop fly also called a sacrifice you'd only put a little swing to the ball by not holding the button through the complete follow through. Bunting ~~~~~~~ To attempt to bunt tap the [A] button until the batter puts the bat out in a bunt attempt and then position yourself where you think best. The key to a good bunt is placement in the batters box. To far back and you'll pop it to the catcher, to far to the outside of the batters side and you'll miss, to far up in the box and you'll pop to the pitcher for an easy out. The perfect place for a great bunt is centered on in the box just ever so slightly to the back of the batters box; it's not perfect and is dependant on the pitch but it's your best bet. The main tip I can give is to again know the pitch and move the batter accordingly. Bunts can be used to move players already on base closer to home or to try to sneak a base out of strong pitcher. Hitting Homers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No real way to make sure you always hit them out of the park. Just make sure to follow through completely, watch the pitch and place yourself in the right part of the batters box. Sometimes the batter will comment on the pitch; this is the time to put in a good swing. Using Babe Ruth doesn't hurt either... Sacrifice ~~~~~~~~~ A sacrifice is when you give an out to advance someone who is already on base. This can be done with a bunt or a pop fly. Just be ready to move the players already on base in a proper fashion. A tip to using sacrifices to your advantage is knowing when to do what. Man on third, tied game, one out you'd probably want to do a sacrifice bunt in the direction away from third to protect the runner who is going to try and grab home to get the lead. The point is aiming for the fences is only part of the game; know your skills. Base running ~~~~~~~~~~~~ After hitting the ball the batter will automatically advance to first. Any and all players already on bases will run if it's needed so stay sharp. A man already on first will have to run to second after you hit the ball and your batter advances. However say you have a man on first and third; the man on first will automatically run while the man on third won't although it's in your best interest to have him run since he is in a good situation to score. You have to be prepared to control your runners at all times. With one man on first you obviously won't want him to run if the batter hits a easy pop fly to the pitcher. Not only can't you keep the base if you make it there you'll have to beat the ball back to the base. So while the man on first will run automatically you have to be prepared to get his ass back to base if and when the catch for the out on the batter is made. Controls for advancing your runners is a little tricky at first. Think of the D-Pad as the baseball diamond: ___ |2| ___| |___ |3 1| ---| |--- |H| --- The D-Pad combined with the [B] button tells which player on which base to advance and the D-Pad combined with [A] tells which to run back to his base in case of danger on the target base or around it. Here are the commands to advance runners. 1st to 2nd: Up+[B]; Return: Right+[A] 2nd to Third: Left+[B]; Return: Up+[A] 3rd to Home: Down+[B]; Return: Left+[A] Also keep in mind that you can't double up on the bases. If there is a man on second and you advance the man on first to second you need to move the man already there or your advancing player will be out even if he beats the ball to base. Stay sharp and watch those runners or you'll trip up and miss a good opportunity. Stealing ~~~~~~~~ Stealing can be done once the pitcher has let the ball go or at anytime the ball is in play. The controls to steal are the same as to advance a runner when base running. 1st to 2nd: Up+[B]; Return: Right+[A] 2nd to Third: Left+[B]; Return: Up+[A] 3rd to Home: Down+[B]; Return: Left+[A] Pitching ~~~~~~~~ Pitching is probably the easiest part of the game to master. You throw the ball with the [A] ball and add direction with the D-Pad. It's touch at first but you'll get the hang of it. How you are holding the D-Pad and where you pitcher is on the horizontal axis of the mound determines where the pitch will go. Ok, the up and down on the D-Pad control the relative speed and vertical location of the pitch. Left and right on the D-Pad control which side the pitch moves to which is also affected by your mound location and the up and down movement you put on the pitch. Sound confusing? Nah, it's easy like I said. Holding Up+[A]: results in a slower pitch that will end upclose to the ground. Holding Down+[A]: results in a faster pitch that will stay airborne where ever you direct it with Left or Right. As said before Left and Right combined with your mound location determine where the pitch goes. Want to pitch to the batters inside? Then hold the direction down to whichever side he bats from; the opposite to pitch to his outside. This is all relative to where he is in the batters box of course so if you're pitching to the inside make sure it's not so fast and high that it beans the dude. Not only does he get a free base but the dugouts might empty on you! Give a base/walking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are many reasons why you might want to just walk a batter. Maybe the pitcher or some other weaker hitter is next in the order or this batter just has a mean look about him. To give him a base simply throw four balls; meaning crap pitchers to his outside. Unless he is a moron he won't swing and you'll walk him. Of course you can just aim for the batters head and bean him with the ball. Either or. Fielding ~~~~~~~~ Moving your players is simply a matter of using the D-Pad to tell them where to move. Easy right? Of course the goal is to move them in a position where they can catch the ball by moving them right under it or field the ball from where ever it lands to the appropriate base or player. Controls of the basemen and outfielders are follows on the D-Pad with [A] and/or [B]. Left+[A]: throw to 3rd. Right+[A]: throw to 1st. Up+[A]: throw to 2nd. Down+[A]: throw to homeplate. You'll want to use the above to snag runners as the make their moves or to hold potential thieves away from stealing any bases. Throwing the ball moves the ball quickly but be sure to make sure there is someone on the base you are throwing to. If not that's when the below come in handy... The following commands make the player: Left+[B]: Runs to 3rd. Right+[B]: Runs to 1st. Up+[B]: Runs to 2nd. Down+[B]: Runs to homeplate. All those controls work on all the defensive players so learn and master them if you want to win. Subbing players ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To get to the sub menu pause using Start and then hit [A]. It will bring up the menu showing who it is you want to sub out and who it is you want to put in his place. You can view the potential sub's stats and current attitude by selecting his name and hitting Select. Some days your players will be up and at them and others they might be draggin their feet. Use this to check. Listen to what your players tell you and you'll be alright. Once a player is taken out of the game they can't be put back in again so make your substitutions carefully and with thought. Teams ~~~~~ Unlock other sports games teams in Legend of the Diamond are not only generic but made my the player. You pick the roster for whatever team you want from any of the available players. Choose from Hawks, Mustangs, Cobras, Chiefs, Samurais, Rebels, The Generals, Crowns, or the Titans. Stadium ~~~~~~~~ You can pick to play in either a old classic style stadium or a new modern style one. Besides the actual look of the place and the look of the ] cheerleaders the only real difference between the two is the ease of knocking the ball out of the park; it's a shorter trip on the old, classic stadium. Tournaments ~~~~~~~~~~~ You can set up tournaments from the main menu. For the purpose of this game a tournament is more like playing a season. You pick your players and then the computer pits you against the others in random made teams; win and you advance. You'll get passwords after each game to help you continue later. Offical Game ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is just a quick and easy exhibition game. No passwords. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4.Player Stats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Cy Young** Height: 6 foot 2 inches Weight: 210 Position: Pitcher ERA: 2.53 Strikeouts: 2803 Wins: 511 Losses: 313 Comment: Greatest Pitcher ever. Over 500 wins. Control pitcher. **Whitey Ford** Height: 5 foot 10 inches Weight: 178 Position: Pitcher ERA: 2.74 Strikeouts: 1956 Wins: 236 Losses: 106 Comment: Great control pitcher. Won most games at the World Series **Dizzy Dean** Height: 6 foot 2 inches Weight: 182 Position: Pitcher ERA: 3.04 Strikeouts: 1155 Wins: 150 Losses: 83 Comment: Strikeout king of his time. **Bob Gibson** Height: 6 foot 1 inches Weight: 190 Position: Pitcher ERA: 2.91 Strikeouts: 3117 Wins: 251 Losses: 174 Comment: Best single season ERA record holder(1.12) Good control pitcher, Fast ball, slider, curve ball with a one season strikeout record of 268 **Lefty Gomez** Height: 6 foot 2 inches Weight: 173 Position: Pitcher ERA: 3.34 Strikeouts: 1468 Wins: 189 Losses: 102 Comment: Greatest All-Star game pitcher of his time. **Steve Carlton** Height: 6 foot 4 inches Weight: 210 Position: Pitcher ERA: 3.21 Strikeouts: 4136 Wins: 329 Losses: 244 Comment: Only pitcher ever to win a Cy Young award for a last place team. Most strikeouts for left handed pitcher with an amazing slider. **Mickey Cochrane** Height: 5 foot 10 inches Weight: 180 Position: Catcher Batting average: .320 Home runs: 119 RBI: 832 Comment: A great among offensive players. **Lou Gehrig** Height: 6 foot Weight: 200 Position: 1st Baseman Batting average: .340 Home runs: 493 RBI: 1991 Comment: Best 1st Baseman of all time. All Time ironman record he holds in homeruns and batting. **Johnny Mize** Height: 6 foot 2 inches Weight: 215 Position: 1st and 3rd Baseman Batting average: .312 Home runs: 359 RBI: 1337 Comment: Power hitter. Led in home runs. **Billy Herman** Height: 5 foot 11 inches Weight: 180 Position: 2nd Baseman Batting average: .304 Home runs: 47 RBI: 839 Comment: A fast runner with 87 stolen bases for career. **Jimmy Foxx** Height: 6 foot Weight: 190 Position: 1st and 3rd Baseman, Catcher Batting average: .325 Home runs: 534 RBI: 1921 Comment: Nicknamed the "Beast Foxx", Power hitter, lead in batting in 1933. **Roger Hornsby** Height: 5 foot 101 inches Weight: 175 Position: 2nd Baseman Batting average: .358 Home runs: 301 RBI: 1584 Comment: A fast runner with 67 stolen bases for career. **Honus Wagner** Height: 5 foot 11 inches Weight: 200 Position: Shortstop Batting average: .329 Home runs: 101 RBI: 1732 Comment: Great player. Fast runner, batting champ for seven seasons. Most stolen bases for five seasons. **Babe Ruth** Height: 6 foot 2 inches Weight: 215 Position: Pitcher, Outfielder(all) Batting average: .342 Home runs: 714 RBI: 2217 Comment: Started off career as a pitcher. 8 seasons pitched. 1924 led in batting Hit over 60 homeruns during a single season. **Ty Cobb** Height: 6 foot 1 inches Weight: 175 Position: Outfielder(all) Batting average: .366 Home runs: 117 RBI: 1939 Comment: 1907-1915 Batting champ. Most stolen bases for six seasons. **Tris Speaker** Height: 5 foot 11 inches Weight: 193 Position: Outfielder(all) Batting average: .344 Home runs: 117 RBI: 1527 Comment: Great hitter. Led in batting, hits, home runs and in doubles. **Edd Roush** Height: 5 foot 11 inches Weight: 170 Position: Outfielder(all) Batting average: .323 Home runs: 68 RBI: 981 Comment: Led in batting two seasons. **Luke Appling** Height: 5 foot 10 inches Weight: 183 Position: Shortstop Batting average: .310 Home runs: 45 RBI: 1116 Comment: Fast runner. 1936 Led in Batting. **Bill Freeman** Height: 6 foot 3 inches Weight: 208 Position: Catcher Batting average: .362 Home runs: 200 RBI: 758 Comment: Great over-all player **Ernie Banks** Height: 6 foot 1 inches Weight: 180 Position: Shortstop, 1st Baseman Batting average: .247 Home runs: 512 RBI: 1636 Comment: "Mr.Cub" BEst player on Chicago Cubs for decades. **Willie McCovey** Height: 6 foot 4 inches Weight: 215 Position: 1st Baseman Batting average: .270 Home runs: 521 RBI: 1555 Comment: Good all round player. Led in home runs for two seasons. Led runs batted in for one season. **Bobby Richardson** Height: 5 foot 9 inches Weight: 170 Position: 2nd Baseman Batting average: .266 Home runs: 34 RBI: 390 Comment: Great Defensive player **Joe Morgan** Height: 5 foot 7 inches Weight: 155 Position: 2nd Baseman Batting average: .271 Home runs: 268 RBI: 1133 Comment: Fast. Great defensive player. **Harmon Killebrew** Height: 6 foot Weight: 210 Position: 3rd Baseman Batting average: .256 Home runs: 573 RBI: 1584 Comment: Strong batter with over 500 home runs **Brooks Robinson** Height: 6 foot 1 inches Weight: 180 Position: 3rd Baseman Batting average: .267 Home runs: 268 RBI: 1357 Comment: Golden Glove winner. One of the All Time Best 3rd base defenders of all time. **Roberto Clemente** Height: 5 foot 11 inches Weight: 180 Position: Right Fielder Batting average: .317 Home runs: 240 RBI: 1305 Comment: Fast runner. 1961 Batting champ. **Willie Stargell** Height: 6 foot 3 inches Weight: 225 Position: Outfielder Batting average: .282 Home runs: 475 RBI: 1540 Comment: Power hitter. Great player, home run hitter finishing 1971 and 1972 with most Home Runs. **Hank Aaron** Height: 6 foot Weight: 180 Position: Outfielder Batting average: .305 Home runs: 755 RBI: 2297 Comment: All time home run king(at the time) 47 home runs was the most in one year. MVP in the MLB twice. **Billy Williams** Height: 6 foot 1 inches Weight: 175 Position: Left Fielder Batting average: .290 Home runs: 426 RBI: 1475 Comment: Led in batting in 1972 **Joe Torre** Height: 6 foot 2 inches Weight: 212 Position: Catcher, 3rd Baseman Batting average: .297 Home runs: 252 RBI: 1185 Comment: Power hitter. 1971 Batting Champ. 1971 Most runs batted in and most runs. Stats can help you pick your team a little better to have the edge over the competition but you can't have all the good players so you'll always have a challenge. Make sure your team is balanced for all situations; you can also use a random feature that will pick and balance a team for you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Secrets, Passwords and Codes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Secrets ~~~~~~~ Puppy ballboy: On random sometimes you can see a hotdog looking mutt field a foul for you. How cute. Pissed players: If you go on a streak against a certain player be it hitting or strikeouts that player will eventually get intimidated and might run his mouth at the other once or twice. Empty the dugouts: If you hit a player with a pitch he may attack you and scream something from OWW! to $%#!. Both teams will empty from the dugouts and watch as the Umpire drags the raging batter off the pitcher. Break some glass: On the modern ballpark if you hit a homer really far you have a chance to see a small cutscene of the ball breaking some unlucky saps windshield. Passwords ~~~~~~~~~ Taken from GameFAQs.com MLNPGHQFTBV72 5SHZJ4D1LWVB3 Final Game MLNPGHQFTBV72 5SHZJ4D1LCVB(heart) Second Game MLNPGHQFTBV72 5S2F3KYG5WBB2 Third Game Game Genie codes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ZEKLAIGA: 2 balls and you walk TEKLAIGA: 6 balls to walk PASUGILA: 1 strike and you're out ZASUGILA: 2 strikes and you're out PEKLAIGA: 1 ball and you walk IASUGILA: 5 strikes and you're out--ignore counter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Copyright and Contact Info ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This guide is Copyright 2005 Christopher Long. This guide may be not be reproduced in whole or in part under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. 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