All-Star Baseball '97 featuring Frank Thomas

All-Star Baseball '97 featuring Frank Thomas is a baseball video game featuring digitized players.[1]

Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a 5.75 out of 10, with Kraig Kujawa saying it "still plays the same [as Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball]. And that's not a good thing. All-Star Baseball reeks of mediocrity. Not one, single facet of the game stands out."[3] Next Generation similarly commented, "All-Star Baseball '97 doesn't excel in any one area. Instead, it is a decent looking game with average gameplay, so-so sound, and not much else to separate it from the pack." He gave it two out of five stars.[1] GamePro's The Rookie was more vehement: "The players are flat and 2D, while occasionally bad camera angles really drag down the action. The control is atrocious because the players react to the ball too late, and you can't manually switch to the player close to the ball." While the Saturn version was largely ignored by reviewers, The Rookie found it more enjoyable than the PlayStation version, citing better control, though he still advised gamers to hold out for World Series Baseball '98 instead. He scored it higher than the PlayStation version in control and funfactor, and equal in graphics and sound.[4]

• GameSpot - Jul 25, 1997
• IGN - Jun 02, 1997
• GamePro - Jul, 1997
• All Game Guide - 1997