Triple Play

The very first video game that St. Clair Publications ever made, Triple Play is a baseball game that was unique for its use of teams in Minor League Baseball, specifically the Class-A Advanced Carolina League, which contained two local teams as well as a third team that WAS local from 1980 to 1988, when "The Pubs" was based in the D.C. metro area.
It's also notable for being the first media released by St. Clair Publications to be translated into a different language. "The Pubs" had no international arms at this point nor did they generally release their media outside the U.S.; these practices wouldn't begin in earnest until 1999.
==Gameplay==
The game was similar to other baseball sims of the era, and to the sport itself. However, this game actually used designated hitters, which was unusual for a game at the time.
==Controls==
==Game modes==
*Single Game: Play a single game. Supports two players.
*Season: Play an entire season of games, 14 (one home game and one away game against each team), by yourself. Used passwords in the original release, but the games were actually saved in the Japanese release due to being on the Famicom Disk System. Press releases spoke of a playoff series, but it was never implemented.
*Enter Password (U.S.)/Resume (JP): (Enter a password to) Continue your current season.
==Teams==
The teams were accurate as of the 1992 season...which is probably one reason for the game's poor reception (listed below), as big changes occurred for 1993 (mostly to give teams to the then-new Miami Marlins and Colorado Rockies). The rosters contain every single player who had ever played for the teams listed in 1992, even if they had since been promoted, demoted, or released, a big possibility given how volatile Minor League teams can be.
Apparently due to rights issues, the Major League Baseball teams that each team is affiliated with are not outright named in the game.
Exactly how these teams corresponded to their real-life counterparts is unclear, as Lynchburg and Peninsula seem to be middling in this game even though they had the best records in their divisions in real life (and the Pilots were league champions!), while Salem is billed as a good team in this game even though they finished dead last!
Team Name 	Home Field 	Description
Carolina League North 	Carolina League North 	Carolina League North
Salem Buccaneers 	Kiwanis Field, Salem, Virginia 	The "all-around" team of the game.
Lynchburg Red Sox 	City Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia 	This team has a great defense, rarely allowing any runs or even anyone to get on base. Offense, however, isn't quite as good; if you want to play as these guys, you'll have to focus more on base hits than home runs.
Prince William Cannons	Pfitzner Stadium, Woodbridge, Virginia 	This team is a juggernaut batting-wise, but could use a bit of work defensively.
Frederick Keys 	Nymeo Field, Frederick, Maryland 	With this team, you have to play dirty to win, drawing in as many hits by pitch and ejections as the game will allow.
Carolina League South 	Carolina League South 	Carolina League South
Peninsula Pilots 	War Memorial Stadium, Hampton, Virginia 	Also an "all-around" team, although they sacrificed a bit of their batting and pitching to help out with running and fielding.
Winston-Salem Spirits 	Ernie Shore Field, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Better pitching than Lynchburg in exchange for worse fielding.
Durham Bulls 	Durham Athletic Park, Durham, North Carolina 	A team of extremes; has the best batting in the game but the worst defense.
Kinston Indians 	Grainger Stadium, Kinston, North Carolina 	There are no bench-clearing brawls in this game, but if there were, this team would lead in them.
==Reception==
Notable for being the only St. Clair Publications game to be reviewed by Gamer Girls' Garage, a show that "The Pubs" would start funding in 1995 (after which they self-imposed a strict "No SP Games" review policy, likely to avoid conflict of interest accusations). Reviewed on a "Quickies" segment in a June 1993 episode, while they called it "ambitious" for its use of MiLB teams, they did not have a very favorable opinion of the game overall, only giving it a 6 out of 10.
The game has never been re-released, not even in places where St. Clair Publications makes ROM's of their games available for free, making it a collector's item. Since Alex is known for re-releasing material that he considers an "old shame", fans speculate that this is due to rights issues with MLB, MiLB, and/or the teams.
==Names in other languages==
Category:Original Games
Category:Sports Games
Category:NES Games
Category:1992
Category:Famicom Disk System games