All-Star Baseball '97 featuring Frank Thomas
All-Star Baseball '97 featuring Frank Thomas, sometimes mislabeled as All Star Baseball '98, is a video game developed by Iguana and published by Acclaim for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997. It is both the successor to "Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball" and the first game in the "All-Star Baseball" series. Reception. "Electronic Gaming Monthly"s Kraig Kujawa said that the PlayStation version "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." "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." "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 fun factor, and equal in graphics and sound.