Baseball Stars Professional

Baseball Stars Professional
North American arcade flyer
DeveloperSNK
PublisherSNK
DesignersMiki T.
Toyohisa Tanabe
ComposerToshikazu Tanaka
SeriesBaseball Stars
PlatformsArcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD
ReleaseArcade
  • WW: 26 April 1990
Neo Geo AES
  • WW: 1 July 1991
Neo Geo CD
  • JP: 21 April 1995
  • NA: October 1996
GenreSports (baseball)
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Baseball Stars Professional is a 1990 baseball video game developed and published by SNK for arcades on the Neo Geo MVS system. A follow-up to the original Baseball Stars for the NES, it was one of the launch titles for both the MVS (on which it was a pack-in title) and Neo Geo AES home console, as well as the first baseball-themed game for the Neo Geo platform. Players compete with either computer-controlled opponents or against other players in matches across various ballparks.

Baseball Stars Professional garnered mixed reception from critics upon its original release; many praised various aspects of the game, such as the presentation, visuals and quality of the digitized voice samples, but some were divided in regards to the gameplay. The game would later be re-released for the Neo Geo CD in 1995, as well as through download services for various consoles.