BatterUP

For other uses, see Batter up.

BatterUP is a "24-inch foam-covered plastic" baseball bat-shaped controller manufactured for the personal computer, Sega Genesis, and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Sports Sciences Inc.^[1]

The BatterUP controller for the Super Nintendo

Compatible Super NES games

• Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball, 1992 Mindscape
• ESPN Baseball Tonight, 1994 Sony Imagesoft
• Hardball III, 1994 Accolade
• Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball, 1994 Nintendo
• Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Winning Run, 1996 Nintendo
• MLBPA Baseball, 1994 EA Sports
• Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball, 1993 Malibu Games
• Tecmo Super Baseball, 1994 Tecmo
• Super Batter Up, 1993 Namco

Compatible Sega Genesis games

• Sports Talk Baseball, 1992 Sega
• World Series Baseball, 1994 Sega
• Hardball III, 1993 Accolade
• Hardball '94, 1994 Accolade
• RBI Baseball '93, 1993 Tengen
• RBI Baseball '94, 1994 Tengen
• Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball, 1992 Mindscape
• ESPN Baseball Tonight, 1994 Sony Imagesoft
• Super Baseball 2020, 1993 Electronic Arts
• Tony La Russa Baseball, 1993 EA Sports
• MLBPA Baseball, 1994 EA Sports

Reception

According to Business Wire, "the video version of Batter Up was chosen by the editors of Popular Science as one of 1994's most innovative products. Batter Up was also chosen as a winner of Innovations '95 by the Consumer Electronics Show."^[2]

See also

• Super Scope
• Wii Remote