Editing Baseball Stars (section)

==Features==
''Baseball Stars'' was the first baseball game to have [[battery (electricity)|battery]] backup on any console,<ref>{{cite news|last=Hurd|first=Michael|title=Video fans can take on top athletes|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 12, 1992}}</ref> and the first NES sports game to have battery backup.<ref name=conti /> This allowed players to create a team, configure baseball league & play a season, and the game's memory chip stored cumulative statistics.<ref name=hall /> ''Baseball Stars'' was also the first sports game for the NES to have a ''create a player'' feature, giving gamers the power to name their players, as well as their teams.<ref name=silva>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Drew|title=Baseball Stars, a peak in many ways…|url=http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/25/baseball-stars-a-peak-in-many-ways/|publisher=nbcsports.com|access-date=17 March 2013|date=December 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Zollman|first=Bryan|title=Winning the war on video games|newspaper=Sauk Centre Herald|date=November 21, 2006}}</ref> The game also introduced a [[role-playing video game|role playing]] element; as each game played earns the winning team money, and the amount won is directly related to the sum of the ''prestige'' ratings of the players from both teams (as prestige determines how many paying fans attend the game). The money can be used to purchase upgrades to the various abilities of players currently on the roster, or it can be used to purchase pre-designed players<ref name=yahoo /> (available in the ''Rookie'', ''Veteran'', and ''All-Star'' categories). Also a first, a hidden feature allows players to hire female baseball players.<ref name=weiss>{{cite book|last=Weiss|first=Brett|title=Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide|year=2012|publisher=Mcfarland|isbn=978-0786469376}}</ref>