Pro Yakyuu : Family Stadium '87

Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium '87 is the second game in Namco's long running Family Stadium series (later renamed 'Famista', short for 'Family Stadium', after the third edition). It's a traditional baseball game that allows one human player against the CPU, two competing human players, or two competing CPU players in a 'Watch' spectator mode. Instead of being a full sequel to Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium the game is instead an updated version of the original. It adds a few features such as two additional teams (for a total of 12) and updates the official team rosters, but nothing changed in regards of gameplay, graphics or music. This is historically relevant as it would become common practice for future sports game franchises worldwide. This game is unrelated to R.B.I. Baseball 2 from Tengen. Although the original R.B.I. Baseball was ported from Family Stadium, both franchises diverged after the initial game. The R.B.I. Baseball series went on to favor a more realistic looking athlete sprites while the Family Stadium series continued with the cartoonish 'super deformed' sprites.