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Instruction booklet · June 1996

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run

Sport1 playerESRB E

The story

Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run is a licensed arcade baseball game featuring MLB's own Ken Griffey Jr. Released in 1996, it contains all 28 MLB teams and logos from that time, with rosters containing fictitious names for the players (Ken Griffey Jr being the only real player in the game). Next to exhibition games, there are different game modes to compete in.

Specifications

Released
June 1996
Developer
Rare
Publisher
Nintendo
Players
1
Genre
Sport
Rating
ESRB E
Series
MLB
Themes
Non-fiction

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
50/100 (5 ratings)
AllGame
4/5
EPD
9/10
Game Informer
8.5/10
GP
81%
Next Generation
4/5
Official Nintendo Magazine
92/100
Digital Press
7/10
Entertainment Weekly
C−
VideoGame Advisor
A
VideoGames
7/10
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Vol. 6 · No. 251Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
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Week of June 7, 1996
Jun. 10

The Colorado Avalanche wins their first Stanley Cup in their first season based out of Denver, Colorado, defeating the Florida Panthers 4 games to none. Avalanche captain Joe Sakic wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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