<s>
also	O
known	O
as	O
Pro	B-Application
Yakyū	I-Application
:	I-Application
Family	I-Application
Stadium	I-Application
and	O
Famista	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
baseball	B-Application
sports	O
video	O
games	O
initially	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Namco	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Pro	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
:	I-Application
Family	I-Application
Stadium	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Family	O
Computer	O
in	O
1986	O
and	O
later	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
R.B.I.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
(	O
subsequent	O
games	O
in	O
this	O
series	O
would	O
see	O
various	O
names	O
used	O
when	O
exported	O
to	O
North	O
America	O
but	O
none	O
after	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
series	O
being	O
released	O
on	O
numerous	O
home	O
consoles	O
,	O
the	O
latest	O
being	O
Pro	B-Application
Yakyuu	I-Application
Famista	I-Application
2020	I-Application
in	O
2020	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
Namco	O
's	O
own	O
World	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
series	O
of	O
baseball	B-Application
games	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
arcades	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1993	O
,	O
Famicom	O
Tsūshin	O
(	O
Famitsu	O
)	O
magazine	O
awarded	O
Family	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
a	O
world	O
record	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
franchise	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
published	O
video	O
game	O
releases	O
,	O
with	O
fourteen	O
video	O
games	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
up	O
until	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
