<s>
Grand	B-Application
Slam	I-Application
is	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Burst	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Virgin	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Grand	B-Application
Slam	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
pitching	O
and	O
batting	O
controls	O
,	O
while	O
obviously	O
derived	O
from	O
golf	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
are	O
innovative	O
and	O
add	O
a	O
new	O
depth	O
of	O
control	O
to	O
the	O
baseball	B-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
lambasted	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
,	O
often	O
describing	O
them	O
as	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Application
era	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
"	O
Grand	B-Application
Slam	I-Application
has	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
and	O
options	O
in	O
place	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
ca	O
n't	O
make	O
up	O
for	O
substandard	O
graphics	O
and	O
slow	O
pace.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
reactions	O
to	O
the	O
selection	O
of	O
features	O
and	O
options	O
were	O
mixed	O
;	O
Darren	O
Lerhman	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
GamePro	O
both	O
found	O
that	O
though	O
they	O
were	O
generally	O
ample	O
,	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
create-a-player	O
and	O
team	O
licenses	O
stood	O
out	O
,	O
since	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
competitors	O
included	O
these	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suffice	O
to	O
say	O
baseball	B-Application
fanatics	O
will	O
be	O
disappointed	O
by	O
this	O
title	O
,	O
but	O
casual	O
sports	O
fans	O
looking	O
for	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
baseball	B-Application
sim	O
may	O
find	O
themselves	O
willing	O
to	O
overlook	O
these	O
shortcomings.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
with	O
an	O
extraordinary	O
game	O
like	O
Triple	B-Application
Play	I-Application
98	I-Application
on	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
why	O
settle	O
for	O
anything	O
less	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
