<s>
Pro	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
:	I-Application
Family	I-Application
Stadium	I-Application
,	O
released	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
R.B.I.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1986	O
baseball	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Namco	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
(	O
Famicom	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Family	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
and	O
R.B.I.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
franchises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pro	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
:	I-Application
Family	I-Application
Stadium	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Namco	O
programmer	O
Yoshihiro	O
Kishimoto	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Baraduke	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
planner	O
for	O
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
,	O
Takefumi	O
Hyodoh	O
,	O
had	O
transferred	O
from	O
a	O
different	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
—	O
as	O
his	O
first	O
time	O
being	O
a	O
planner	O
,	O
Hyodoh	O
was	O
rather	O
slow	O
,	O
which	O
left	O
Kishimoto	O
with	O
plenty	O
of	O
free	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
short	O
while	O
he	O
spent	O
most	O
of	O
his	O
time	O
playing	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Baseball	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
his	O
colleagues	O
,	O
where	O
during	O
play	O
they	O
would	O
bring	O
up	O
how	O
certain	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
fixed	O
or	O
improved	O
,	O
notably	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
names	O
or	O
abilities	O
for	O
the	O
in-game	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
development	O
of	O
Toy	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
was	O
completed	O
,	O
Kishimoto	O
decided	O
to	O
try	O
making	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Family	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
was	O
Kishomoto	O
's	O
first	O
experience	O
with	O
developing	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
and	O
with	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
Namco	O
's	O
first	O
baseball	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
as	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
they	O
had	O
released	O
several	O
baseball-themed	O
mechanical	O
arcade	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Pitch	O
In	O
(	O
1979	O
)	O
and	O
Batting	O
Chance	O
(	O
1981	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pro	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
:	I-Application
Family	I-Application
Stadium	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
December	O
10	O
,	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Vs.	I-Application
System	I-Application
arcade	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
,	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
only	O
three	O
officially	O
licensed	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
programmer	O
Peter	O
Lipson	O
adapted	O
Family	B-Application
Stadium	I-Application
into	O
the	O
American	O
localized	O
version	O
R.B.I.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
for	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Games	O
subsidiary	O
Tengen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R.B.I	O
Baseball	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
console	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
to	O
be	O
licensed	O
by	O
the	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
Players	O
Association	O
(	O
MLBPA	O
)	O
and	O
used	O
actual	O
MLB	O
player	O
names	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
baseball	B-Application
video	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
licensed	O
by	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
(	O
MLB	O
)	O
itself	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
team	O
nicknames	O
or	O
logos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Pro	B-Application
Baseball	I-Application
:	I-Application
Family	I-Application
Stadium	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
sell	O
over	O
copies	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
Famicom	I-Device
games	I-Device
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baseball	B-Application
topped	O
the	O
sales	O
charts	O
in	O
August	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
