Menji Presents Triple Play 2001 Game Boy Color Nick Bryant (Menji76) July 24, 2008 Version Final FAQ/Walkthrough __________________________________ /====================================\ 2000 Triple Play 2001 Gameboy Color EA Sports ESRB - E - Everyone Getting Started +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Make sure power is OFF on your GBC. Never insert or a remove a game when the power is on. Insert Triple Play 2001 into the slot, press firmly to lock game in place. Turn the power ON, the credits should start appearing (if not turn off power and try again. When the title screen appears, press START to proceed to the Main Menu. From, here you can choose whatever you would like to do. Controls 1. Menu Selections --------------- Command Action |------------------------|----------| |Highlight option |UP/DOWN | |------------------------|----------| |Change option |LEFT/RIGHT| |------------------------|----------| |Select option |A Button | |------------------------|----------| |Return to previous menu |B Button | |------------------------|----------| 2. Pitching -------- Command Action |------------------------|----------------------| |Move Pitcher |LEFT/RIGHT | |------------------------|----------------------| |Start Pitch |A Button | |------------------------|----------------------| |Change-up |UP | |------------------------|----------------------| |Fast Ball |DOWN | |------------------------|----------------------| |Curve Ball |LEFT/RIGHT | |------------------------|----------------------| |Throw to 1st Base |B Button | |------------------------|----------------------| |Throw to desired base |Control Pad + B Button| |------------------------|----------------------| 3. Batting ------- Command Action |------------------------|--------------------| |Move Batter |Control Pad | |------------------------|--------------------| |Swing Bat |A Button | |------------------------|--------------------| |Grounder |DOWN + A Button | |------------------------|--------------------| |Fly Ball |UP + A Button | |------------------------|--------------------| |Bunt |Tap A Button | |------------------------|--------------------| |Steal Base |Control Pad + Button| |------------------------|--------------------| 4. Fielding -------- Command Action |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Move Player |Control Pad | |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Select Player Closest to ball|B Button | |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Dive/Jump for ball |A Button | |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Throw to 1st base |A Button (with ball) | |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Throw to specific base |Control Pad + A Button| |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Run to 1st base |B Button | |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Run to specific base |Contorl Pad + Button | |-----------------------------|----------------------| 5. Base Running ------------ Command Action |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Control Base Runners |B Button | |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Run to specific base |Control Pad + A Button| |-----------------------------|----------------------| |Return to previous base |Control Pad + A Button| |-----------------------------|----------------------| Remember, to advance a player to the next base, press the A Button one and the direction that corresponds to whatever base he is on, NOT the base he is going too! Teams +-+-+-+-+-+ Here are all of the teams in the game. I sort them by their real-life division and from top to bottom I rank them based on how well they perform in the game. American League --------------- East ---- New York Yankees Boston Red Sox Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays Tampa Bay Central ------- Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox Minnesota Twins Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals West ---- Seattle Mariners Texas Rangers Anahiem Angels Texas Rangers National League --------------- East ---- Atlanta Braves New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Florida Marlins Montreal Expos Central ------- Chicago Cubs Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Milwaukee Brewers West ---- San Francisco Giants Arizona Diamondbacks Los Angeles Dodgers San Diego Padres Colorado Rockies Main Menu +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Single Game Play a normal game, while controlling every aspect of how you want to play and who to play as. Home Run Derby Choose a slugger and see how far you can go in a Home Run Derby. Game Options Edit the options before going out to play. -Field Asst When ON, your nearest player will automatically go to the ball. -Radar Gun When ON, the speed of each pitch is displayed on the screen -Cut Scene Movies When ON, animations come up for Home Runs, Grand Slams, and throw outs. -Sound Toggle the in-game sound effects ON/OFF -Music Toggle the music ON/OFF Teams Look at all the entire roster for each team along with previous stats and a look at their ballpark. Press LEFT/RIGHT to select a team, press UP/DOWN to choose either player stats or view stadium. Press A to continue. -Player Statistics- View statistics and information for each player on any team including his Jersey Number, Player Position, and Batting Average/Earned Run Average. -View Stadium- View all the stadiums for a look and some info on location and name. Credits View all the makers of Triple Play 2001. Playing a Game +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Team Select Using the control pad, use UP/DOWN to find the team you want to play as and then press the A Button. Next you're going to have to select the team you want to play against, so do the same thing. Difficulty Highlight whichever difficulty setting you want to play on and press the A Button to go to the next screen to choose the number of innings. -Rookie Allows beginners a lot more control and learning room. It's easy to hit, field, and steal bases. Plus much more control on the field and pitching. -Pro I recommend this mode for players that are familiar with the controls. -All-Star Very difficult to play, exact timing when batting. Fielding stats come into play here. Plus your opponents will get to the ball at an insane speed. -Innings Toggle the number of innings you want to play; 1/3/5/7/9 innings. Players Choose how you want to play, either you vs. the CPU or the CPU vs. CPU. The later being to witness how they play. Stadium Based on who you chose to be and play against will be the default stadiums. You can choose to play as the home team or away team. -Home Play a game in your team's stadium. You will bat second and last. -Away Play a game on the road in the opponent's stadium. You will bat first. -Custom Play the selected game in a stadium of you choice and you can choose away or home. Pre-Game You can make any final changes before taking the mound or batting in the first inning. -Play Ball Head straight to the game and commence play. -Game Options Customize the options. (See at the top of FAQ) -Rosters Edit the line-up and add/remove players from the line-up. -Line Up To change the line-up, press UP/DOWN to highlight a player and then use RIGHT/LEFT to move the replacement player on the bottom. Once you found the player you want to switch, press the A Button. -Pitcher To change the pitcher, press LEFT/RIGHT to find your replacement pitcher and press the A Button to switch. There's a nasty glitch that doesn't let you go back once you get to a certain point so you have to rotate through again. -Reset This allows you to return the line-up and pitcher to their default, highlight RESET and press the A Button. -Teams View individual player statistics for each selected team. Pausing the Game Press START during the game to bring up the pause menu. -Change Pitcher/Pinch Hitter Replace your current pitcher or hitter from a player on the bench. Remember that you can't bring them back. -Scoreboard View the score of the game. -Game Options Customize the options. (See the top of the FAQ) -Teams View your teams roster. -Exit Game End the current game and return to the Main Menu. Home Run Derby +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The Home Run Derby is a traditional event during the All-Star Game, it gives the fans a chance to see the top sluggers hit as many home runs as they can. Simply move LEFT/RIGHT to choose a team, and then press the A Button to continue to the players. Use UP/DOWN to find a player and then press the A Button. Round 1 starts now and you'll be against a CPU opponent. Rules The player with the most home runs at the end of the 10 outs is declared the winner. If you manage to win, you'll go to round 2 and continue until you win or are eliminated. -Each player is given 10 pitches to try and hit a home run. -UNLESS you hit a home run, each pitch is considered and out. This includes fouls and strikes. -When all 10 pitches are completed, your opponent will come up and try. -If there is a tie, each player is given five pitches to hit as many homers as they can. These will continue until someone wins. Glitches +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ After all the years I have played this game. I have come to the conclusion that there are no cheats, easter eggs, unlockables, secrets, or glitchy glitches. There is one thing that is pretty cheap though. Being as no one else plays this game, I will simply call it "Cheating the Game". And it's all based on how the CPU plays. First, notice that if you steal or try to go for an extra base they will always throw it ahead. They will never, I repeat, never will try to get you into a pickle or any thing like that. Even if you are on first, hit a fly ball and run all the way home, they will throw it home and run back after you instead of easily throwing it to first. Now how do you take advantage of this? Well notice the most important things, one, they won't get you into a pickle, two, they always chase you down and three, the most important, they don't have another player switch over to guard the bag. So here's what you do, say you have a man on first and you just hit a single to get someone on second and first. Now instead of waiting for your next batter to get up here's what you'll do. 1) Have the player on first advance to second and then return to first. 2) This'll cause them to chase you down, so the guy from second can take off. 3) They'll throw to third and wait for you. Get this runner almost three quarters and then return the guy to second. 4) They'll run after you and you want this guy running at you to get pretty far off his bag, this is where you need to advance the guy from first to second. 5) Because of this, they'll throw it back to second, where you need to now instantly turn around and head to third. Since no one is on third, both the guy who should be on third will run back as will the guy with the ball. 6) Hopefully you're in-between but closer to the guy who should be on the base. Since no one is on the base, you should be able to get there before the guy has a chance to stop and throw it to third when the other guy gets back. 7) This can be used on any bases as long as you have two runners. It can also be used to move a guy from first to second with a guy on third running back and forth to home and third while the other guy runs to second. Hopefully this huge tip can work out for you as its helped me numerous times. Tips +-+-+-+-+ Batting When batting, I always just hold up. I don't care if they aren't a power hitter. There are a lot of secret power hitters in this game that can launch it when you wouldn't even guess it. (Henry Rodriguez and Bernie Williams) Pitching Never throw fastballs, they have the highest chance of getting clobbered. Instead, throw a change up and move it with the arrows, they rarely get good hits off those. Fielding Grounders to third will NEVER get to first in time. So plan accordingly. Home Runs Some home runs will go through the wall, so make sure you're in the right posistion to catch them. And you CAN jump and steal a home run if timed right, I have! Home Run Derby This mode actually takes into account the players power skill. So if you've been chalking up homers with some unknown player in a regular game, they won't be able to do that here. You need a power hitter. Using higher difficulty I highly recommend against this, the CPU can still be a challenge on Rookie setting. As I said, they mainly just get to the ball at insane speeds making it near impossible to get on base. Changes from the MLB +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Bunting on 2 strikes Sadly, they were not able to implement this. Why? I have no clue, but when you bunt with two strikes and it goes foul. It should be an out, but it is not. Can you...? +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Get a triple play? The million dollar question. The game is called triple play so it must mean something. I myself have never done it but I have come awfully close. The only way I see it happening is if they have someone on first and second. They then pop it up right to your second baseman who is over second base. You catch that, get the force and quickly throw it to first. I assume some animation will occur. Keep track of stats? Sadly no, I wish you could, and it probably could have if they would have filled up the cartride, look at how much is empty! Hit it out of the park? Nope, it can go off the screen though. Do career mode? Nope, a lot of stuff is missing huh? Can you get hit by the ball? Yes, you need to be in the bunting stance (tap A) and then get as close to the top right corner. It's not always an absolute but you can do it. What are the best teams to play with? Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and the Atlanta Braves. Epilogue I remember the day I found and purchased this game. It was fun, but poorly made. If you are one who still has this game. Send me a message, I'd love to talk with someone and find out how they played. Do it. If you found this guide, it should have been through. http://www.gamefaqs.com http://www.gamespot.com http://www.neoseeker.com talk to me. bryantni@onid.orst.edu g0dlikeskills@yahoo.com ============================================================================ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ============================================================================ Copyright 2006-2010 Nick Bryant This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. Cause it's one, two, three strikes you're out of the whole ball game!