Mike Piazza's Strike Zone
Mike Piazza's Strike Zone — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Mike Piazza's Strike Zone on?
- Mike Piazza's Strike Zone was released on Nintendo 64.
- When did Mike Piazza's Strike Zone release?
- Mike Piazza's Strike Zone was first released on June 16, 1998.
About Mike Piazza's Strike Zone
DIG IN! Over 700 players! All the stadiums! All the teams and uniforms! All in 3D! Unique player editor allows you to create the ultimate athlete. All new 1998 rosters including two new expansion teams: Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays! Tons of hidden secrets including super-fast pitches, outrageous curve balls, incredible home runs and more! Fantasy Teams: Create your own rotisserie league. Ultra-realistic conditions affect gameplay: Grass and turf. Day and night. Rain or shine.
Summary via IGDB.
Mike Piazza's Strike Zone on Wikipedia
Mike Piazza's StrikeZone is a baseball game licensed by Major League Baseball and was released for the Nintendo 64. It was developed by Devil's Thumb Entertainment and released on June 18, 1998, by GT Interactive. While being endorsed by Mike Piazza, Strike Zone represents all of the MLB players in the 1997–98 season including those in the National League and American League.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64
- Developer
- Devil's Thumb Entertainment
- Publisher
- GT Interactive Software
- Game modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Themes
- Non-fiction
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a week
- Complete: about once a month
- Sealed: about 2 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $0.25 in Oct 2008, $8.46 five years ago, and $10.00 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $1.82 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $0.75 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $0.88 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $0.87 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $2.24 | $17.49 |
| Jan 2015 | $4.25 | $6.99 |
| Jan 2016 | $4.40 | $35 |
| Jan 2017 | $4.03 | $18.99 |
| Jan 2018 | $4.85 | $11.15 |
| Jan 2019 | $2.49 | $12.25 |
| Jan 2020 | $6.38 | $15.55 |
| Jan 2021 | $6.98 | $20 |
| Jan 2022 | $9.00 | $31 |
| Jan 2023 | $7.94 | $26 |
| Jan 2024 | $6.74 | $30 |
| Jan 2025 | $6.74 | $30 |
| Jan 2026 | $9.76 | $35 |
| Oct 2026 | $10.00 | $37 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 18 June 1998 | NUS-NMBE-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1998
- Authenticity
- Low
A licensed baseball game that critics ranked well below its rivals, and a very cheap cart.
Mike Piazza's Strike Zone is a Major League Baseball game developed by Devil's Thumb Entertainment and published by GT Interactive, released in North America in June 1998. It carries the 1997-98 season rosters, and Mike Piazza endorsed it. You can create, trade and draft players.
An early preview in Ultra Game Players found it good looking and fun, but not a match for the hi-res All-Star Baseball '99, with an arcade mode of wacky pitches and monstrous home runs. The finished game fared worse: Next Generation gave it one star, said figuring out the player-editing interface was an exercise in frustration, and added that there were only two real baseball choices on the N64 that year and this was not one of them. EGM's Kraig Kujawa described the presentation as so amateurish that it could be mistaken for a bad 16-bit game.
How it was made
Developed by Devil's Thumb Entertainment and published by GT Interactive.
What the press said at the time
| Next Generation Issue 44 | August 1998 | 1 out of 5 stars |
“Now comes Mike Piazza’s Strike Zone, which manages to do everything but find it. … The recap: Mike Piazza’s Strike Zone is a wash-out.”
“There are really only two baseball choices for Nintendo 64 this year — and Strike Zone isn't one of them.”
Next Generation rated games from one star ("Bad: crucially flawed in design or application") to five ("Revolutionary"); three stars meant "Good: a solid and competitive example of an established game style."
Before you buy
The cartridge was released in North America only and is among the cheapest in the library, with a low fake risk. A complete copy is worth several times the loose price, but at these prices that is still a small outlay.
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