The following month, Major League Baseball ended its licensing agreement with Acclaim for the franchise due to unpaid royalties.

All-Star Baseball 2005 features a variety of things that most previous versions (except 2004) did not include, such as classic players like Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra and others.

The Nintendo 64 versions received positive reviews, with an average score in the mid-to-high eighties according to GameRankings.

[2][3][4] The Gamecube version of All-Star Baseball 2002 received the lowest reviews of all the home console games in the series, with an average score of 67%.

[6] The first game in the series, All-Star Baseball '97 Featuring Frank Thomas, received mediocre reviews upon its release for the PlayStation.