Difference between revisions of "World Series Baseball (Mega Drive)"

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World Series Baseball

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: BlueSky Software, Western Technologies Inc.

Licensor: Major League Baseball Properties, Major League Baseball Players Association

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-04^[1]^[2]	$59.9959.99^[2]	1222
BR	199x		046120

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World Series Baseball is a 1994 baseball game by Sega and BlueSky Software released for the Sega Mega Drive in the US. It was followed by World Series Baseball '95.

A World Series Baseball game, most likely a port of this version, was once planned for release on the Sega Mega-CD^[3]^[4]. This version would have had a "3D field view" and was originally set for release in October 1993^[5].

Gameplay

In addition to having a regular exhibition mode as in other baseball games, this game has several other modes:

Home Run Derby: up to eight players choose a batter from the team of their choice and has 10 attempts to hit as many home runs as possible (a missed attempt is either three strikes or a hit that isn't a home run)
Batting Practice (self-explanatory)

Furthermore, other than using the bog-standard control methods of earlier baseball games, World Series Baseball introduces three different levels of control for the batter and pitcher: Rookie (automatic targeting) and Veteran and All-Star (where instead of physically moving around you move a target around to show where to bat/pitch).

Production credits

A Bluesky Production in Segavision

Designers: Chuck Osieja, Dana Christianson
Producers: Chris Smith, Jesse Taylor, Daniel Meade, Ken Balthaser Jr.
Executive Producer: Wayne Townsend
Project Manager: Mark Dobratz
Programmers: David Dentt, Larry Clague, Steven Hostetler, Kevin Baca, Brian Belfield, Bonita Kane (Bo Kane), Richard Karpp
Artists: Chuck Osieja, Scott Seidel, John Seidel, Matt McDonald, Drew Krevi, Amber Long, Mark Dobratz, Elizabeth Anderson-Hendricks (Liz Anderson), Robert Cuenca, Kevin McMahon

Speech System Development: Western Technologies

Sportstalk: Alan Maynard (Allen Maynard), Joe Shands, Fletcher Beasley
Speech Programmer: Alan Maynard
Sound Effects, Speech Compression Technology, Electronic Speech Systems: Fletcher Beasley

Credits (cont.)

Batting Grids and Pitching Charts: Baseball Analysis and Reporting System [BARS]
Career Player Statistics: The Baseball Workshop
Music: Sam Powell
Lead Tester: Vincent Nason
Testers: Todd Morgan, Stephen Bourdet, Jerry DeYoung, John Amirkhan, Michael Baldwin, Greg Becksted, Dusty Bedford, Michael Bench, Daniel Caraballo, Glen A. Cureton, Chris Cutliff, Daniel P. Dunn, Mark Fabela, Eric Fong, Richard Gangwish, Lawrence Gibson, Roman Greco, Rick Greer, Randall Hauser, Tracy Johnson, Darin Johnston, Dan Jung, Jeff Junio, Kevin Labounty, Jeffrey L. Loney, Michael Madden, Julio Martinez, Lancelot Nelson, Mike Palser, Christopher Pepper, Kevin Seiter, Timothy Spengler, Siegfried Stangenberg, Mark Subotnick, Terry Thomas, Conan Tigard, Matt Underwood, Gregg Vogt, Paul Walker, Greg Watkins (Gregg Watkins), Christine Watson, Richard Wong (Rich Wong)
Marketing: Doug Rebert, Kelly Ryan
Manual: Mike Yoffie
Special Thanks to: Ronald Thompson, George Kiss, Jennifer Cleary (Jennifer Cleary-Haney), Trevor Bostelaar, Jason Weesner, Michael McMahon, Chris Gill, Jason Gill, W. T. Safooa, Joe Miller, Jeff Moses, Gary Gillette, Lori Niwa, Stephen Patterson, George Degolian, Norman Wood

Source:

Instruction manual^[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: World Series Baseball (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US TV advert

CA

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in SuperGamePower (BR) #7: "Outubro 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[7]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[8]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[9]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[2]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[10]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[11]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

80

^[12]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

78

^[13]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[14]

	83
Based on 9 reviews

World Series Baseball (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-05-27

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-03-04

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-02-18

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-01-16

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-01-06

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1994-01-03

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1993-12-29

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1993-12-26

Page

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CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1993-12-22

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1993-10-01

Page

References

↑ File:NBA Action 94 MD US Manual.pdf, page 36
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 4 April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 11
↑ Sega Sports US catalogue (1993), page 3
↑ Sega Force, "1993 (July)" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 25
↑ File:World Series Baseball MD US Manual.pdf, page 31
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 342
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 75
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 74
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 297
↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

World Series Baseball (Mega Drive)
	Main page \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1993-10-01 \| 12-22 \| 12-26 \| 12-29 \| 1994-01-03 \| 01-06 \| 01-16 \| 02-18 \| 03-04 \| 05-27

Games in the World Series Baseball Series
	World Series Baseball (1994) \| World Series Baseball '95 (1995) \| World Series Baseball '96 (1996) \| World Series Baseball 98 (1997)
	World Series Baseball (1993) \| World Series Baseball '95 (1994) \| Nomo's World Series Baseball (1995)
	World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders (1995)
	World Series Baseball (1995) \| World Series Baseball II (1996) \| World Series Baseball 98 (1997)
	World Series Baseball '96 (1996)
	World Series 99 (1999) \| World Series Baseball (2001)
	World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000) \| World Series Baseball 2K2 (2001)
	World Series Baseball (2002) \| World Series Baseball 2K3 (2003)
World Series Baseball related media
	Prima's Official Strategy Guide: World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000)

[:File:NBA_Action_94_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p36-1] File:NBA Action 94 MD US Manual.pdf, page 36

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0704.pdf_p80-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 4 April 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:MeanMachinesSega10UK.pdf_p11-3] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 11

[:File:SegaSports_Catalogue_US_1993.pdf_p3-4] Sega Sports US catalogue (1993), page 3

[:File:SegaForce_US_1993-07.pdf_p25-5] Sega Force, "1993 (July)" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 25

[:File:World_Series_Baseball_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p31-6] File:World Series Baseball MD US Manual.pdf, page 31

[7] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 342

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_22.pdf_p75-8] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 75

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p38-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[:File:GamePro_US_058.pdf_p108-10] GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:GameInformer_US_016.pdf_p36-11] Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p74-12] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 74

[13] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 297

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p73-14] VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 73

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 *'''Manual:''' Mike Yoffie
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Games in the World Series Baseball Series
	World Series Baseball (1994) \| World Series Baseball '95 (1995) \| World Series Baseball '96 (1996) \| World Series Baseball 98 (1997)
	World Series Baseball (1993) \| World Series Baseball '95 (1994) \| Nomo's World Series Baseball (1995)
	World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders (1995)
	World Series Baseball (1995) \| World Series Baseball II (1996) \| World Series Baseball 98 (1997)
	World Series Baseball '96 (1996)
	World Series 99 (1999) \| World Series Baseball (2001)
	World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000) \| World Series Baseball 2K2 (2001)
	World Series Baseball (2002) \| World Series Baseball 2K3 (2003)
World Series Baseball related media
	Prima's Official Strategy Guide: World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000)

Difference between revisions of "World Series Baseball (Mega Drive)"

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Revision as of 17:40, 19 June 2022

Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References