Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball

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Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Flying Edge
Developer: Sculptured Software, The White Team
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Sports (baseball)
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code US 1993-02 $49.9549.95 T-81106
Non-Sega versions Game Boy Nintendo Entertainment System Super NES

Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball is a baseball game for the Sega Mega Drive. It was only released in North America. The game features an endorsement from Roger Clemens, who was pitching for the Boston Red Sox at the time.

Gameplay

The game is a baseball simulation. All 26 teams from the 1991 MLB season are represented, along with their players, but because the game lacks a license, all of the team names are fictional and only Roger Clemmons appears under his real name. The game alternates between a view from behind the catcher for pitching and hitting and a view from the field looking toward home plate for fielding.

There are two modes: an exhibition mode for a single games and a regular season mode consisting of a series of games. The exhibition mode can be played by one player against the computer or by two players against each other. Each player must choose a different team. The regular season mode is for one player against computer teams and uses a password system for continuing. The player selects a team and plays three games against every other team in the same division (so 33 games for National Division teams and 39 games for American Division games). If the player succeeds, the season ends with a best-of-seven playoff series.

Before a game, each player chooses a starting pitcher and orders the batting line-up. In the regular season mode, starting pitchers must have three days of rest between starts. In the options, players can toggle music, toggle errors (whether fielders occasionally drop the ball by accident to be more realistic), or change the directional controls for bases ("standard" to always have home plate mapped to or "view dependent" to rotate the controls with home at when the view changes for fielding).

	Defense
	When pitching, the player can move the pitcher on the mound with or . The pitcher throws the ball by pressing . Holding throws a change-up (slow pitch), throws a fastball, and or throws a curveball. The pitcher can pick off a runner attempting to steal a base by holding and pressing a direction corresponding to the base ( for first, for second, for third). The pitcher can throw a pitchout with +. A pitchout is a pitch deliberately thrown out of bounds so that it is easy for the catcher to retrieve to prevent a base from being stolen. Pressing shows the pitcher's statistics in an inset in the bottom-right of the screen. Pressing  START  allows the player to substitute a relief pitcher or ask for a tip ("Rocket Talk"). The view switches to a perspective from the field after the ball is hit. The nearest fielder can be moved in any direction using the D-Pad. The fielder can jump to catch the ball by pressing or dive for the ball by pressing while holding or . Once a fielder has the ball, it can be thrown by pressing while holding a direction corresponding to the base. Or the fielder can run with the ball using the D-Pad for a tag-out. For long throws from the outfield, the ball can be thrown to the cutoff man (the second baseman when throwing from right field or the shortstop when throwing from left field) with +. The view switches to a close-up of the base when a runner is sliding in. To tag the runner out, the player must determine which way the runner is sliding and press the corresponding direction ( for left side of the base, for right side of the base, or for center of the base).
	Offense
	When hitting, the player can move the batter in the batter's box using the D-Pad. The batter can swing at the ball by holding or bunt the ball by holding . Either button can be released early to cancel the action. Pressing  START  allows the player to substitute a pinch hitter or ask for a tip ("Rocket Talk"). Home runs are treated to an instant replay. A baserunner can lead-off or try to steal a base by holding and holding a direction corresponding to a base ( for first, for second, for third, or for home). When there are runners on first and second, they can both be instructed to move by holding and holding . Pressing causes the last moved runner to shorten his lead and move back toward the base. When stealing a base, the baserunner can stop between bases with + or return to base with +. The view switches to a close-up of the base when a runner is sliding in. To avoid being tagged, the player can slide into base in different ways by pressing the corresponding direction ( to slide to the inside of the base, to slide to the outside of the base, or no directio to slide to the center of the base).
	Rocket Talk
	The player can consult Roger Clemmons ("Rocket") for advice by pausing the game with  START  and selecting "Rocket Talk."

Teams

Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball uses fictional teams named after American cities, loosely based on their real-life counterparts.

League	Division	Team	Players
American	West	Seattle Pioneers
		Kansas City Kings
		Minnesota Hounds
		Chicago Red Birds
		Texas Cowboys
		Oakland Cobras
		California Waves
	East	Toronto Bears
		Detroit Dawgs
		New York Rebels
		Baltimore Eagles
		Cleveland Tomahawks
		Milawukee Marshals
		Boston Crabs
National	West	Atlanta Condors
		San Francisco Quakes
		Houston Mustangs
		Cincinnati Big Cats
		Los Angeles Thrashers
		San Diego Suns
	East	Philadelphia Generals
		Montreal Lumberjacks
		St. Louis Dragons
		Chicago Swords
		Pittsburgh Black Cats
		New York Buffalos

Production credits

• Design and Direction by: Perry Rogers
• Programmed by: Arti Haroutunian
• Additional Programming by: John Friedman
• Art by: Clark Sorenson, Kelly Kofoed, Les Pardew, Mike Ulrich, Joel Izatt, Lance Thornblad, Virginia Sargent, Alan Taylor
• Music composed by: Kingsley Thurber
• Music and Sounds by: Mark Ganus, Dean Morrell
• Product Evaluation by: Tony Stanczyk
• Testing by: Matt Grate, Lee Smith, Aaron Ballard, Carlton Smith, Joe Buffington, Brian Miller
• Acclaim Development by The White Team: Dan Feinstein, Tom Gibson, Don Nauert, Tom Rademacher, Joe Lidertella
• Special Thanks to: Eric Samulski

Source:

In-game credits

File:Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball MD credits.pdf

Magazine articles

Main article: Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball

Mega Drive, US
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Technical information

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