World Series Baseball 2K2

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World Series Baseball 2K2

System(s): Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Blue Shift, Exile Interactive, Visual Concepts

Supporting companies: Fat Box Productions (opening movie), Sega.com

Brand: Sega Sports

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

Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Sports (Baseball)/Sports (Yakyuu) (スポーツ（野球）)^[1], Sports^[2] (baseball)

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2002-04-18^[1]	¥4,800 (5,040)4,800e^[1]	HDR-0198
US	2001-08-14^[3]	$39.9939.99	51152

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World Series Baseball 2K2 (ワールドシリーズベースボール2K2) is a Sega Dreamcast baseball game released as part of the World Series Baseball series.

In Japan, this game (alongside others in the 2K2 line) was released exclusively through Dreamcast Direct.

Gameplay

Teams

League	Team	Players
American	Anaheim Angels
	Baltimore Orioles
	Boston Red Sox
	Chicago White Sox
	Cleveland Indians
	Detroit Tigers
	Kansas City Royals
	Minnesota Twins
	New York Yankees
	Oakland Athletics
	Seattle Mariners
	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
	Texas Rangers
	Toronto Blue Jays
	AL All-Stars
National	Arizona Diamondbacks
	Atlanta Braves
	Chicago Cubs
	Cincinnati Reds
	Colorado Rockies
	Florida Marlins
	Houston Astros
	Los Angeles Dodgers
	Milwaukee Brewers
	Montreal Expos
	New York Mets
	Philadelphia Phillies
	Pittsburgh Pirates
	St. Louis Cardinals
	San Diego Padres
	San Francisco Giants
	NL All-Stars

Production credits

BLUE SHIFT

Lead Technologist: John Brooks
Gameplay Programmer: Doug Snyder
Network Programmer: John Novak
Animation Programmer: Peter Yamamoto
Audio Programmer: Matt Rice
Programmers: Kyle Chuang, Dennis Kanygin, Michael Tsurumoto
Tools Programmers: Lori Miller, Dave Theurer
Lead Technical Artist: Sean O'Hara
Visual Art Lead: Arthur We
Front End Artist: Sam Comstock
Animators: Ed Pearson, Jeremy Sears
Artists: Kiyoshi Okuma, Brent Kawaye, Amy Rasmussen, Scott Wiener
Executive Producer/Programmer: John Salwitz
Executive Producer: Dana Christianson
Producer: Troy Skinner
Operations Manager: Becky Liu
Information Technology: Chris Michaelis
RTG Studios:
- Artist: Raul Domiguez, Adalbert Mlak
Spellblade:
- Programmer: Cisco Lopez-Fresquet
Special Thanks: Bill Carley, Steve Casazza, Kenny Del Sarto, Luke Drozdek, Vince Fung, Tim Jones, Dayne McClurg, Neo-Creations, John Tam, Matt Sage, Sean Weilage

EXILE INTERACTIVE

President/Lead Artist: Dan Tudge
Associate Producer: Jason Lawler
Senior Programmer: Yann Cleroux
Senior Artist: Mitch Cleroux
Junior Artists: Vilmen Mendoza, Yvi Mendoza, Mel Yap, Nan Li, Kevin MacAdam, Matt Jefferies
Artist: Rob Tchir
Additional Art: Mike Ottom, Andrew Wood
Dimensions Edge Animation: Curtis Randall
Special Thanks: To everyone who posed for "The Crowd"

VISUAL CONCEPTS

Executive Producers: Greg Thomas, Scott Patterson
Project Manager: David Perkinson
Assistant Project Manager: Lorne Asuncion
Front End Design: Matt Crysdale, Alvin Cardona, David Northcutt
Motion Capture: Matt Karnes, Rich Nelson, Luc Lagarde
Audio: Brian Luzietti, Larry Peacock, J. Mateo Baker
Player Rating and Stat Database: Matt Underwood
Quality Assurance Manager: Chien Yu
Quality Assurance: Donell Williams, John Crysdale, Mark Washington
Special Thanks: Chris Larson, Mark Roberts, Matt Hamre, Jeff Thomas, Shawn Lee, Randy Hauser, Jenn Baker, Wayne Herman, Jorge Rodriguez, Richard Yee, Abe Navarro, Lindsay Santos, Micaela Baker, Magdalena Baker, Solano Stallions Baseball Team, coach, Curtiss Brown, Jim Lynch
Motion Capture Talent: Russ Ortiz, Bo Porter, Kevin Hodges, Ryan Miller, Ed Brady
Voice Over:
- Play-by-play: Ted Robinson
- Public address announcer: Bob Williams
- Umpire: Peter Barto
Music Composition: Scorpio Sound, Gregory J. Hainer, Michael Reagan
Opening Movie: Fat Box Productions, Kent Russel, Jason Coursey, James Kirkman

SEGA OF AMERICA

Product Manager: Stacey Kerr
Associate Product Manager: Michael Rhinehart
Creative Services:
- Director of Creative Services: Robert Schonfisch
- Manual Design: Vicki Morawietz
- Project Manager: Angela Santos
Licensing: Jane Thompson, Robert Leffler
Lead Tester: Ed Brady
Assistant Lead Tester: Robert Hernandez
Testers: Fred Acebo, Richard Allard, Joe Amper, Dwayne Anderson, Marcelo Aranda, Daniel Armanto, Jude Baldo, Seth Benton, Daniel Chang, John Diamonon, Antonio Eco, BJ Enriquez, Brad Erre, Brent Fillmore, Demetrius Griffin, Eric Ling, Michael Lowe, Joe Mora, Andy Parker, Pedro Ponce, Robert Reich, Kenny "Quick" Robinson, Jeff Sideno, Blair Sondker, Neil Sorens, Roman Tobe, Tor Underwood, Bill Venegas, Walter Williams
Manual: Keith M. Kolmos
Special Thanks:Richard White - Major League Baseball Players Association, John Olshan - Major League Baseball Players Association, Eric Rivera - Major League Baseball Players Association, Howard Smith - Major League Baseball Properties, Carolann Dunn - Major League Baseball Properties, Stanley Tarr - Major League Baseball Properties, Michael Napolitano - Major League Baseball Properties, Aimee Sorrin - Major League Baseball Properties, Dina Panto - Major League Baseball Properties, Joe Russo - Major League Baseball Properties, Rich Pilling - Major League Baseball Photos, Paul Cunningham - Major League Baseball Photos, Peter Moore, Chris Gilbert, Sandy Castagnola, John Amirkhan, Cindy Jenney, Derek Carlson

Opening video footage courtesy of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.

SEGA.COM

Network Producer: Jeff Hedges
Network QA Manager: Lance Nelson
Lead Network QA Analyst: Nicolas J. Azizian
Network QA Analysts: Darren Nagtalon, Jason Nolen, Leland Ware, Cliff Wilhelm, Eric Wilhelm
Server Administration: Eugene Archibald, Eric Fehr, Douglas Land, Jeff Wade

Source:

US manual^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: World Series Baseball 2K2/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Bonus (YU)

NTSC-U

88

^[5]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

NTSC-U

69

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[8]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[9]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-U

84

^[10]

	71
Based on 6 reviews

World Series Baseball 2K2

Dreamcast, JP
Cover

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Manual Inlay

Compliance

Main article: World Series Baseball 2K2/Compliance.

Technical information

Main article: World Series Baseball 2K2/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://sega.jp/dc/020403/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-06 09:24)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-09 14:09)
↑ http://www.sega.com/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=783 (Wayback Machine: 2002-01-09 23:48)
↑ File:WSB2K2 DC US Manual.pdf, page 25
↑ Bonus, "8/2001" (YU; 2001-10-24), page 40
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 27" (UK; 2001-10-04), page 46
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2001" (US; 2001-09-04), page 152
↑ GamePro, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 150
↑ Game Informer, "October 2001" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 93
↑ MAN!AC, "10/2001" (DE; 2001-09-05), page 54

World Series Baseball 2K2
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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)

Games in the 2K Sports series
	2K	2K1	2K2	2K3	2K4	2K5
Basketball	NBA 2K	NBA 2K1	NBA 2K2	NBA 2K3	ESPN NBA Basketball	ESPN NBA 2K5
American football	NFL 2K	NFL 2K1	NFL 2K2	NFL 2K3	ESPN NFL Football	ESPN NFL 2K5
Ice hockey	NHL 2K	--	NHL 2K2	NHL 2K3	ESPN NHL Hockey	ESPN NHL 2K5
Baseball	--	World Series Baseball 2K1	World Series Baseball 2K2	World Series Baseball 2K3	ESPN Major League Baseball	--
College football	--	--	NCAA College Football 2K2	NCAA College Football 2K3	--	--
College Basketball	--	--	--	NCAA College Basketball 2K3	ESPN College Hoops	ESPN College Hoops 2K5
Others	Virtua Athlete 2K	--	Tennis 2K2	--	--	--

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[:File:WSB2K2_DC_US_Manual.pdf_p25-4] File:WSB2K2 DC US Manual.pdf, page 25

[5] Bonus, "8/2001" (YU; 2001-10-24), page 40

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_27.pdf_p46-6] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 27" (UK; 2001-10-04), page 46

[:File:EGM_US_147.pdf_p152-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2001" (US; 2001-09-04), page 152

[:File:GamePro_US_158.pdf_p150-8] GamePro, "November 2001" (US; 2001-1x-xx), page 150

[:File:GameInformer_US_102.pdf_p93-9] Game Informer, "October 2001" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2001-10.pdf_p54-10] MAN!AC, "10/2001" (DE; 2001-09-05), page 54

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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)

World Series Baseball 2K2

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Contents

Gameplay

Teams

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Compliance

Technical information

External links

References