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R.B.I. Baseball 4

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Tengen

Licensor: Atari Games, Major League Baseball Players Association

Genre: Sports^[1]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-12-18^[1]	¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e^[2]	T-48063
US	1992-09^[3]^[4]	$54.9554.95^[4]	301036-0150
KR	199x		GM8081JG

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R.B.I. Baseball 4 or R.B.I. 4 Baseball (Ｒ.Ｂ.Ｉ.４.ベースボール) is a 1992 baseball game for the Sega Mega Drive by Tengen and the sequel to R.B.I. Baseball 3. It was followed by R.B.I. Baseball '93. For whatever reason, the Japanese version does not uses the NPB's teams.

A Sega Mega-CD version was announced^[5], but cancelled for unknown reasons.

Gameplay

When batting, the D-pad moves around, swings, and changes pose. When pitching, and move and pitches. If the ball is hit, the player can control their teammates as they try to get the batter out, with passing the ball.

Production credits

Programmers: Michael Alexander, Doug Coward
Graphics: Greg Williams, Jose Erazo, Linnea Wigren
Sound: Brad Fuller, John Paul, Don Diekneite
Special Thanks: Michael Klug

Source:

In-game credits (intro)

Magazine articles

Main article: R.B.I. Baseball 4/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP flyer

Print advert in GamePro (US) #37: "August 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #9: "August/September 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #10: "November/December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)^[8]
Game Informer (US) #8: "January/February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)^[9]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) #5: "February 1993" (1993-01-12)^[10]
Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)^[11]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[12]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[14]

Game Mania (UK)

87

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[4]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

40

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

69

^[17]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-U

84

^[18]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

87

^[19]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

87

^[20]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[21]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

65

^[22]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

74

^[23]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

71

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

78

^[26]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

78

^[27]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

79

^[28]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

89

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[30]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

61

^[31]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[32]

	72
Based on 22 reviews

R.B.I. Baseball 4

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Poster

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	fecf9b94
MD5	ea128e0d71ee2884fbdb0d24bb30e51f
SHA-1	37aaac7eda046968f4bff766566ca15b473f9060

1MB

1992-06

Cartridge (US)

?

CRC32	f7420278
MD5	78d0e912e8f259bc0c3d4ac3d7857ec0
SHA-1	d999e11813dca4fe0ac05f371ff7900806238a69

1MB

1991-08

Page

References

R.B.I. Baseball 4
	Main page \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information Prototypes: 1991-08

R.B.I. Baseball games for Sega systems
R.B.I. Baseball 3 (1991) \| R.B.I. Baseball 4 (1992) \| R.B.I. Baseball '93 (1993) \| R.B.I. Baseball '94 (1994) \| R.B.I. Baseball '95 (unreleased) \| RBI Baseball '95 (1995)

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[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-01.pdf_p22-2] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 22

[:File:GamePro_US_038.pdf_p139-3] GamePro, "September 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 139

[:File:GamePro_US_039.pdf_p50-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 GamePro, "October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0304.pdf_p33-5] Mega Play, "August 1992" (US; 1992-0x-xx), page 33

[:File:SegaVisions_US_09.pdf_p25-6] Sega Visions, "August/September 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 25

[:File:EGM_US_039.pdf_p75-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:EGM_US_041.pdf_p99-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 99

[:File:GameInformer_US_008.pdf_p68-9] Game Informer, "January/February 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_05.pdf_p34-10] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1993" (US; 1993-01-12), page 34

[:File:SegaVisions_US_11.pdf_p65-11] Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 65

[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 185

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-01.pdf_p30-13] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 30

[:File:EGM_US_039.pdf_p30-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 30

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p80-15] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80

[16] Hippon Super, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-03), page 47

[:File:Joypad_FR_014.pdf_p62-17] Joypad, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 62

[:File:Joystick_FR_032.pdf_p172-18] Joystick, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 172

[:File:MDAG_UK_04.pdf_p28-19] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p94-20] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1993-03.pdf_p59-21] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-xx), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_03.pdf_p60-22] Mega, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-19), page 60

[:File:MegaTech_UK_11.pdf_p24-23] MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 24

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_02.pdf_p109-24] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 109

[:File:SegaPower_UK_38.pdf_p51-25] Sega Power, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 51

[:File:SegaPro_UK_14.pdf_p62-26] Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-27] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SegaZone_UK_21.pdf_p36-28] Sega Zone, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-xx), page 36

[:File:SegaForce_UK_14.pdf_p76-29] Sega Force, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-14), page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

[31] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 207

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_46.pdf_p62-32] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "November 1992" (US; 1992-1x-xx), page 62

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Difference between revisions of "R.B.I. Baseball 4"

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References