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- For the Game Gear version, see Nomo's World Series Baseball.
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System(s): Sega Saturn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Major League Baseball Properties, Major League Baseball Players Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports[1][2] (baseball) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World Series Baseball, known in Japan as Hideo Nomo World Series Baseball (野茂英雄ワールドシリーズベースボール), is a Sega Saturn baseball game developed and published by Sega. An entry in the World Series Baseball series of baseball titles, it is a version of Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine with Major League Baseball players, teams, and ballparks.
The game was first released in the United States in November 1995, with a worldwide release in the following months. In Japan, the game is sponsored by professional Japanese baseball player Hideo Nomo (野茂・英雄).
Contents
Gameplay
The game follows the rules of MLB baseball. It contains all of the players and teams from the 1995 MLB season. There are several modes:
- Exhibition Mode: An exhibition mode, for playing a single game against a human or computer player. The player can also watch two computer-controlled teams play. The player chooses the team and the batting line-up for computer players.
- Pennant Race: Plays a season of 13, 26, or a full 162 games, culminating in the World Series. The game uses the Saturn's internal memory or a backup cartridge to save the player's progress.
- Playoffs: A truncated season with only the play-offs. Up to four players can participate, with two players playing at a time.
- All-Star Game: An exhibition mode against a human or computer player but featuring teams consisting of the best players from the American and National Leagues.
- Home Run Derby: A competition where players can choose any player in the league and compete to get the most home runs. There are no balls, strikes, or outs and no baserunning or fielding. This mode can be played with up to four players taking turns (with the computer pitching for every player), with each player batting for 5, 10, 15, or 20 balls.
- Data Base: View the statistics for any of the 700 players in the game.
Before each game, players choose a team and a batting line-up. Players can choose from one of four stadiums (Fenway Park in Boston, the Astrodome in Houston, Wrigley Field in Chicago, or Yankee Stadium in New York), whether to play a daytime or nighttime game, and whether to play as the home or visiting team (home bats last).
In the game options, players can select the difficulty (affecting the skill level of computer-controlled teams), toggle errors (whether fielders occasionally drop fly balls or miss grounders), toggle wind (whether wind conditions affect the ball physics), toggle designated hitters (whether the pitcher bats or a designated hitter replaces him in the batting line-up), and choose the number of innings (determining the length of the game).
Teams
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History
This Saturn version is unrelated to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear games of the same name (or the later World Series Baseball arcade game). Rather, it is a brand new entry that takes advantage of the system's 3D graphics. The Japanese version is sponsored by Hideo Nomo, which can be a source of further confusion, as there is a Nomo Hideo no World Series Baseball for the Game Gear also.
During development, the game was known as Grand Slam Baseball.
Legacy
This Saturn version of World Series Baseball was followed by World Series Baseball II in 1996.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | World Series Baseball | World Series Baseball |
Japanese | 野茂英雄ワールドシリーズベースボール | Hideo Nomo World Series Baseball |
Production credits
- Main article: World Series Baseball (Saturn)/Production credits.
US version
- Producer: Chris Cutliff
- Assistant Producers: Lorne Asuncion, Mark Paniagua
- SEGA SPORTS: Tom Abramson, Matt Cook, Gerald DeYoung, Rosie Freeman, John Gillin, Brad Hogan, Mike Meischeid, Anne Moellering, Scott Rohde, Chris Smith
- Sports Testers: Aron Drayer, Tracy Johnson, Todd Morgan, Dave Perkinson, Terry Thomas, Matt Underwood
- Lead Tester: Tim Spengler
- Core Testers: John Amirkhan, Mike Borg, Steve Bourdet, Ben Briones, Ernie Deakyne, Rich Krinock, Chris Lucich, Dylan Manger, Eric Molina, Jose Ochoa, Steve Perez, Aaron Reif, George Sandoval, Scott Snyder, Steve Thompson
- Special Thanks: Dave Albert, Barry Blum, Alan Bruce, John Carlucci, John Leonhardt, Kristin Mallory, Jenny Martin, Mark Miller, MLB, MLBPA, MLB Photos, Spencer Nilsen, Susannah Nukes, The Phoenix Group, Bryan Reilly, Yukimi Shimura, Osamu Shibayama
- Producers: Yoji Ishii, Mokoto Oshitoni, Hirotsugu Kobayashi
- Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
- Graphic Designers: Takaya Segawa, Hideake Moriya, Koki Mogi, Makiko Suzuki, Yumiko Miyabe, Yasufumi Soejima
- Programmers: Manabu Ishihara, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Kasai, Yuichi Morosawa, Yoichi Nakasato
- Game Designers: Yoshiaki Kitagawa, Tomoko Hasegawa
- Sound Director: Tomonori Sawada, Katsuyoshi Nitta, Miki Obata
- Director: Tetsuo Sinyu
- Technical Director: Honkang Lee
- Art Producer: Ko Tanaka
- Manual: Marc Sherrod
- Special Thanks: Jyunichi Shimizu, Yukifumi Makino, Ikuo Ishizaka, Luigi Rimentani, Toshiki Maruyama, Fumitaka Shibata, James Spahn, Henry Giesen
Japanese version
- Executive Producer: Mamoru Shigeta
- Producers: Yoji Ishii, Makoto Oshitani, Hirotsugu Kobayashi
- Art Producer: Ko Tanaka
- Director: Tetsuo Shinyu
- Technical Director: Honkang Lee
- Sound Director: Tomonori Sawada
- Graphic Designers: Takaya Segawa, Hideaki Moriya, Koki Mogi, Makiko Suzuki, Yoshihiro Otani, Yumiko Miyabe, Yasufumi Soejima
- Programmers: Manabu Ishihara, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Ichiro Kasai, Yuichi Morosawa, Yoichi Nakazato
- Game Designers: Yoshiaki Kitagawa, Tomoko Hasegawa
- Sound Staff: Katsuyoshi Nitta, Miki Obata
- Producers: Chris Cutliff, Chris Smith
- Sega Sports: Tom Abramson, Gerald De Young, Rosie Freeman, John Gillin, Mike Meischeid, Scott Rohde
- Sports Testers: Lorne Asuncion, Aron Drayer, Tracy Johnson, Todd Morgan, Mark Paniagua, Dave Perkinson, Terry Thomas, Matt Underwood
- Lead Tester: Tim Spengler
- Special Thanks: Takayuki Kawagoe, Tomoaki Ogawa, Junichi Shimizu, Ikuo Ishizaka, Toshiaki Maruyama, Fumitaka Shibata, James Spahn, Yosuke Okunari, Dave Albert, John Carlucci, Jenny Martin, Mark Miller, Mlb Photos, Susannah Nukes, The Phoenix Group, Spencer Nilsen
- Sega Sound Library by: InVision Interactive Inc.
Magazine articles
- Main article: World Series Baseball (Saturn)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Strana Igr (RU) #4: "May/Iyun 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[10]
also published in:
- Blue Jean (TR) #01/97: "Ocak 1997" (1997-xx-xx)[11]
Artwork
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: World Series Baseball (Saturn)/Technical information.
External links
References
- ↑ File:WSB Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segasaturn/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-30 22:53)
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/6a0WsenOnYQ/m/eRfXXuy5GQsJ
- ↑ Sega FY 1997 Brand Review, page 10
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 76
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 91
- ↑ File:Wsb sat us manual.pdf, page 34
- ↑ File:Nomo Hideo World Series Baseball Saturn credits.pdf
- ↑ GamePro, "The Cutting Edge: Spring 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ Strana Igr, "May/Iyun 1996" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ Blue Jean, "Ocak 1997" (TR; 1997-xx-xx)
- ↑ CD Consoles, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-12)
- ↑ Famitsu, "1995-11-24" (JP; 1995-11-10), page 30
- ↑ Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 91
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 5, episode 7" (1995-11-07, 24:00) (+11:07)
- ↑ Game Informer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 39
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 116
- ↑ MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 82
- ↑ Maximum, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 143
- ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 88
- ↑ Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 69
- ↑ Player One, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 113
- ↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 3" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 78
- ↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 64
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 76
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 187
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14
- ↑ Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71
- ↑ VideoGames, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 87
Games in the World Series Baseball Series | |
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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) |
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