World Series Baseball (Saturn)

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World Series Baseball
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 GS-9061
Sega Saturn
US
$69.9969.99[2] 81109
Sega Saturn
EU
MK81109-50

World Series Baseball (Saturn) for the Sega Saturn is a baseball game which is part of the World Series Baseball franchise. This Saturn version is unrelated to the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear games of the same name - it is a brand new entry, despite not having a brand new name (although during development it was known as Grand Slam Baseball), which takes advantage of the system's 3D graphics.

It is known as Hideo Nomo World Series Baseball (野茂英雄ワールドシリーズベースボール) in Japan, possibly to make this distinction, being sponsored by Hideo Nomo. This of course, can cause further confusion, as there is a Nomo Hideo no World Series Baseball for the Game Gear also. It would not be the last game to disregard previous entries in the series - a 2001 World Series Baseball exists also.

This Saturn version of World Series Baseball was followed by World Series Baseball II, again seemingly unaware of the Mega Drive and Game Gear games that preceded it.

Production credits

US version

Source:
US Manual
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Japanese version

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #79: "February 1996" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #tce: "The Cutting Edge: Spring 1996" (1996-xx-xx)[5]
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-11: "November 1995" (1995-10-07)
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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-12: "December 1995" (1995-11-08)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
72 №13, p58-61[6]
73 №362, p30
70 №86
60 №2, p143[7]
87 №38, p90[3]
92 №61, p113
81 №1, p76/77[8]
70 №1995-12, p185[9]
75 №, p12[10]
Sega Saturn
76
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Consoles (FR)
100
[6]
Digitiser (UK)
78
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[12]
Fusion (US) NTSC-U
50
[13]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
97
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[2]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
70
[15]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
89
[16]
Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL
79
[17]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
85
[18]
Maximum (UK)
50
[7]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
87
[19]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
71
[20]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[3]
Player One (FR)
92
[21]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
69
[22]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
84
[23]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
81
[24]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)
81
[25]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
70
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
75
[10]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
72
[27]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[28]
Sega Saturn
79
Based on
23 reviews

World Series Baseball (Saturn)

Saturn, US
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Cover
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Disc
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Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
WSB Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
WSB Saturn JP Box Back.jpgWSB Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc

External links

References

  1. File:EGM US 077.pdf, page 228
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:GamePro US 078.pdf, page 118 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 078.pdf_p118" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf, page 91 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p91" defined multiple times with different content
  4. File:Wsb sat us manual.pdf, page 34
  5. GamePro, "The Cutting Edge: Spring 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 49
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CDConsoles FR 13.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CDConsoles FR 13.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:MAXIMUM UK 02.pdf, page 143 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAXIMUM UK 02.pdf_p143" defined multiple times with different content
  8. File:SSM_UK_01.pdf, page 76
  9. File:SSM_JP_19951201_1995-12.pdf, page 187
  10. 10.0 10.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
  11. Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-12)
  12. Famitsu, "1995-11-24" (JP; 1995-11-10), page 30
  13. Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  14. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 91
  15. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 5, episode 7" (1995-11-07, 24:00) (+11:07)
  16. Game Informer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 39
  17. Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 116
  18. MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 82
  19. Mega Force, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 88
  20. Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 69
  21. Player One, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 113
  22. Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 3" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 78
  23. Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 64
  24. Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 76
  25. Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 76
  26. Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 187
  27. Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71
  28. VideoGames, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 87



Games in the World Series Baseball Series
Sega Mega Drive
World Series Baseball (1994) | World Series Baseball '95 (1995) | World Series Baseball '96 (1996) | World Series Baseball 98 (1997)
Sega Game Gear
World Series Baseball (1993) | World Series Baseball '95 (1994) | Nomo's World Series Baseball (1995)
Sega 32X
World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders (1995)
Sega Saturn
World Series Baseball (1995) | World Series Baseball II (1996) | World Series Baseball 98 (1997)
Windows PC
World Series Baseball '96 (1996)
Arcade
World Series 99 (1999) | World Series Baseball (2001)
Sega Dreamcast
World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000) | World Series Baseball 2K2 (2001)
Xbox
World Series Baseball (2002) | World Series Baseball 2K3 (2003)
World Series Baseball related media
Book
Prima's Official Strategy Guide: World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000)