World Series Baseball (Saturn)

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World Series Baseball

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-11-17	¥5,8005,800	GS-9061
US	1995-11^[1]	$69.9969.99^[2]	81109
EU	1995-11-17		MK81109-50

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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

Sega of America Team

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

Sega of Japan Team

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

Source:

US Manual^[4]

Japanese version

Sega of Japan Credits

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

Sega of America Credits

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.
(C)1994 Sega / CRI

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-11: "November 1995" (1995-10-07)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1995-12: "December 1995" (1995-11-08)

Physical scans

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

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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]

	79
Based on 23 reviews

World Series Baseball (Saturn)

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Sega Saturn

References

↑ File:EGM US 077.pdf, page 228
↑ ^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
↑ ^3.0 ^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
↑ File:Wsb sat us manual.pdf, page 34
↑ GamePro, "The Cutting Edge: Spring 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 49
↑ ^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
↑ ^7.0 ^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
↑ File:SSM_UK_01.pdf, page 76
↑ File:SSM_JP_19951201_1995-12.pdf, page 187
↑ ^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
↑ 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
↑ 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
↑ 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, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 76
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 187
↑ 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
	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)

[:File:EGM_US_077.pdf_p228-1] File:EGM US 077.pdf, page 228

[:File:GamePro_US_078.pdf_p118-2] 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

[:File:MeanMachinesSega38UK.pdf_p91-3] 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

[:File:Wsb_sat_us_manual.pdf_p34-4] File:Wsb sat us manual.pdf, page 34

[:File:GamePro_US_TheCuttingEdge_1996_Spring.pdf_p49-5] GamePro, "The Cutting Edge: Spring 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_13.pdf_p58-6] 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

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_02.pdf_p143-7] 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

[:File:SSM_UK_01.pdf_p76-8] File:SSM_UK_01.pdf, page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19951201_1995-12.pdf_p187-9] File:SSM_JP_19951201_1995-12.pdf, page 187

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p14-10] 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

[digitiser1995-12-121107-11] Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-12)

[12] Famitsu, "1995-11-24" (JP; 1995-11-10), page 30

[:File:Fusion_US_0106.pdf_p95-13] Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 6: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0812.pdf_p91-14] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 12 December 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 91

[gamesmastertv5x071107-15] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 5, episode 7" (1995-11-07, 24:00) (+11:07)

[:File:GameInformer_US_031.pdf_p39-16] Game Informer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 39

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_051.pdf_p116-17] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-01.pdf_p82-18] MAN!AC, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-06), page 82

[:File:MegaForce_FR_45.pdf_p88-19] Mega Force, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 88

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-01.pdf_p69-20] Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 69

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_061.pdf_p113-21] Player One, "Février 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 113

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-03_19960202.pdf_p78-22] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 3" (JP; 1996-01-19), page 78

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_01.pdf_p64-23] Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 64

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_26.pdf_p76-24] Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 76

[:File:SSM_UK_01.pdf_p76-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19951201_1995-12.pdf_p187-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 187

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-12.pdf_p71-27] Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 71

[:File:VideoGames_US_83.pdf_p87-28] VideoGames, "December 1995" (US; 1995-11-21), page 87

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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 (Saturn)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

US version

Japanese version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

External links

References