Champion Baseball

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Champion Baseball
System(s): ADK-designed arcade hardware, SG-1000
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Distributor: Wico (US)
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade
JP		 ¥? ?
Arcade
US		 $? ?





































SG-1000
JP 		¥4,3004,300 G-1011
SG-1000
EU
SG-1000
AU 		G-1011
SG-1000
NZ
SG-1000
TW

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Champion Baseball (チャンピオンベースボール) is an arcade baseball game developed by ADK. Sega distributed the game worldwide, and produced an SG-1000 port in 1983. Alpha Denshi also made a sequel, only released in arcades.

History

Champion Baseball is said to have been a hugely successful arcade game in Japan, even receiving its own dedicated parlours in the country (of the sort first seen with Space Invaders in 1978). Sega had sold at least 15,000 units in Japan before bringing the game to the US[2].

The SG-1000 port, however, was criticized for the slow speed, confuse hit detection (is pratically impossible to known if the ball was hit or the opposite team catched the ball), simplistic graphics (even for the system's limitations) and grating sound effects.

Magazine articles

Main article: Champion Baseball/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

ChampionBaseball Arcade US Flyer.pdf

PDF
Arcade US flyer
ChampionBaseball Arcade US Flyer.pdf

ChampionBaseball Arcade US Flyer Kit.pdfChampionBaseball Arcade US Flyer Kit.pdf

PDF
Arcade US flyer (conversion kit)
ChampionBaseball Arcade US Flyer Kit.pdf
ChampionBaseball Arcade JP Flyer.jpg
Arcade JP flyer
ChampionBaseball Arcade JP Flyer.jpg

Physical scans

Arcade version

Arcade, US (upright)
Arcade, US (cocktail)
Arcade, JP
ChampionBaseball Arcade JP InstructionCard.jpg

SG-1000 version

SG-1000, JP (Type A)
ChampionBaseball SG1000 JP Box Back A.jpgChampion Baseball TypeA SG1000 JP Spine.jpgChampionBaseball SG1000 JP Box Front A.jpgChampion Baseball TypeA SG1000 JP Spine2.jpg
Cover
Champion Baseball TypeA SG1000 JP Carttop.jpg
Champion Baseball TypeA SG1000 JP Cart.jpg
Cart
ChampionBaseballSGJPManual.pdf
Manual
Champion Baseball TypeA SG1000 JP Inside.jpg
Inside
SG-1000, JP (Type B)
ChampionBaseball-SG-JP-B.jpg
Cover
ChampionBaseball-SG-JP-B-Cartridge.jpg
Cart
ChampionBaseballSGJPManual.pdf
Manual
SG-1000, JP (Type C)
Champion Baseball SG1000 JP Top.jpg
ChampionBaseball SG1000 JP Box Back C.jpgChampion Baseball SG1000 JP Spine.jpgChampionBaseball SG1000 JP Box Front C.jpg
Cover
Champion Baseball SG1000 JP Cart Top.jpg
ChampionBaseball SG1000 JP Cart C.jpg
Cart
ChampionBaseballSGJPManual.pdf
Manual
SG-1000, EU

SG-1000, AU
Champion Baseball SG1000 AU Back.jpgChampion Baseball SG1000 AU Spine.jpgChampionBaseball SG1000 AU Box.jpgChampion Baseball SG1000 AU Spine2.jpg
Cover
Champion Baseball SG1000 AU Carttop.jpg
Champion Baseball SG1000 AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Champion Baseball SG1000 AU Inside.pdf
Inside
SG-1000, NZ

SG-1000, TW

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 5970a12b
MD5 f70d4bcf91d3ad9313f9800f35b49536
SHA-1 737b9478c4ce6df2afcd36f78011019f5d669226
16kB Cartridge (JP)
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 c0c16fa7
MD5 308e337a863bb9fa952426ef99180aa7
SHA-1 85e5c2f354b9110e5f7c7dfcc7ab9814598b7956
40kB Cartridge (JP) (Alt)
SG-1000
 ?
CRC32 677e6878
MD5 ec2d21452b4cbb6b302e9319fdab7e39
SHA-1 b674ea2ea50f45b20c60d9dec5bf2e88e2b1cba5
16kB Cartridge (TW)

References

  1. ↑ https://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/history/title/championbaseball.html
  2. ↑ Cash Box, "June 18, 1983" (US; 1983-06-18), page 34



Games in the Champion Sports Series
Baseball (1983) | Baseball II (1983) | Golf (1983) | Tennis (1983) | Boxing (1984) | Soccer (1984) | Ice Hockey (1985) | Pro Wrestling (1985) | Billiards (1986) | Kendou (1986) | Ski (Unreleased)
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