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 1995-10-01 $69.9969.99 81109 EU 1995-11-17 MK81109-50 DE 1995-11-17 MK81109-50 UK 1995-11-17 £39.9939.99 MK81109-50 PL 1996 AU 199x

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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 titular World Series Baseball series of baseball titles, the game was first released in the United States in November 1995, with a worldwide release in the following months. In Japan, World Series Baseball game is sponsored by professional Japanese baseball player Hideo Nomo.

The game later received a 1996 sequel, World Series Baseball II.

History

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.

Japanese version 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.

Sequels and re-releases

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

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US manual

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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

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

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)

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)

Print advert in Strana Igr (RU) #3: "Aprel 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Strana Igr (RU) #4: "May/Iyun 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Artwork

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  US prototype box art

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score CD Consoles (FR) 100 Digitiser (UK) 78 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 73 Fusion (US) NTSC-U 50 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 97 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 80 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 70 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 89 Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL 79 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 85 Maximum (UK) 50 Mega Force (FR) PAL 87 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 71 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 87 Player One (FR) 92 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 69 Saturn+ (UK) PAL 84 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 81 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) 81 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 70 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 75 Video Games (DE) NTSC-U 72 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 90

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World Series Baseball (Saturn)

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Saturn, US
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	103,876,080		CD-ROM (EU)	MK81109-50 V1.005
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	103,586,784	1995-09-21	CD-ROM (JP)	GS-9061 V1.010
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	103,878,432		CD-ROM (US)	81109 V1.003

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn