World Series Baseball (Saturn)
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| Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Sports[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 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.
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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
- 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
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Artwork
US prototype box art
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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103,876,080 | CD-ROM (EU) | MK81109-50 V1.005 | ||||||||||
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103,586,784 | 1995-09-21 | CD-ROM (JP) | GS-9061 V1.010 | |||||||||
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103,878,432 | CD-ROM (US) | 81109 V1.003 |
External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese): Saturn
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
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 118
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 91
- ↑ File:Wsb sat us manual.pdf, page 34
- ↑ ', "February 1996" (; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-12-12)
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 30
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 95
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 5, episode 7" (1995-11-07, 24:00) (+11:07)
- ↑ ', "Aprel 1996" (; 1996-xx-xx), page 39
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 116
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 82
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 143
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 88
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 69
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 91
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 113
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 64
- ↑ Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 76
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 76
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 187
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 14
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 71
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), 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) |
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World Series Baseball (1993) | World Series Baseball '95 (1994) | Nomo's World Series Baseball (1995) |
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World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders (1995) |
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World Series Baseball (1995) | World Series Baseball II (1996) | World Series Baseball 98 (1997) |
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World Series Baseball '96 (1996) |
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World Series 99 (1999) | World Series Baseball (2001) |
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World Series Baseball 2K1 (2000) | World Series Baseball 2K2 (2001) |
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World Series Baseball (2002) | World Series Baseball 2K3 (2003) |
| World Series Baseball related media | |
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