World Series Baseball '96 (Mega Drive)

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World Series Baseball '96

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega

Developer: BlueSky Software

Licensor: Major League Baseball Properties, Major League Baseball Players Association

Sound driver: GEMS

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1996-07-17^[1]	$59.9959.99^[2]^[3]	1242

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World Series Baseball '96 is a sequel (or update) to World Series Baseball '95. It was released exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive in North America. A PC version was planned^[4], but cancelled.

Production credits

Developed by: BlueSky Software
Game Design: Chuck Osieja, Jay Panek, Dana Christianson
Producer: Chris Smith
Assistant Producer: David Perkinson
Product Manager: Brad Hogan
Lead Artist: Scott Seidel
Artists: Rick Randolph, John Seidel, Joe Shoopack, Drew Krevi, George Simmons, Ray Ferro, Phil Gordon, Brian McMurdo, Chris Kreidel, Amber Long, Dok Whitson, Geoff Knobel
Lead Programmer: David Dentt
Programmers: Bill James, Larry Claque, Kevin Baca, Mike Nana, Dave Kunkler
Sound, Speech, and Music: Sam Powell
Voice Talent: Steve Mollenhauer, Tim Stavlor, Scott Seidel, Chuck Osieja, Jay Panek, John Holland
Manual: T.S. Flanagan
Test Lead: Dave Paniagua
Assistant Lead Tests: Lorne Asuncion, Danny Dunn, Matt Prescott
Testers: Rey Alferez, Don Carmichael, Marc Dawson, Mike Dobbins, Scott Farrar, Sam Ford, John Fosnaugh, Chris Garrett, Rob Hernandez, Roderick Hong, Christina Hurley, Ryan Hurth, Matt Ironside, Jeff Junio, Ian Levin, Chris Lucich, Matt Lucich, Tony Lynch, Conner Morlang, Darren Nagtalon, Raul Orozco, Sean Potter, Tony Ragano, Ben Rubright, Len Sayers, Kathleen Silkworth, Jeff Silveria, Tim Spengler, Brian Thoroman, Ferdinand Villar, Pat Walsh, Jeremy Wheat, Charlie Yang, Peter Young
Sega Sports Team: Chris Cutliff, Gerald DeYoung, Rosie Freeman, Tracy Johnson, Scott Rohde
Marketing: John Gillin, Anne Moellering, Christine Nunn
Special Thanks: John Carlucci, Tom Carrol, Tom Dipace, James Doval, Angela Edwards, Sean Hennessy, Michael Kramer, Mark Lorenzen, Willie Mancero, Matt McDonald, Mike McMahon, Joe Miller, Tom Moon, Mark Paniagua, Steve Payne, Karl Robillard, Helene Sheeler, Matt

Source:

Instruction manual^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: World Series Baseball '96 (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[6]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[2]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[8]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[9]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

78

^[10]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[11]

	74
Based on 7 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	04ee8272
MD5	c72fa1e851cc03077a31cb10f6480b5d
SHA-1	f91eeedbadd277904f821dfaae9e46f6078ff207

3MB

1996-05-03^[12]

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/fBWxpxsPS-g/m/JKwXLqcGR2AJ
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 88
↑ Press release: 1996-05-16: ALL-STAR LINE-UP OF SEGA SPORTS VIDEOGAMES EXPANDS THE PROVEN TOP-SELLING FRANCHISE
↑ GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 102
↑ File:World Series Baseball 96 MD US Manual.pdf, page 22
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 342
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 84
↑ Game Informer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 22
↑ Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 162
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 298
↑ VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 77
↑ File:WSB96 MD BSZone1.png

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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)

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[:File:GamePro_US_096.pdf_p88-2] 2.0 ^2.1 GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 88

[Press_release:_1996-05-16:_ALL-STAR_LINE-UP_OF_SEGA_SPORTS_VIDEOGAMES_EXPANDS_THE_PROVEN_TOP-SELLING_FRANCHISE-3] Press release: 1996-05-16: ALL-STAR LINE-UP OF SEGA SPORTS VIDEOGAMES EXPANDS THE PROVEN TOP-SELLING FRANCHISE

[:File:GamePro_US_099.pdf_p102-4] GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 102

[:File:World_Series_Baseball_96_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p22-5] File:World Series Baseball 96 MD US Manual.pdf, page 22

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 342

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0909.pdf_p84-7] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 9 September 1996" (US; 1996-08-06), page 84

[:File:GameInformer_US_040.pdf_p22-8] Game Informer, "August 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 22

[:File:NextGeneration_US_21.pdf_p162-9] Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 162

[10] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 298

[:File:VideoGames_US_92.pdf_p77-11] VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 77

[:File:WSB96_MD_BSZone1.png_p-12] File:WSB96 MD BSZone1.png

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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 '96 (Mega Drive)

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References