World Series Baseball II

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World Series Baseball II

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

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

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Sports^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-10-25^[2]	¥5,8005,800	GS-9120
US	1996-08-24^[3]	$59.9959.99^[4]	81113
EU	1996-11		MK81113-50
DE	1996-11	DM 99.9599.95^[7]	MK81113-50
UK	1996-10-10^[5]	£39.9939.99^[6]	MK81113-50
PL	1997
AU	199x

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World Series Baseball II (ワールドシリーズベースボールⅡ) 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 August 1996, and was later brought to Japan, Europe, and and Australia in the following months.

The game is a sequel to the 1995 Sega Saturn baseball title World Series Baseball.

Production credits

Producer: David Perkinson
Product Manager: Brad Hogan
Sega Sports Special Teams: Christine Bertoglio, Gerald J. DeYoung, Rosie Freeman, John Gillin, Tracy Johnson, Scott Rohde, Chris Smith
Voice Over: Alan Bruce
Lead Testers: Lorne Ascuncion, Mark Paniagua
Manual: Marc Sherrod
Special Thanks: Mark Subvtnick, Dave Albert, John Carlucci, Chris Cutliff, Rich Pilling, Brad Schlachter, Carolann Dunn, Roy Cooler, Brad Radke, Angela Edwards, John Leonhardt, Phoenix Communications, Gordon Lyon, Kristin Mallory, Jenny Martin, Bryan Reilly, Adam Sevillia, Russell Athletic, Flying Rhino Prod., Merle Kesslet, Spencer Nilsen, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Makoto Nishino, Michikazu Tamamura, Toyoji Kurose, Hideaki Mochida

Cyber Soundlogo mark (©Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1996)

Source:

US manual^[8]

Sega of America Credits

Producer: David Perkinson
Product Manager: Brad Hogan
SEGA Sports Special Teams: Gerald J. DeYoung, Rosie Freeman, Tracy Johnson, Scott Rohde, Chris Smith
Voice Over: Alan Bruce
Lead Testers: Lorne Asuncion, Mark Paniagua

Sega of Japan Credits

Producer: Hirotsugu Kobayashi
Director: Tetsuo Shinyu
Technical Director: Honkang Lee
Sound Director: Tatsuya Kouzaki
Graphic Designers: Takaya Segawa, Katsuhiko Sato, Kazuyuki Iwasawa, Yoshihiro Otani, Mina Tateiwa, Tetsunari Iwasaki, Hideki Kawabata, Sanae Tatsuo
Programmers: Manabu Ishihara, Hiromasa Kaneko, Kazuyuki Mukaida, Ichiro Kasai, Yuichi Morosawa
Game Designer: Tomoko Hasegawa
Sound Creators: Katsuyoshi Nitta, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Seiroh Okamoto
Sound Programmer: Atsumu Miyazawa
Special Thanks: Dave Albert, John Carlucci, Chris Cutliff, John Gillin, Gordon Lyon, Kristin Mallory, Jenny Martin, Bryan Reilly, Adam Sevillia, Russell Athletic, Flying Rhino Prod., Merle Kessler, Spencer Nilsen, Ryoichi Hasegawa, Makoto Nishino, Michikazu Tamamura, Toyoji Kurose, Hideaki Mochida

Cybersound

(C)Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1995, 1996

Source:

In-game credits(JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: World Series Baseball II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

UK newspaper print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #86: "September 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
also published in:

Next Generation (US) #22: "October 1996" (1996-09-17)^[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[10]

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-18: "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (1996-10-11)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-19: "1996-19 (1996-11-08)" (1996-10-25)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

CD Consoles (FR)

PAL

80

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[12]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

60

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[14]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

90

^[16]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

85

^[17]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[18]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

73

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

83

^[20]

Next Generation (US)

100

^[21]

Player One (FR)

70

^[22]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

56

^[23]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

67

^[24]

Saturn+ (UK)

NTSC-U

88

^[25]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

81

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

87

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

57

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

82

^[29]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

86

^[30]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

86

^[31]

Ultra Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[32]

	78
Based on 23 reviews

World Series Baseball II

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, AU
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

247,411,584

CD-ROM (EU)

MK81113-50 V1.003

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

247,383,360

1996-09-19

CD-ROM (JP)

GS-9120 V1.008

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

307,502,832

CD-ROM (US)

81113 V1.001

External links

Sega of America webpage: Mega Drive

References

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:WSBII_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:WSBII Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

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[Press_release:_1996-05-16:_ALL-STAR_LINE-UP_OF_SEGA_SPORTS_VIDEOGAMES_EXPANDS_THE_PROVEN_TOP-SELLING_FRANCHISE-4] Press release: 1996-05-16: ALL-STAR LINE-UP OF SEGA SPORTS VIDEOGAMES EXPANDS THE PROVEN TOP-SELLING FRANCHISE

[:File:DailyMirror_UK_1996-10-10_45.png_p-5] File:DailyMirror UK 1996-10-10 45.png

[:File:CVG_UK_181.pdf_p90-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-xx), page 90

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_36.pdf_p71-7] Sega Magazin, "November 1996" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 71

[:File:Wsbii_sat_us_manual.pdf_p44-8] File:Wsbii sat us manual.pdf, page 44

[:File:NextGeneration_US_22.pdf_p115-9] Next Generation, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-17), page 115

[:File:EGM_US_087.pdf_p167-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 167

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_24.pdf_p116-11] CD Consoles, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 116

[12] Famitsu, "1996-11-01" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-12.pdf_p99-13] Fun Generation, "12/96" (DE; 1996-11-13), page 99

[:File:GamePro_US_098.pdf_p145-14] GamePro, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 145

[:File:GameInformer_US_042.pdf_p47-15] Game Informer, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 47

[:File:Joypad_FR_058.pdf_p80-16] Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 80

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-11.pdf_p85-17] MAN!AC, "11/96" (DE; 1996-10-09), page 85

[:File:MegaForce_FR_54.pdf_p70-18] Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 70

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-10.pdf_p66-19] Mega Fun, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-18), page 66

[:File:MeanMachinesSega49UK.pdf_p72-20] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 72

[:File:NextGeneration_US_24.pdf_p266-21] Next Generation, "December 1996" (US; 1996-11-19), page 266

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_070.pdf_p136-22] Player One, "Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 136

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-22_19961101.pdf_p192-23] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 22" (JP; 1996-10-18), page 192

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-25_19961213.pdf_p70-24] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 25" (JP; 1996-11-29), page 70

[:File:SaturnPlus_UK_04.pdf_p31-25] Saturn+, "Issue 4" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 31

[:File:SegaPower_UK_86.pdf_p58-26] Sega Power, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 58

[:File:SSM_UK_13.pdf_p68-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-17), page 68

[:File:SSM_JP_19961025_1996-18.pdf_p225-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-18 (1996-10-25)" (JP; 1996-10-11), page 225

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_02.pdf_p60-30] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 60

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p67-31] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 67

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_090.pdf_p129-32] Ultra Game Players, "November 1996" (US; 1996-10-08), page 129

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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 II

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References