World Class Baseball

1988 video game
  • JP: Hudson Soft
  • NA: NEC
Composer(s)Daisuke InoueSeriesPower LeaguePlatform(s)TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, X68000ReleaseTurboGrafx-16
  • JP: June 24, 1988
  • NA: August 29, 1989
X68000
  • JP: December 1988
Virtual Console
  • NA: September 17, 2007
  • EU: September 21, 2007
Genre(s)SportsMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

World Class Baseball is a baseball video game originally released for the NEC PC Engine in 1988. It was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console service in North America on September 17, 2007, and in PAL regions on September 21, 2007.

Gameplay

World Class Baseball features 12 teams that must be defeated in the single player Pennant Mode, a knockout competition. Upon defeating all teams, the player faces off against the Turbo Tigers, a non-player selectable team of all-stars. The game also gives the option for players to compete in a one or two player versus exhibition game, or to watch two computer controlled teams play each other.

Teams

  • Turbo Tigers (Hudson Bees in Japanese version)
North Division
* Tokyo Ninjas
* New York City Apples
* L.A. Stars
* Toronto Towers
* Chicago Winds
* London Lords		 South Division
* Paris Fries
* Rome Togas
* Moscow Bears
* Peking Ducks
* Bangkok Buddhas
* Sydney Sharks

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Aktueller Software Markt(TG-16) 9/12[1]
Eurogamer(Wii) 7/10[2]
Famitsu(TG-16) 5/10[3]
Nintendo Life(Wii) [4]
TurboPlay(TG-16) [6]
Award
PublicationAward
Electronic Gaming Monthly (1989)Best Sports-Themed Video Game (TG-16)[5]

In November 1993, Famitsu magazine's Reader Cross Review gave the game a 5 out of 10.[3]

References

  1. ^ Siegk, Matthias (July 1989). "BASEBALL: SEGA contra PC-ENGINE – Offener Schlagabtausch zweier Konsolen... — Power League Baseball". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). No. 33. Tronic Verlag. pp. 66–67.
  2. ^ Whitehead, Dan (September 24, 2007). "Virtual Console Roundup – Ninja ninja baseball". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "読者クロスレビュー: スーパーパワーリーグ". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 257. ASCII Corporation. November 12–19, 1993. p. 40.
  4. ^ "World Class Baseball Review (TG-16) – Batter up!". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. September 17, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Best And Worst Of 1989 – Best Sports-Themed Video Game". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 5. Sendai Publishing. December 1989. p. 18.
  6. ^ "TurboPlay Rates the Games – Volume 2: World Class Baseball". TurboPlay. No. 11. Larry Flynt Publications. February–March 1992. p. 30.

External links

  • icon1980s portal
  • flagJapan portal
  • Video games portal


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