World Class Baseball
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| World Class Baseball | |
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Composer(s) | Daisuke Inoue |
| Series | Power League |
| Platform(s) | TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, X68000 |
| Release | TurboGrafx-16 X68000
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(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
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 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] |
| Publication | Award |
|---|---|
| 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
- ^ Siegk, Matthias (July 1989). "BASEBALL: SEGA contra PC-ENGINE – Offener Schlagabtausch zweier Konsolen... — Power League Baseball". Aktueller Software Markt (in Deutsch). No. 33. Tronic Verlag. pp. 66–67.
- ^ Whitehead, Dan (September 24, 2007). "Virtual Console Roundup – Ninja ninja baseball". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 "読者クロスレビュー: スーパーパワーリーグ". Famitsu (in 日本語). No. 257. ASCII Corporation. November 12–19, 1993. p. 40.
- ^ "World Class Baseball Review (TG-16) – Batter up!". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. September 17, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Best And Worst Of 1989 – Best Sports-Themed Video Game". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 5. Sendai Publishing. December 1989. p. 18.
- ^ "TurboPlay Rates the Games – Volume 2: World Class Baseball". TurboPlay. No. 11. Larry Flynt Publications. February–March 1992. p. 30.
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