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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Whitehead, Dan (September 24, 2007). "Virtual Console Roundup – Ninja ninja baseball". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links[edit]
- World Class Baseball at GameFAQs
- World Class Baseball at Giant Bomb
- World Class Baseball at MobyGames
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