World Class Baseball

Short description: 1988 video game

World Class Baseball

Developer(s)| Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)|

* JP: Hudson Soft
* NA: NEC

Composer(s)| Daisuke Inoue
Series| Power League
Platform(s)| TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, X68000
Release| TurboGrafx-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)| 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.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 1.1 Teams
* 2 Reception
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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

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## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
CVG| 86%,[2] 70%[3]
Eurogamer| 7/10[4]
GameSpot| 4/10[5]
IGN| 5.5/10[6]
Nintendo Life| 6/10[7]
| Award

Publication| Award
Electronic Gaming Monthly (1989)| Best Sports-Themed Video Game (TG-16)[8]

World Class Baseball garnered mixed reviews from critics.[9][10][11][12]

## References

1. ↑ Siegk, Matthias (June–July 1989). "Konsolen: Baseball: Sega contra PC-Engine - Offener Schlagabtausch zweier Konsolen..." (in de). Aktueller Software Markt (Tronic Verlag) 4 (7): 66–67. https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1989.06-07/page/n65/mode/2up.
2. ↑ "The Complete Games Guide". Computer and Video Games (EMAP) 1: 46–77. October 16, 1989. https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Complete_Guide_to_Consoles_1/page/66/mode/1up.
3. ↑ "The Complete Games Guide: PC Engine". Computer and Video Games (EMAP) 4: 40–57. November 1990. https://archive.org/details/Complete_Guide_to_Consoles_Volume_IV_1990_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n49/mode/2up.
4. ↑ Whitehead, Dan (September 24, 2007). "Virtual Console Roundup: Ninja ninja baseball". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/R_vcroundup_240907.
5. ↑ Provo, Frank (September 20, 2007). "World Class Baseball Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/world-class-baseball-review/1900-6179405/.
6. ↑ Thomas, Lucas M. (October 25, 2007). "World Class Baseball (Virtual Console) Review". IGN. IGN Entertainment. http://wii.ign.com/articles/830/830347p1.html.
7. ↑ Calvert, Darren (September 16, 2007). "World Class Baseball (Wii Virtual Console / TurboGgrafx-16) Review". Nintendo Life. Gamer Network. http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2007/09/world_class_baseball_virtual_console.
8. ↑ "Best and Worst of 1989". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Sendai Publishing) (5): 17–24. December 1989. https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_05/page/n17/mode/1up.
9. ↑ The Eliminator (September-October 1989). "TurboGrafx ProView: World Class Baseball". GamePro (IDG) (3): 48–49. https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-3-september-october-1989-600dpi/GamePro - Issue 3 September October 1989 (Compressed)/page/48/mode/2up.
10. ↑ "Sneak Preview - TurboGrafx-16 Software: World Class Baseball". Computer Entertainer (Marylou Badeaux) 8 (9): p. 9. December 1989. https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-8-9/page/9/mode/1up.
11. ↑ Randall, Neil (April 1990). "Turbo Players: Outstanding Turbostick And Sports Games". Game Players (Signal Research) 2 (4): 49–51. https://archive.org/details/game-players-issue-10-vol.-2-no.-4-april-1990/page/50/mode/2up.
12. ↑ Nauert, Donn (February–March 1991). "TurboPlay Rates the Games". TurboPlay (Larry Flynt Publications) (5): 24–28. https://archive.org/details/turbo-play/05_TurboPlay_1991_February/page/n27/mode/1up.

## External links

* World Class Baseball at GameFAQs
* World Class Baseball at Giant Bomb
* World Class Baseball at MobyGames

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