World Class Baseball

World Class Baseball
DeveloperHudson Soft
Publishers
ComposerDaisuke Inoue
SeriesPower League
PlatformsTurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, X68000
ReleaseTurboGrafx-16
  • JP: June 24, 1988
  • NA: August 29, 1989
X68000
  • JP: December 1988
Virtual Console
  • NA: September 17, 2007
  • EU: September 21, 2007
GenreSports
ModesSingle-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, in 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

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

World Class Baseball garnered mixed reviews from critics.

References

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  8. ↑ "Best and Worst of 1989". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 5. Sendai Publishing. December 1989. pp. 17–24.
  9. ↑ The Eliminator (September–October 1989). "TurboGrafx ProView: World Class Baseball". GamePro. No. 3. IDG. pp. 48–49.
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  11. ↑ Randall, Neil (April 1990). "Turbo Players: Outstanding Turbostick And Sports Games". Game Players. Vol. 2, no. 4. Signal Research. pp. 49–51.
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