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== Reception ==
== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
{{Video game reviews
|ASM = (TG-16) 9/12<ref name="ASMtg-16PLB">{{cite magazine|last=Siegk|first=Matthias|url=https://archive.org/stream/asm_magazine-1989-67#page/n65/mode/2up|title=BASEBALL: SEGA contra PC-ENGINE – Offener Schlagabtausch zweier Konsolen... — Power League Baseball |magazine=Aktueller Software Markt|issue=33|publisher=Tronic Verlag|date=July 1989|pages=66–67|lang=de}}</ref>
| ASM = 9/12<ref name="ASMplbb">{{cite magazine|last=Siegk|first=Matthias|url=https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1989.06-07/page/n65/mode/2up|title=Konsolen: Baseball: Sega contra PC-Engine - Offener Schlagabtausch zweier Konsolen...|magazine=Aktueller Software Markt|volume=4|issue=7|publisher=Tronic Verlag|date=June–July 1989|pages=66–67|language=de}}</ref>
|EuroG = (Wii) 7/10<ref name="EuroGVCwcb">{{cite web|last=Whitehead|first=Dan|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/R_vcroundup_240907|title=Virtual Console Roundup – Ninja ninja baseball|work=Eurogamer|publisher=Gamer Network|date=September 24, 2007|access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref>
| CVG = 86%,<ref name="CVGplb:0">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Complete_Guide_to_Consoles_1/page/66/mode/1up|title=The Complete Games Guide|magazine=Computer and Video Games|type=special|volume=1|edition=Complete Guide To Consoles|publisher=EMAP|date=October 16, 1989|pages=46–77}}</ref> 70%<ref name="CVGplb:1">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Complete_Guide_to_Consoles_Volume_IV_1990_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n49/mode/2up|title=The Complete Games Guide: PC Engine|magazine=Computer and Video Games|type=special|volume=4|edition=Complete Guide To Consoles|publisher=EMAP|date=November 1990|pages=40–57}}</ref>
|Fam = (TG-16) 5/10<ref name="FamPL">{{cite magazine|title= 読者クロスレビュー: スーパーパワーリーグ|magazine=Famitsu|issue=257|publisher=[[Company:ASCII Corporation|ASCII Corporation]]|date=November 12–19, 1993|page=40|lang=ja}}</ref>
| EuroG = 7/10<ref name="EuroGVCwcb">{{cite web|last=Whitehead|first=Dan|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/R_vcroundup_240907|title=Virtual Console Roundup: Ninja ninja baseball|work=Eurogamer|publisher=Gamer Network|date=September 24, 2007|access-date=2025-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909184135/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/R_vcroundup_240907|archive-date=2021-09-09|url-status=live}}</ref>
|NLife = (Wii) {{Rating|6|10}}<ref name="NLifeVCWCB">{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/tg16/world_class_baseball|title=World Class Baseball Review (TG-16) – Batter up!|work=Nintendo Life|publisher=Nlife Media|date=September 17, 2007|access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref>  
| GSpot = 4/10<ref name="GSpotVCwcb">{{cite web|last=Provo|first=Frank|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/world-class-baseball-review/1900-6179405/|title= World Class Baseball Review|work=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=September 20, 2007|access-date=2025-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221015753/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/world-class-baseball-review/1900-6179405/|archive-date=2019-02-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|award1Pub = ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' (1989)
| IGN = 5.5/10<ref name="IGNVCwcb">{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Lucas M.|url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/830/830347p1.html|title=World Class Baseball (Virtual Console) Review|work=IGN|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=October 25, 2007|access-date=2025-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230200611/http://wii.ign.com/articles/830/830347p1.html|archive-date=2008-12-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|award1 = Best Sports-Themed Video Game <small>(TG-16)</small><ref name="EGMTBo89">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/stream/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_05/page/n17/mode/1up|title=Best And Worst Of 1989 – Best Sports-Themed Video Game|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=5|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=December 1989|page=18}}</ref>
| NLife = 6/10<ref name="NLifeVCwcb">{{cite web|last=Calvert|first=Darren|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2007/09/world_class_baseball_virtual_console|title=World Class Baseball (Wii Virtual Console / TurboGgrafx-16) Review|work=Nintendo Life|publisher=Gamer Network|date=September 16, 2007|access-date=2025-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831042324/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2007/09/world_class_baseball_virtual_console|archive-date=2014-08-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev1 = ''TurboPlay''
| award1Pub = ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' (1989)
|rev1Score = (TG-16) {{Rating|8|10}}<ref name="TPtg-16WCB">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:TurboPlay_US_11.pdf&page=30|title=TurboPlay Rates the Games – Volume 2: World Class Baseball|magazine=TurboPlay|issue=11|publisher=Larry Flynt Publications|date=February–March 1992|page=30}}</ref>
| award1 = Best Sports-Themed Video Game {{small|(TG-16)}}<ref name="EGM5">{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_05/page/n17/mode/1up|title=Best and Worst of 1989|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=5|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=December 1989|pages=17–24}}</ref>
}}
}}
 
''World Class Baseball'' garnered mixed reviews from critics.<ref name="GameProWCB">{{cite magazine|author=The Eliminator|url=https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-3-september-october-1989-600dpi/GamePro%20-%20Issue%203%20September%20October%201989%20%28Compressed%29/page/48/mode/2up|title=TurboGrafx ProView: World Class Baseball|magazine=GamePro|issue=3|publisher=IDG|date=September-October 1989|pages=48–49}}</ref><ref name="CEwcb">{{cite news|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Celeste|date=December 1989|url=https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-8-9/page/9/mode/1up|title=Sneak Preview - TurboGrafx-16 Software: World Class Baseball|work=Computer Entertainer|volume=8|issue=9|publisher=Marylou Badeaux|page=9}}</ref><ref name="GPwcb">{{cite magazine|last=Randall|first=Neil|url=https://archive.org/details/game-players-issue-10-vol.-2-no.-4-april-1990/page/50/mode/2up|title=Turbo Players: Outstanding Turbostick And Sports Games|magazine=Game Players|volume=2|issue=4|publisher=Signal Research|date=April 1990|pages=49–51}}</ref><ref name="TPwcb">{{cite magazine|last=Nauert|first=Donn|url=https://archive.org/details/turbo-play/05_TurboPlay_1991_February/page/n27/mode/1up|title=TurboPlay Rates the Games|magazine=TurboPlay|issue=5|publisher=Larry Flynt Publications|date=February–March 1991|pages=24–28}}</ref>
In November 1993, ''Famitsu'' magazine's Reader Cross Review gave the game a 5 out of 10.<ref name="FamPL"/>
 
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==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 12:46, 12 April 2026

Short description: 1988 video game
World Class Baseball
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Daisuke Inoue
SeriesPower League
Platform(s)TurboGrafx-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
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

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
CVG86%,[2] 70%[3]
Eurogamer7/10[4]
GameSpot4/10[5]
IGN5.5/10[6]
Nintendo Life6/10[7]
Award
PublicationAward
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%20-%20Issue%203%20September%20October%201989%20%28Compressed%29/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. 




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