World Class Baseball
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{{Short description|1988 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = World Class Baseball
|image = TurboGrafx-16 World Class Baseball cover art.jpg
|developer = Hudson Soft
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Hudson Soft|NA|NEC}}
|composer = Daisuke Inoue
|series = Power League
|platforms = TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console, X68000
|released = TurboGrafx-16{{vgrelease|JP|June 24, 1988|NA|August 29, 1989}} X68000{{vgrelease|JP|December 1988}} Virtual Console{{vgrelease|NA|September 17, 2007|EU|September 21, 2007}}
|genre = Sports
|modes = 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 =
Reception
{{Video game reviews
|ASM = (TG-16) 9/12{{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}}
|EuroG = (Wii) 7/10{{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}}
|Fam = (TG-16) 5/10{{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=ASCII Corporation|date=November 12–19, 1993|page=40|lang=ja}}
|NLife = (Wii) {{Rating|6|10}}{{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}}
|award1Pub = Electronic Gaming Monthly (1989)
|award1 = Best Sports-Themed Video Game (TG-16){{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}}
|rev1 = TurboPlay
|rev1Score = (TG-16) {{Rating|8|10}}{{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}}
}}
In November 1993, Famitsu magazine's Reader Cross Review gave the game a 5 out of 10.
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References
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External links
{{Portal|1980s|Japan|Video games}}
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/578600-world-class-baseball World Class Baseball] at GameFAQs
- [https://www.giantbomb.com/world-class-baseball/3030-20977/ World Class Baseball] at Giant Bomb
- [https://www.mobygames.com/game/world-class-baseball World Class Baseball] at MobyGames
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Virtual Console games
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