World Series Baseball (video game series)

World Series Baseball is a computer and video game series published by Sega from 1994 to 2003. The series would be succeeded by 2004's ESPN Major League Baseball.

Early in 1998 Sega announced that there would not be a World Series Baseball '99 because it was diverting all development to games for the new Katana console (eventually released as the Dreamcast), and the baseball game it was working on for the Katana would not be ready until at least 1999.[1] The series's two-year hiatus ended with the release of World Series Baseball 2K1 in 2000. Visual Concepts would take over development of the series with 2001's World Series Baseball 2K2, and go on to develop 2K Sports' MLB 2K series following its acquisition by Take-Two Interactive.

List of games

Title Release date Platform Cover athlete
Name Team
World Series Baseball[2] November 1993 Game Gear None
April 1994 Sega Genesis
World Series Baseball November 1995 Sega Saturn Mike Piazza Los Angeles Dodgers
World Series Baseball '95[3][4][5][6] October 1994 Game Gear Bill Swift San Francisco Giants
April 1995 Sega Genesis
February 1996 32X Deion Sanders
World Series Baseball '96[7] August 1996 Sega Genesis Manny Ramirez Cleveland Indians
September 20, 1996 Windows
World Series Baseball II[8] August 24, 1996 Sega Saturn Fred McGriff Atlanta Braves
World Series Baseball '98[9][10][11] July 22, 1997 Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis Chipper Jones
World Series Baseball 2K1 July 25, 2000 Dreamcast Pedro Martínez Boston Red Sox
World Series Baseball 2K2 August 14, 2001
May 21, 2002 Xbox Jason Giambi New York Yankees
World Series Baseball 2K3 March 11, 2003
March 18, 2003 PlayStation 2
ESPN Major League Baseball April 6, 2004 Xbox
May 4, 2004 PlayStation 2

References

  1. ^ Air Hendrix (April 1998). "Scouting Report". GamePro. No. 115. IDG. p. 86.
  2. ^ "Sega Sports' World Series Champ!". GamePro. No. 58. IDG. May 1994. pp. 106–107.
  3. ^ "World Series '95 Smacks a Grand Slam!". GamePro (64). IDG: 184. November 1994.
  4. ^ "World Series '95 Smacks One out of the Park". GamePro (70). IDG: 94. May 1995.
  5. ^ "World Series Baseball '95 (Genesis) by Sega". Electronic Gaming Monthly (69). Sendai Publishing: 108. April 1995.
  6. ^ "World Series Baseball '95". Next Generation (4). Imagine Media: 99. April 1995.
  7. ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. September 1996. p. 160.
  8. ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 24. Imagine Media. December 1996. p. 264.
  9. ^ "Team EGM Sports: World Series Baseball '98". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 98. Ziff Davis. September 1997. p. 129.
  10. ^ "Finals". Next Generation. No. 34. Imagine Media. October 1997. p. 172.
  11. ^ The Rookie (September 1997). "Sega Swings into 3D with its Best World Series Title". GamePro. No. 108. IDG. p. 106.
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