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{{Infobox video game<br />
|title = World Class Baseball<br />
|image = TurboGrafx-16 World Class Baseball cover art.jpg<br />
|developer = [[Hudson Soft]]<br />
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Hudson Soft|NA|[[NEC]]}}<br />
|composer = Daisuke Inoue<br />
|series = ''Power League''<br />
|platforms = [[TurboGrafx-16]], [[Virtual Console]], [[X68000]]<br />
|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}}<br />
|genre = [[Sports game|Sports]]<br />
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''World Class Baseball''''' is a [[baseball]] video game originally released for the [[NEC]] [[TurboGrafx-16|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.<br />
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== Gameplay ==<br />
''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.<br />
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=== Teams ===<br />
* Turbo Tigers (Hudson Bees in Japanese version)<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
|'''North Division'''<br/>* Tokyo Ninjas<br/>* New York City Apples<br/>* L.A. Stars<br/>* [[Toronto]] Towers<br/>* Chicago Winds<br/>* London Lords|| '''South Division'''<br/>* Paris Fries<br/>* [[Rome]] Togas<br/>* Moscow Bears<br/>* [[Beijing|Peking]] Ducks<br/>* [[Bangkok]] Buddhas <br/>* [[Sydney]] Sharks<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
{{Video game reviews<br />
|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><br />
|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><br />
|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=[[ASCII Corporation]]|date=November 12–19, 1993|page=40|lang=ja}}</ref><br />
|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> <br />
|award1Pub = ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' (1989)<br />
|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><br />
|rev1 = ''[[TurboPlay]]''<br />
|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><br />
}}<br />
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In November 1993, ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine's Reader Cross Review gave the game a 5 out of 10.<ref name="FamPL"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Portal|1980s|Japan|Video games}}<br />
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* [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/578600-world-class-baseball ''World Class Baseball''] at [[GameFAQs]]<br />
* [https://www.giantbomb.com/world-class-baseball/3030-20977/ ''World Class Baseball''] at [[Giant Bomb]]<br />
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/world-class-baseball ''World Class Baseball''] at [[MobyGames]]<br />
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[[Category:1988 video games]]<br />
[[Category:Baseball video games]]<br />
[[Category:Hudson Soft games]]<br />
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]<br />
[[Category:TurboGrafx-16 games]]<br />
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]<br />
[[Category:Virtual Console games]]<br />
[[Category:X68000 games]]<br />
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