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World Series Baseball World Series Baseball - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

World Series Baseball - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A baseball game that offered many more play options than previous video baseball games. The game used analog joysticks for precise control of swings and pitches.

World Series Baseball was produced by Cinematronics in 1984.

Cinematronics released 33 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. Cinematronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period World Series Baseball was produced include: Hovercraft, Brix, Cosmic Chasm, Dragon's Lair, Freeze, Space Ace, Express Delivery, Baseball The Season, Cerberus, and Mayhem 2002

Specs

Name World Series Baseball
Developer Cinematronics (United States)
Year 1984
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 10486
Class Wide Release
Genre Baseball
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player Controls Differ
Controls
  • Joystick: Analog
  • Joystick: Analog
Sound Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
  • Counter-Top/Table-Top/Bar-Top

World Series Baseball KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.20 (7 votes)

Fun Factor: 2.97

Overall Like 3.14
Fun (Social) 3.43
Fun (Solo) 3.00
Collector Desire 2.14

Technical Rating: 3.43

Gameplay 3.43
Graphics 3.29
Originality 3.57
Sound/Music 3.43

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op World Series Baseball Census

There are 15,181 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,631 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,383 machines (6,976 unique titles).

Common - There are 22 known instances of this machine owned by World Series Baseball collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a World Series Baseball machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra World Series Baseball circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for World Series Baseball.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Legacy

  1. World Series Baseball
  2. World Series - The Season
  3. Baseball The Season II
  4. Super Baseball Double Play Home Run Derby
  5. Strike Zone Baseball

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1937 WORLD SERIES BASEBALL GAME MANUAL BY ROCK-OLA 

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