World Series Baseball (video game series)
Video game series developed by Sega
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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 | |||
