World Series Baseball

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	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
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.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op World Series Baseball Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 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

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