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.

Games

The games in the series include:

• World Series Baseball, the first game in this series^[2]
• World Series Baseball, Saturn version
• World Series Baseball '95^[3][4][5][6]
• World Series Baseball '96^[7]
• World Series Baseball II^[8]
• World Series Baseball '98^[9][10][11]
• World Series Baseball 2K1
• World Series Baseball 2K2
• World Series Baseball 2K3

Cover Athletes

List of Standard Cover Athletes

Game	Cover Star
	Name	Team
World Series Baseball 2K2	Pedro Martinez (Dreamcast)	Boston Red Sox
	Jason Giambi (Xbox)	New York Yankees
World Series Baseball 2K3	Jason Giambi
ESPN Major League Baseball

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.