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Baseball is an early sports game for the Famicom, one of the NES' launch titles in North America, and one of the FDS' launch titles.
Regional Differences#
Title Screen#
Japan |
International |
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The copyright was changed to mention Nintendo of America and strangely omits the symbol in the process. Note that the American copyright attributes the year to 1984; this most certainly coincides with Nintendo's early, failed plans to launch the NES in the states.
Playable Teams#
The international versions changed the letter choices for the various teams. Notably, while no version had a license to use official team names, they nevertheless feature the team name initials of NPB Central League or American MLB teams respectively.
Japan |
International |
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Hiroshima Toyo Carp (C) |
Oakland Athletics (A) |
Chunichi Dragons (D) |
St Louis Cardinals (C) |
Yomiuri Giants (G) |
Los Angeles Dodgers (D) |
Yakult Swallows (S) |
Philadelphia Phillies (P) |
Hanshin Tigers (T) |
Kansas City Royals (R) |
Yokohama Taiyo Whales (W) |
New York Yankees (Y) |
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Additionally, the uniform colors of each available team are different. However the pairs G&A and S&R received similar uniform colors within each ones, while the team colors of Japanese C and of P are the same.
Status Box#
Japan |
Translation |
International |
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回オモテ |
Top of inning |
IN.TOP |
回ウラ |
Bottom of inning |
IN.BOT |
(Source: GameFAQs)
Misc.#
- The pitching and batting distances are measured in km/h in the Japanese versions and mph in the other versions.
- The S and B of the HUD at the lower left corner switched places with each other in the international versions.