Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95

Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95
DeveloperBaseball Contents Production
PublisherKonami
PlatformsOriginal version
PlayStation
Kaimaku-ban
PlayStation
Sega Saturn
ReleaseOriginal version
  • JP: December 22, 1994
Kaimaku-ban
  • JP: July 14, 1995 (PS)
  • JP: July 28, 1995 (SS)[1]
GenresSports (baseball)
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95[a] is a sports video game developed by Baseball Contents Production and published by Konami for the PlayStation in Japan in 1994. The game is a port of the first entry in the Power Pros series, which was released on the Super Famicom earlier that year.[2][3]

An updated version titled Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95 Kaimaku-ban[b] was released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1995.

Gameplay

Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū '95 is a Japanese baseball game featuring players with oversized heads.[4]

Reception

The Japanese Sega Saturn Magazine rated the Saturn version 21 out of 30.[5] Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game as "Power Baseball", rating it one star out of five, and criticized its "average" gameplay and the graphics.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 実況パワフルプロ野球'95, Hepburn: Jikkyō Pawafuru Puro Yakyū '95; "Live Powerful Pro Baseball"
  2. ^ Japanese: 実況パワフルプロ野球'95開幕版, Hepburn: Jikkyō Pawafuru Puro Yakyū '95 Kaimaku-ban; "Live Powerful Pro Baseball Opening Edition"

References

  1. ^ a b Tsūshin, Hamamura; Hada, Takayuki; Watanabe, Miki; Uchisawa, Goro (August 4, 1995). "New Games Cross Review". Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (in Japanese). No. 346. ASCII Corporation. p. 33.
  2. ^ EGM2 staff (July 1994). "Special Feature: The Sony PS-X 32-Bit Video Game System". EGM2. No. 1. Sendai Publishing. p. 116. ISSN 1058-918X.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Super GamePower staff (July 1994). "Circuito Aberto: O PlayStation da Sony Mostra Seu Poder" [Open Circuit: Sony's PlayStation Shows Its Power]. Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 4. Editora Nova Cultural. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b c Next Generation staff (August 1995). "Finals". Next Generation. No. 8. Imagine Media. pp. 68–9. ISSN 1078-9693.
  5. ^ a b Sega Saturn Magazine staff (August 1995). "実況パワフルプロ野球'95開幕版". Sega Saturn Magazine (in Japanese). SB Creative. p. 144.
  6. ^ Super GamePower staff (April 1995). "PlayStation: Powerful Pro Baseball '95". Super GamePower (in Portuguese). No. 13. Editora Nova Cultural. p. 59.
  7. ^ Ultimate Future Games staff (October 1995). "Petit Test Powerful Pro Baseball '95" (PDF). Ultimate Future Games. No. 11. Future plc. p. 84. ISSN 1355-7289. Archived from the original on 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2025-03-15.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ O'Connor, Frank (November 1995). "Sega Saturn Review: Power Pro Baseball". Ultimate Gamer. No. 4. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 70. ISSN 1081-4582.