World Stadium
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World Stadium is a series of baseball
arcade game
s that were released by Namco
in the late 1980s and 1990s in Japan
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Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
s that were released by Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
in the late 1980s and 1990s in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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- World Stadium (ワールドスタジアム) 1988 Namco System 1Namco System 1The Namco System 1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in April 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 86 arcade system board. Due to its release date, it was originally called Namco System 87 according to the Namco Museum series.Yokai Douchuuki was the first game to...
- World Stadium '89 (ワールドスタジアム '89) 1989 Namco System 1Namco System 1The Namco System 1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in April 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 86 arcade system board. Due to its release date, it was originally called Namco System 87 according to the Namco Museum series.Yokai Douchuuki was the first game to...
- World Stadium '90 (ワールドスタジアム '90) 1990 Namco System 1Namco System 1The Namco System 1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in April 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 86 arcade system board. Due to its release date, it was originally called Namco System 87 according to the Namco Museum series.Yokai Douchuuki was the first game to...
- Super World Stadium (スーパーワールドスタジアム) 1991 Namco System 2Namco System 2The Namco System 2 arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 1 arcade system board....
- Super World Stadium '92 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '92) 1992 Namco System 2Namco System 2The Namco System 2 arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 1 arcade system board....
- Super World Stadium '93 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '93) 1993 Namco System 2Namco System 2The Namco System 2 arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 1 arcade system board....
- Super World Stadium '95 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '95) 1995 Namco NB-1Namco NB-1The Namco 32-bit NB-1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1993. NB-2 has different memory map, more complex sprite and tile banking and 2 additional ROZ layers than NB-1.-Namco NB-1/NB-2 specifications:...
- Super World Stadium '96 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '96) 1996 Namco NB-1Namco NB-1The Namco 32-bit NB-1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1993. NB-2 has different memory map, more complex sprite and tile banking and 2 additional ROZ layers than NB-1.-Namco NB-1/NB-2 specifications:...
- Super World Stadium '97 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '97) 1997 Namco NB-1Namco NB-1The Namco 32-bit NB-1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in 1993. NB-2 has different memory map, more complex sprite and tile banking and 2 additional ROZ layers than NB-1.-Namco NB-1/NB-2 specifications:...
- Super World Stadium '98 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '98) 1998 Namco System 12Namco System 12The Namco System 12 is an arcade system board released by Namco in late 1996. In hardware, it is an upgrade from Sony's PlayStation-based System 11, the MIPS R3000A microprocessor is 50% faster, and the C76 sound processor is replaced by the H8/3002...
- Super World Stadium '99 (スーパーワールドスタジアム '99) 1999 Namco System 12Namco System 12The Namco System 12 is an arcade system board released by Namco in late 1996. In hardware, it is an upgrade from Sony's PlayStation-based System 11, the MIPS R3000A microprocessor is 50% faster, and the C76 sound processor is replaced by the H8/3002...
- Super World Stadium 2000 (スーパーワールドスタジアム 2000) 2000 Namco System 12Namco System 12The Namco System 12 is an arcade system board released by Namco in late 1996. In hardware, it is an upgrade from Sony's PlayStation-based System 11, the MIPS R3000A microprocessor is 50% faster, and the C76 sound processor is replaced by the H8/3002...
- Super World Stadium 2001 (スーパーワールドスタジアム 2001) 2001 Namco System 12Namco System 12The Namco System 12 is an arcade system board released by Namco in late 1996. In hardware, it is an upgrade from Sony's PlayStation-based System 11, the MIPS R3000A microprocessor is 50% faster, and the C76 sound processor is replaced by the H8/3002...