Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. It was introduced to Japan in 1872 by Horace Wilson, who taught at the Kaisei School in Tokyo. The first baseball team was called the Shimbashi Athletic Club and was established in 1878. Baseball has been a popular sport ever since. It is called yakyu in Japanese, combining the characters for field and ball.
The professional baseball association is called Nippon Professional Baseball. Japan has two leagues, as in the United States. The Central and Pacific Leagues each consist of six teams. The Pacific League uses the designated hitter style of play. The pro baseball season is eight months long with games beginning in April, and a Championship held in October. Teams play 144 games, as compared to the 162 games of the American major league teams.
Corporations with interests outside baseball own the teams. Historically, teams have been identified with their owners, not where the team is based. However, in recent years, many owners have chosen to include a place name in the names of their teams; seven of the 12 NPB teams are currently named with both corporate and place names. Maruha Corporation has taken this one step farther by completely dropping its name from its NPB team, the Yokohama BayStars.
Pro Yakyuu Simulation Dugout '99 is a baseball simulation game with data from more than 800 players. In the game the player is a manager of a japanese baseball team that can choose the tactics (players, pitching rotation, order pattern, etc), the lineup, trade players, etc. He can also check the team information watching statistics, newspapers, the farm, etc.
The game features 2 different game modes:
- Pennant Race: The Main mode the player can control all the different parts of the team (tactics, trade players, etc.)
- Pre Season Game: In this mode the player can play a quick game againts a computer opponent or watch a match between computer controlled teams.
Manufacturer's description:
Full-scale professional baseball simulation that is equipped with a vast amount of data, and thorough pursuit of reality. The recorded data of the player 800 people or more in total 1.2 military, work as a director of the pre-game and determining the starting lineup members and replacement of 1.2 Army of course, to a small part such as strategy and instructions Substitution during the game you can deal the cards remain oneself.
Features:
- First person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Baseball theme.
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