Kyuukai Douchuuki

Kyuukai Douchuuki

Release Date	Arcade: May 1990 Mega Drive: July 12 1991
Platforms	Arcade, Sega Mega Drive
Developer	Arcade: Namco Mega Drive: Namcot (Namco home division)
Publisher	Namco
Original Price	6000 yen
Team Names	Parodized pro teams and fictional teams
Player Names	Parodized pro players and fictional players

Kyuukai Douchuuki ("Baseball World Travelogue") is an action baseball game by Namco for Arcade and Mega Drive. The title is a pun on the Namco arcade game Yokai Douchuuki, and the main character Tarosuke from that game appears here.

Parody name versions of both MLB and NPB players and teams are included. Other regions of the world also have their own leagues, with fictional names drawn from cultural items (food, literature characters, etc.) or celebrities from those regions.

The arcade version's main theme has been used since 1991 as the theme song for the Fuji TV baseball bloopers program Pro Yakyuu: Chin Play Kou Play ("Pro Baseball: Strange Plays and Great Plays").

Gameplay Video

Arcade

Mega Drive

Instruction Manual

Arcade

Mega Drive

Secrets

• Unlock three hidden teams - Enter World Tour mode, then select Continue. For your password, enter ZVN。(make sure to use the open circle dot, not the standard period). The commentator will say "You can now select the ZVN teams." Reset the console, then go into 1P vs. 2P or 1P vs. CPU modes. Three new leagues with one team each will appear. Z team are Greek gods, V team are Hindu gods, and N team is the Namco Stars, made up of characters from Namco games.
• Commentary on C and P league teams - The commentator will give a brief note about each C or P league team. See these by going to World Tour mode, then select Continue. Enter the abbreviation for one of these teams followed by as many periods as necessary to fill out the full password, then select End. The commentator will describe the team then ask you to select a new password.
• Hidden messages - Enter World Tour mode, then select Continue. For your password, enter KIKU. The commentator will say "The artist's face," for unknown reasons. Enter "END." and the commentator will say "Fuji is the #1 mountain in Japan."

Physical Media

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  Kyuukai Douchuuki full Mega Drive box art

Magazine Clippings

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  Preview part 1 from Mega Drive FAN Issue 18

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  Preview Part 2 from Mega Drive FAN Issue 18

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  Preview from Comptiq Vol 66