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* After hitting a home run, pressing various face buttons during the home run trot will make different celebratory sound effects: For instance, Square makes an airhorn noise, Triangle makes a “Yeah!” sound. | * After hitting a home run, pressing various face buttons during the home run trot will make different celebratory sound effects: For instance, Square makes an airhorn noise, Triangle makes a “Yeah!” sound. | ||
* The loading screens and other information in-game present the game’s title as ''Triple Play 97: Virtual Stadium Baseball'', but the box art makes no mention of “Virtual Stadium” except in the fine print as a trademark of Electronic Arts. It seems like the subtitle was dropped sometime between the game’s development and when the marketing was finalized. | * The loading screens and other information in-game present the game’s title as ''Triple Play 97: Virtual Stadium Baseball'', but the box art makes no mention of “Virtual Stadium” except in the fine print as a trademark of Electronic Arts. It seems like the subtitle was dropped sometime between the game’s development and when the marketing was finalized. | ||
* Buried in the sound options, you can select between three different genres of background music for the main menu: Rock, acidjazz [sic], and roots. “Acidjazz” is a slightly altered version of music made for ''Pro Yakyuu Virtual Stadium'', a Japan-only baseball game developed by EA Sports for the 3DO console. The vocal track on “acidjazz” is a Japanese woman saying “Virtual Stadium,” “baseball game,” and “EA Sports.” | * Buried in the sound options, you can select between three different genres of background music for the main menu: Rock, acidjazz [sic], and roots. “Acidjazz” is a slightly altered version of music made for ''Pro Yakyuu Virtual Stadium'', a Japan-only baseball game developed by EA Sports for the 3DO console. The vocal track on “acidjazz” is a Japanese woman saying “Virtual Stadium,” “baseball game,” and “EA Sports.”[[File:TriplePlay97sizecomparison smaller.jpg|thumb|For comparison, Triple Play 97's tall box early printing next to a standard-sized PS1 game. ]] | ||
* ''Triple Play 97'' comes from the early part of the PlayStation’s history before Sony settled on the standard jewel case size and shape for game packaging. So the box for the original printing of ''Triple Play 97'' is roughly the size and shape of a Sega CD box, tall with a plastic case with a ridged pattern on the front near the spine. A later printing came in the standard jewel case. | * ''Triple Play 97'' comes from the early part of the PlayStation’s history before Sony settled on the standard jewel case size and shape for game packaging. So the box for the original printing of ''Triple Play 97'' is roughly the size and shape of a Sega CD box, tall with a plastic case with a ridged pattern on the front near the spine. A later printing came in the standard jewel case. | ||