Triple Play 97 - Revision history

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	File:Triple-Play-97-EGM-86.png\|Tip about super created players using dev names, in Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 86		File:Triple-Play-97-EGM-86.png\|Tip about super created players using dev names, in Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 86
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			== External Links ==

			* [https://the-cauldron.com/an-ode-to-erik-kiss-virtual-home-run-king-a52a180396e9 An Ode to Erik Kiss: Virtual Home Run King essay by Stephon Johnson in Sports Illustrated: The Cauldron (Feb 29, 2016)]

	[[Category:Released in 1996]]		[[Category:Released in 1996]]
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	\| playernames = Real MLB players		\| playernames = Real MLB players
	\| coverathlete = Tony Gwynn		\| coverathlete = Tony Gwynn
			\| adaptedfrom = [[Pro Yakyuu Virtual Stadium]]
	\| precededby = [[Triple Play 96]]		\| precededby = [[Triple Play 96]]
	\| followedby = [[Triple Play 98]]		\| followedby = [[Triple Play 98]]

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	== Description ==		== Description ==
	''Triple Play 97'' is the second game in the ''Triple Play'' series and second U.S.-released baseball game developed internally at EA Sports by the team sometimes known as Extended Play Productions, part of EA Canada. EA Sports developed two baseball games in 1995: ''Triple Play 96'', a 2D baseball game for Sega Genesis, and ''Pro Yakyuu Virtual Stadium'', a Japan-only baseball game for 3DO using 3D-modeled stadiums and pre-rendered sprites of 3D-style baseball players. ''Triple Play 97'' is an adaptation of ''Virtual Stadium'' or the U.S. market and PlayStation console, with the same game design and some shared art and sound assets. The game includes all 28 Major League Baseball parks, 3D-modeled and with slick intro cinematics for each showing the camera flying down into the park from above.		''Triple Play 97'' is the second game in the ''Triple Play'' series and second U.S.-released baseball game developed internally at EA Sports by the team sometimes known as Extended Play Productions, part of EA Canada. EA Sports developed two baseball games in 1995: ''Triple Play 96'', a 2D baseball game for Sega Genesis, and ''Pro Yakyuu Virtual Stadium'', a Japan-only baseball game for 3DO using 3D-modeled stadiums and pre-rendered sprites of 3D-style baseball players. ''Triple Play 97'' is an adaptation of ''Virtual Stadium'' for the U.S. market and PlayStation console, with the same game design and some shared art and sound assets. The game includes all 28 Major League Baseball parks, 3D-modeled and with slick intro cinematics for each showing the camera flying down into the park from above.

	Any pitcher can throw any of the game’s ten pitches: “Slow” fastball, fastball, Changeup, curveball, screwball, slider, sinker, splitfinger, knuckleball, or pitchout. Each pitcher has different ratings for each pitch. Hitters can choose an open, closed, or normal stance before each pitch then make a normal swing, power swing, or bunt. Holding the D-pad in a direction will influence the ball to be hit in that direction (for instance, holding Up makes a flyball more likely, and left will hit the ball to the batter’s left).		Any pitcher can throw any of the game’s ten pitches: “Slow” fastball, fastball, Changeup, curveball, screwball, slider, sinker, splitfinger, knuckleball, or pitchout. Each pitcher has different ratings for each pitch. Hitters can choose an open, closed, or normal stance before each pitch then make a normal swing, power swing, or bunt. Holding the D-pad in a direction will influence the ball to be hit in that direction (for instance, holding Up makes a flyball more likely, and left will hit the ball to the batter’s left).

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	'''''Triple Play 97''''' is an early 3D baseball video game developed by EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, for PC and the Sony PlayStation. The game uses pre-rendered sprites of 3D-modeled players over 3D-modeled stadiums to simulate full 3D graphics, similarly to ''MLB Pennant Race'', released the same year for PlayStation.		'''''Triple Play 97''''' is an early 3D baseball video game developed by EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, for PC and the Sony PlayStation. The game uses pre-rendered sprites of 3D-modeled players over 3D-modeled stadiums to simulate full 3D graphics, similarly to ''MLB Pennant Race'', released the same year for PlayStation.

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	== Gameplay Video ==		== Gameplay Video ==

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	''Triple Play 97'' is an early 3D baseball video game developed by EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, for PC and the Sony PlayStation. The game uses pre-rendered sprites of 3D-modeled players over 3D-modeled stadiums to simulate full 3D graphics, similarly to ''MLB Pennant Race'', released the same year for PlayStation.		'''''Triple Play 97''''' is an early 3D baseball video game developed by EA Sports, a division of Electronic Arts, for PC and the Sony PlayStation. The game uses pre-rendered sprites of 3D-modeled players over 3D-modeled stadiums to simulate full 3D graphics, similarly to ''MLB Pennant Race'', released the same year for PlayStation.

	== Gameplay Video ==		== Gameplay Video ==

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	== Magazine Clippings ==		== Magazine Clippings ==
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			File:Triple-Play-97-EGM-85.png\|Two-page Triple Play 97 ad from Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 85
			File:Triple-Play-97-Tony-Gwynn-interview-EGM-85.png\|Preview interview with Tony Gwynn from Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 85
			File:Triple-Play-97-GamePro-94.png\|Preview from GamePro, Issue 94
			File:Triple-Play-97-GamePro-95.png\|Review from GamePro, Issue 95
			File:Triple-Play-97-EGM-84.png\|A review of Triple Play 97 from Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 84
			File:Triple-Play-97-EGM-86.png\|Tip about super created players using dev names, in Electronic Gaming Monthly, Issue 86
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	[[Category:Released in 1996]]		[[Category:Released in 1996]]
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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.

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	== Gameplay Video ==		== Gameplay Video ==
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	'''PC ~~version:~~'''		=== '''PC''' ===
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