ESPN Baseball Tonight (2000)
From Baseball VG Encyclopedia
ESPN Baseball Tonight
| Release Date | Unreleased, planned April 2000 |
|---|---|
| Platforms | Dreamcast |
| Developer | Konami |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Team Names | Real MLB teams |
| Player Names | Real MLB players |
| Commentator(s) | Chris Berman, Joe Morgan |
ESPN Baseball Tonight is an unreleased action baseball game for the Sega Dreamcast, unrelated to ESPN Baseball Tonight (1994).
An Operation Sports preview from February 2000 claimed the commentary team would be Jon Miller and Rick Sutcliffe. The official ESPN The Games site later named Chris Berman and Joe Morgan as the commentary team.
Barry Bonds was likely slated to be the cover athlete. He did an interview for the game in Issue 5 of The Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine, and also appears front and center in a magazine ad from EGM US, Issue 128.
The game was initially expected for an April 2000 release, but was delayed repeatedly.
At E3 in May 2000, the game crashed frequently. A Konami PR rep told GamePen that the game was delayed until 2001, but it would never release.
Official Website Screenshots
Magazine Clippings
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Ad from Electronic Gaming Monthly US 128
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Ad from Electronic Gaming Monthly US 127
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Preview from Electronic Gaming Monthly US 128
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Preview for several baseball games including ESPN Baseball Tonight, from GamePro US 138
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Operation Sports preview
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Preview in The Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine, Issue 5
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Interview with Barry Bonds about ESPN Baseball Tonight in The Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine, Issue 5
