超空間ナイター プロ野球キング
Chou-Kuukan Night Pro Yakyuu King
Hyperspace Night – Pro Baseball King
Contents
Introduction
Controls
Modes
Open Competition
Edit Mode
Options
Training
Pennant Competition
Pause screen
Player stats
Teams and Stadiums
Introduction
Released on December 20th 1996, this is the first baseball game on the N64. It
features 12 teams and their stadiums. But the developer Genki did not have the
rights to use the actual player and stadium names. Instead the teams have
fantastical stadiums and names. The game can be played in four player, two
players per team, or all players on one team. It was released in a low print run
for quite a high price ( 9,980 yen) so it did not sell well. As a result it and
its sequel are now slightly harder to find.
It pioneered a lot of the systems that would be used in the rival Power Pro
Baseball series, such as 3d models for all characters, facial expressions and
the use of the C buttons. Players abilities rank from F to S Star ranks. It is
possible to edit a player so much that he can play all positions on the field
effectively. N64 Magazine, a U.K. publication reviewed the game, giving it 68
percent. Compared to Power Pro Baseball 4, which was released a few months
later, the fantastical settings and animations are more interesting, but it
lacks a story mode.
117 pages are required to save the game. The game will prompt you on start up,
if you do not have enough space.
Adam Bomb wrote a translation guide for this game over 20 years ago now! However
it was an incomplete translation, so I would like to finish his hard work! It
seems he only wrote one guide and disappeared, I wonder where he is now.
I think it is truly wonderful that Gamefaqs has remained in operation for all
this time as it has become an archive of internet and gaming history. It’s
strange to think that there are people alive now, who were just a glint in their
parent’s eye when Abomb, Marshmallow, and others wrote the first guides on
Gamefaqs. It’s part of what motivated me to start writing guides as I would like
to make my own contribution to Gamefaqs history. I really hope this website
never dies.
As a Brit I know nothing about baseball, so please forgive any errors in terms I
may make. It's even possible that some cricket terminology might accidentally
slip in instead, sorry gov'ner!
Controls
Batting
A button – Swing the bat
Z Trigger – Aim the bat
Start Button – Pause
3D Stick – Move the cursor
Pitching
A button – Throw the ball
Start Button – Pause
3D Stick – Add a direction to the throw before and after
Fielding /Catching
A button – Dive or throw the ball
Z Trigger – Relay throw the ball / run the bases
3D Stick – Moves the fielders / moves the catcher
Modes
There are four modes represented by pictures on the main menu
Ball - Open Competition
Jersey - Edit
Hat - Options
Glove - Training
Two crossed bats - Pennant Competition
Open Competition
This is a quick match mode. After choosing this mode you will be asked whether
you want to play against a human or computer player. Press Start on another
controller to add another player and the A Button to confirm. Then you are free
to choose your team (see below). The following menu will then be shown. あり means
with or on, and なし means without or off.
Innings - 1-9
DH- on or off
Extended innings - 10-15 or none
Called points - 1-10 or none
Wind - on or off
Error calls - on or off
Difficulty 普通 normal 難しい difficult やさしい easy
It will then show you your team and you can press C right and left on each
player to check their stats(see below). You can switch players around using the
A button. On the next screen you can choose which players will automatically be
controlled by the CPU for you by press the Z Trigger or R Button. On the next
screen the following game settings can be changed.
Display lost points - on, once, twice, or off
Display the throwing cursor - on, once, twice, or off
Display the batting cursor - on, lock on, normal, or off
Next you can choose the stadium to play at. You can also select night or day
time by pushing up and down. After choosing a stadium the game will start.
Edit Mode
This mode allows you to create your own players and teams. The main menu has the
following options;
Player in a suit - Player edit (see below)
Three faces - All Star Organization (moves pro players around teams)
Main menu picture - Return to the main menu
Two players - Trade players between teams
Player Edit Screen
First select a player with the A Button. Then you can input a name using
Katakana, the Latin alphabet or kanji characters. You can then set the following
options
Throwing arm - right or left
Batting arm - right or left
Defence position - inner field, outer field, catcher, pitcher
You can then set the following abilities from 1 to 5.
Batting power
Catching power
Defence power
Running power
Their batting stance (5 choices)
If you set your Defence position to pitcher the following screen will be
displayed instead
After effect on the ball (3 options)
Ball speed (3 options)
Pitching stance (5 options)
Special ability (7 options)
You can now set their appearance using these options
Face 16 choices
Glasses 3 choices
Beard 3 choices
Body type 4 choices
Mit 4 choices
Bat 4 choices
Gloves 5 choices
Back number 00 to 99
It will then ask you whether you want to register your player.
Options
Sound - Stereo or Mono
Sound effects - Commentary and crowd, commentary only, crowd only
Training
Allows you to train your players. Before each training you can select a player
and each training has several modes to try. The main menu has the following
options if you keep pushing right;
Batting training
Return to the main menu
Pitcher training
Outer fielding training
Inner fielding training
Catcher training
Pennant Competition
This is the competition and main mode of the game. You don't actually have to
play any of the games, you can just choose to watch them instead. Meaning that
the game can be completed in less than five minutes if your team gets lucky.
This might be the world record for the fastest an N64 game can be completed.
When you open the mode it will ask if you want to start from the beginning or
load a saved game. You can then choose a team (see below for the team section).
It will then show you this game settings screen with the following options
Number of matches 5 to 130
DH - On or off
Extended innings - 10-15 or none
Wind - On or off
Error calls - on or off
Difficulty 普通 normal 難しい difficult やさしい easy
It will then display the Pennant Mode screen with the following options
Baseball Diamond - Start the match
Return to the main menu
Cap and hands - Settings (same as the Main Menu settings)
Bats and Ball - Displays the current tournament rankings
Face and spreadsheet - Individual player records
Podium - The current tournament rankings
VS - Shows the match up screen
When you choose the start match option the matches screen will be displayed. The
current day is in the top right and the available matches will be show to the
right of it. Underneath the current tournament rankings are displayed. When your
team has match you can choose either to "play the match" or "see the result". If
you choose to "see the result" the match will be played automatically. If you
picked a strong team, such as the Yomiuri Giants, you have a strong chance of
winning. This allows you to complete the game very quickly without even having
to play any of the actual game. If you select any of the computers matches you
can choose to watch them or just see the result. If you win the Pennant
Competition you will get a silly cut scene and then the credits roll.
Pause screen
The in match pause screen has the following options from left to right
Substitute batter
Resume game
Substitute runners
Change who controls which players, your or the CPU
Quit the match
Settings (same as above)
Player stats
The player stats shows their many different parameters as follows
A running person to show their current condition
打率 hit percentage
打点 number of hits
本打 number of hits in real life
適正 Suitability (shown by 4 colours)
内 their inner field ability
外 their outer field ability
捕 their defense ability
走 their running ability
肩 their swinging ability
ミート their catching ability
PW their power
スタミナ their stamina
速 their speed
コントロール their control
防 their defense
セーブ their ability to save balls
勝 the number of games they have won
敗 the number of games they have lost
You can switch players around the following positions.
左 - Left
右 - Right
捕 - Defender
遊 - player
一 - first base
二 - second base
三 - third base
中 - center field
投 - pitcher
Stadiums and Teams
Here are the teams as they are shown on the team selection screen from left to
right. I always thought Yakult was a Swedish drink, but it turns out that its
actually Japanese!
