---
title: Epoch TV Baseball
categories:
- Consoles
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- NEC D778C
params:
  name: TV Baseball
  company: /companies/epoch
  company_name: Epoch
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TV Baseball
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Epoch
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1978'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: Baseball game
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: One detachable controller (fire button) + controls built-in the system (dial, buttons, switches)
  - label: CPU
    value: NEC D778C
  - label: RAM
    value: Unknown
  - label: ROM
    value: Unknown
  - label: GRAPHIC MODES
    value: 54x62
  - label: COLORS
    value: 'Yes'
  - label: SOUND
    value: 'Yes'
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: TV video output
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: None. Stand-alone system
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: External PSU or battery cells
  - label: PRICE
    value: Unknown
  tabs:
  - photos
  - software
  photos:
  - title: TOP
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
    image: null
  - title: BOTTOM
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
    image: null
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: 'BOX #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOX (BACK)
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  - title: BOX (SIDE 1)
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
    image: null
  - title: BOX (SIDE 2)
    subtitle: ''
    text: Thanks to [PC-EngineFX.com](http://pcenginefx.com) for this picture
    image: null
  - title: OPENED BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: null
  screenshots:
  - title: SCREENSHOT
    subtitle: ''
    text: This is apparently the same game found on cartridge for the Epoch Cassette Vision some years later...
    image: null
  comments:
  - author: LadyLeia (United Kingdom)
    date: Monday 2nd November 2020
    text: |-
      I recently got a boxed copy of this system, its in pretty good condition though quite dirty but an easy job with some soppy water.

      Just wanted to tell you that the my copy still has the price tag on its ¥18,500 (¥29,298 with inflation) for the main system (that i got), the system uses 4 D-cell battery''s but the label also states you can buy a AC adapter (plugs in in the back) for an extra ¥1,500 back in 1978.

      Hopes this helps someone!
  oc_id: 798
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230307164132/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=798
    date: '2023-03-07'
---

The Epoch TV Baseball is an early japanese video-game released in 1978. It is a stand-alone system, as it can play only one game: baseball!

Indeed, baseball has always been very popular in Japan. It was logic that it inspired first videogames there.

The game can be played by two players, one launching the ball and the other manipulating the bat. There is a detachable controller with only one fire button, and all the other controls are on the system itself.

It is interesting to note that this baseball game is apparently the same (?) found on cartridge for the [Epoch Cassette Vision](/museum/epoch-cassette-vision/).

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