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---
title: Epoch TV Baseball
categories:
- Consoles
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1978'
cpus:
- NEC D778C
params:
name: TV Baseball
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_1.jpg
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
forum_thread: 779
photos:
- title: TOP
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_top_b.jpg
- title: BOTTOM
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_bottom.jpg
- title: BOX
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_box_2.jpg
- title: 'BOX #2'
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_box_3.jpg
- title: BOX (BACK)
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_box-back_2.jpg
- title: BOX (SIDE 1)
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to Rikard Ljungkvist for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_box_side_1.jpg
- title: BOX (SIDE 2)
subtitle: ''
text: Thanks to [PC-EngineFX.com](http://pcenginefx.com) for this picture
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_box_side_2.jpg
- title: OPENED BOX
subtitle: ''
text: ''
image: /media/museum/photos/epoch_tv-baseball_opened-box.jpg
screenshots:
- title: SCREENSHOT
subtitle: ''
text: This is apparently the same game found on cartridge for the Epoch Cassette Vision some years later...
image: /media/museum/software/epoch_tv-baseball_ss_1.jpg
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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