User Guide

Home Run KING™
Home Run KING™
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When the Menu screen of the SEASON/PLAYOFFS
mode is displayed, select NEW SEASON/NEW PLAY-
OFFS to start from the beginning, CONTINUE to
load the previously saved data and resume play,
RECORDS to view Champion Rings you collected
(see Champion Rings of RECORDS in OPTIONS,
p.31), or EXIT to return to the Main Menu screen.
If NEW SEASON/NEW PLAYOFFS is selected, you will
then set up the game settings. Select PLAY when
you are ready.
SETTINGS
In SEASON Mode, you will choose one of the 30 Major League teams
and play through an entire season with a chance to take your team to
the playoffs and, ultimately. the World Series
®
. In PLAYOFFS Mode, you
will only play the Playoffs. The flows of both modes are similar, so they
will be explained together here.
STARTING THE MODE
Selection of the team to be used differs
between the two modes. In SEASON mode, the
team is selected by selecting TEAM from the
Settings menu. With PLAYOFFS mode, however,
the team is selected after you select PLAY from
the Settings menu.
In PLAYOFFS mode, after you select PLAY, the
game will start the simulation of the regular
season, picking the Division Champions and
the Wild Card Teams (8 teams in all). Next, a
Playoff Tree will be displayed. If you are starting
with the League Championship Series, the game
will also simulate the Division Series, narrowing
the selections to 4 teams. Likewise, if you are
playing the World Series
®
only, the game will
then simulate the League Championship Series.
As soon as all simulations are completed, select
the team to use from the available selections.
SELECTING A TEAM
SEASON/PLAYOFFS
1 PLAYER
If you select QUICK START mode, you cannot
change any settings. The default parameters set
in OPTIONS (p.29) will be used, and the CPU will
randomly select two teams for play.
Note: Although the teams are selected randomly,
the same team will not be selected for both 1P and
2P sides. Also, All-Star teams will not be selected.
The game will be played in the home team’s ball-
park. If the home team is from the American
League, the Designated Hitter rule will be in effect.
Conversely, if the home team is from the National
League, the pitchers will hit. The ace of the pitching
staff will automatically be selected as the starting
pitcher, and the teams’ default lineups will be
selected automatically.
QUICK START
At the end of the game, your performance in the
game is evaluated, and you are given points
based on the evaluation. If your points are either
among the top 10 or the best ever using the selected
team, you can enter your initials on the Records Screen.
SELECT THE TEAM TO CONTROL
Select the team you are going to control. For each
Nintendo GameCube™ Controller, use the Control
Stick/+ Control Pad/C Stick 46 to move the con-
troller icon to select a team: home team (right) or
road team (left). Note that both players cannot
select the same team. The team not selected will
be controlled by the CPU. If no team is selected,
the CPU will play against another CPU opponent.
When everything is set, press either START/PAUSE or
the A Button to play ball.
EVALUATION OF YOUR PERFORMANCE