<s>
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Major	I-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
is	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
designed	O
by	O
Don	O
Daglow	O
and	O
Eddie	O
Dombrower	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mattel	O
for	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	O
Computer	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
statistics-based	O
baseball	B-Application
simulation	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
;	O
all	O
prior	O
console	O
baseball	B-Application
games	O
were	O
arcade-style	O
recreations	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
full	O
formal	O
title	O
(	O
due	O
to	O
licensing	O
requirements	O
)	O
was	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Major	I-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
typically	O
shortened	O
to	O
World	O
Series	O
Baseball	B-Application
in	O
use	O
to	O
differentiate	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
prior	O
Mattel	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
restrictions	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
limited	O
memory	O
size	O
of	O
early	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
,	O
where	O
a	O
single	O
screen	O
would	O
use	O
up	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
RAM	B-Architecture
storage	O
space	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
machine	O
,	O
and	O
small	O
video	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
that	O
held	O
only	O
4K	O
(	O
later	O
8K	O
or	O
16K	O
)	O
of	O
ROM	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daglow	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
five	O
in-house	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
programmers	O
at	O
Mattel	O
in	O
1980	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
written	O
the	O
first	O
known	O
computer	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
,	O
Baseball	B-Application
on	O
a	O
PDP-10	B-Device
mainframe	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
at	O
Pomona	O
College	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
completing	O
his	O
first	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
cartridge	B-Protocol
Utopia	B-Application
in	O
1981	B-Application
,	O
he	O
was	O
promoted	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
game	O
development	O
team	O
at	O
Mattel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
watching	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
on	O
TV	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
,	O
Daglow	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
could	O
mimic	O
the	O
same	O
camera	O
angles	O
shown	O
in	O
the	O
broadcast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
immediately	O
wrote	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eddie	O
Dombrower	O
was	O
a	O
programmer	O
,	O
animator	O
and	O
classically	O
trained	O
dancer	O
who	O
had	O
invented	O
the	O
DOM	O
dance	O
notation	O
system	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
computer	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
choreographers	O
to	O
record	O
dance	O
moves	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
composers	O
write	O
down	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
would	O
require	O
far	O
better	O
animations	O
than	O
past	O
video	O
games	O
for	O
its	O
TV-style	O
display	O
,	O
Dombrower	O
was	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
perfect	O
fit	O
for	O
the	O
job	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
1982	B-Application
Dombrower	O
had	O
a	O
first	O
screen	O
display	O
running	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
another	O
first	O
:	O
an	O
inset	O
screen	O
to	O
show	O
a	O
runner	O
taking	O
his	O
lead	O
off	O
of	O
first	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baum	O
and	O
Daglow	O
showed	O
the	O
prototype	O
to	O
Mattel	O
's	O
marketing	O
department	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
locked	O
in	O
a	O
TV	O
advertising	O
war	O
with	O
arch-rival	O
Atari	O
for	O
the	O
position	O
of	O
top	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
slated	O
for	O
completion	O
until	O
mid-1983	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
rushed	O
a	O
new	O
TV	O
commercial	O
into	O
production	O
for	O
Christmas	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
spokesman	O
George	O
Plimpton	O
pulled	O
a	O
velvet	O
drape	O
from	O
a	O
monitor	O
and	O
proclaimed	O
the	O
title	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
video	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
announced	O
by	O
Plimpton	O
in	O
Christmas	O
1982	B-Application
,	O
Danny	O
Goodman	O
of	O
Radio-Electronics	O
reported	O
n	O
June	O
1983	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
ready	O
for	O
release	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
game	O
crash	O
of	O
1983	O
wiped	O
out	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
before	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
ever	O
shipped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
matters	O
worse	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
be	O
played	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Intellivoice	O
voice	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
(	O
which	O
was	O
already	O
being	O
phased	O
out	O
due	O
to	O
poorer-than-expected	O
sales	O
and	O
declining	O
user	O
interest	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
did	O
require	O
the	O
then-new	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	O
Computer	O
System	O
(	O
ECS	O
)	O
keyboard	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
ECS	O
was	O
not	O
well-promoted	O
,	O
and	O
neither	O
it	O
nor	O
its	O
companion	O
software	O
titles	O
sold	O
particularly	O
well	O
...	O
and	O
since	O
IWSB	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
titles	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
ECS	O
system	O
,	O
very	O
few	O
copies	O
were	O
sold	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
rarest	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
titles	O
in	O
the	O
collectors	O
 '	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daglow	O
and	O
Dombrower	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
hit	O
Earl	B-Application
Weaver	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
game	O
at	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
more	O
fully	O
implemented	O
the	O
ideas	O
behind	O
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
and	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
Daglow	O
led	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Tony	B-Application
La	I-Application
Russa	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
games	O
,	O
further	O
refining	O
baseball	B-Application
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
displayed	O
the	O
batter	O
and	O
pitcher	O
from	O
a	O
"	O
center	O
field	O
camera	O
"	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
with	O
a	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
Daglow	O
's	O
1971	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
baseball	B-Application
statistical	O
simulation	O
program	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
MLBPA	O
license	O
could	O
be	O
acquired	O
by	O
Mattel	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
accurately	O
simulate	O
the	O
play	O
of	O
real	O
Major	B-Application
League	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
economic	O
reasons	O
in	O
mid-1983	O
,	O
Mattel	O
withdrew	O
from	O
this	O
plan	O
at	O
the	O
last	O
minute	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
designers	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
replace	O
actual	O
players	O
with	O
the	O
names	O
of	O
the	O
Blue	O
Sky	O
Rangers	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
game	O
design	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intellivision	B-Application
World	I-Application
Series	I-Application
Baseball	I-Application
is	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
innovations	O
:	O
</s>
