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Sears - Baseball Game Canadian Version

Game:  Baseball Game
Company:  Sears
Model No.:  917931
Year:
Power: 1 9-volt battery

Notes:  This is a very simplistic game.  The lights blink and the play button is pressed to show the outcome.  The player then manually indicates base runners and changes the score, as necessary.  This game is much smaller than it may appear in the photos and is actually smaller than a postcard.

Sears licensed this game from Bandai and the Bandai logo is imprinted on the back of the game.  The company Leisure Dynamics of Canada is also listed on the back of the box.  One can only assume they had some role in getting this game to market but, who knows.

Recognize the batter depicted on the front of the box?  That is clearly Hall of Famer Rod Carew and it does not seem like the artist did much to obscure his identity.  Not surprisingly, there is no mention of Carew having endorsed the game or any indication that Bandai/Sears had a license from the MLB or MLBPA that allowed them to use Carew's likeness.

The game itself is slightly different than the one pictured on the back of the box in that the sticker at the top of the actual game identifies Sears more clearly and the path that leads from the pitcher's mound to home plate is black, not orange, on the actual game.

Bilingual instructions are found on the bottom of the game.

Same game as the U.S. Version.





Sears - 2 Player Baseball

Game: 2 Player Baseball (sometimes seen as Proball 2 Player Baseball)
Company:  Sears
Model No.: None found (which is surprising for Sears)
Year:  1979
Power:  1 9-volt battery

Notes:  This is the Fonas baseball game licensed to Sears.  In fact the instruction manual lists only Fonas and Sears is not indicated anywhere.

This game has both English and French copy on the box.  Otherwise, the instruction manual is in English only.

Note the sticker on the front of the game is for Sears.  There is also a version of this game where the sticker reads "Proball."

Box front

Box back

Game front

Pitch control detail

Instructions

Sears - Electronic Baseball

Game:  Electronic Baseball
Company:  Sears
Model No.:  49-65278
Year:
Power: 1 9-volt battery

Notes:  This is a very simplistic game.  The lights blink and the play button is pressed to show the outcome.  The player then manually indicates base runners and changes the score, as necessary.  This game is much smaller than you might think and is actually smaller than a postcard.

Note also that the actual game differs slightly than the one pictured on the box.  The top sticker has different colors and font, the playing surface uses a different font and the path from the pitcher's mound to home plate is colored differently.

Finally, what the heck does that shivering robot on the box have to do with baseball?

Sears licensed this game from Bandai and the Bandai logo is imprinted on the back of the game.

Box front

Game front

Game back

Sears - Digital Diamond

Game:  Digital Diamond
Company:  Sears
Model No.:  49-65446
Year: 1978
Power:  2 AA batteries

Notes:  This is the exact same game as Tomy's Digital Diamond and the game, itself does not appear to have been altered in any way.

Box front

Box back

Game front

Sears - Baseball

Game:  Baseball
Company:  Sears
Game System:  Atari 2600
Model Nos.: 6-99819, 49-75108 and 49-75125
Year:  1978

Notes:  This is Atari's baseball game "Home Run" simply renamed and repacked for sale by Sears.  This game was released by Sears under several model numbers and with text and picture label variations.

Box front

Box back

Text label cartridge - 6-99819
Text cartridge - 49-75125

Text label cartridge - 49-75108


Picture label cartridge
Instructions

Instructions

Sears - Offense Defense Electronic Baseball

Game: Offense Defense Electronic Baseball
Company:  Sears
Model No.:  49-65094
Year:
Power:

Notes:  This game looks a lot like it was licensed from Entex but the front of the case is not exactly the same as the Entex Baseball 2 game.

Box front

Box back
Game front

Game back

Pitch control detail

Instructions