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HardBall!

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Genres
Sport
Modes
Single playerMultiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Developers
Accolade, Accolade
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment, Advance Software Ltd., Ballistic, Amsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (SCEI), Accolade
Release dates
Platform Date
Apple II December 31, 1985
Atari 8-bit December 31, 1985
Atari ST/STE December 31, 1985
Commodore C64/128/MAX December 31, 1985
Amstrad CPC December 31, 1986
Mac December 31, 1986
ZX Spectrum December 31, 1986
Amiga December 31, 1987
Apple IIGS December 31, 1987
DOS December 31, 1987
MSX December 31, 1987
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis December 31, 1991

About

Play is controlled with a joystick or arrow keys and an action button. One of the four cardinal directions is used to choose the pitch, and again to aim it towards low, high, inside (towards batter), or outside (away from batter). The same directions are used to aim the swing when batting. When fielding after a hit, the defensive player closest to the ball will flash to show it is the one currently under control. The four directions are then used to throw to one of the four bases. The game incorporates a pitcher perspective, often used in MLB broadcasts. There are also managerial options available. The player has a selection of pitchers to choose from. Each team member has his own statistics that affect his performance, and can be rearranged as desired. Prior to HardBall!s release, there were managerial baseball games available, such as Micro League Baseball but HardBall! was the first to integrate that aspect with the arcade control of the game action itself.

Story

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