| HardBall IV | |
|---|---|
| DOS cover art | |
| Developer(s) | MindSpan |
| Publisher(s) | Accolade [a] Warner Interactive Entertainment Europe (MS-DOS, EU) |
| Producer(s) | Pam Levins |
| Programmer(s) | Jeff Sember Mike Benna |
| Artist(s) | Dale Mauk John Boechler Karen Hinds |
| Composer(s) | Brian Shaw |
| Series | HardBall! |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Sega Genesis |
| Release | DOSGenesis |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
HardBall IV is a video game developed by MindSpan and published by Accolade for the Sega Genesis as HardBall '94 and later for DOS.
HardBall IV is a baseball game featuring Super VGA computer graphics. [3]
A port of HardBall IV for the Atari Jaguar was in development by High Voltage Software, but it was never released. [4]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame | |
| Computer Gaming World | |
| Game Players | 85% (GEN) [7] |
| GamePro | |
| Hyper | 90/100 (PC) [9] |
| Mean Machines Sega | 64/100 (GEN) [2] |
| Next Generation | |
| PC Gamer (US) | 79% (PC) [10] |
| PC Zone | 83/100 (PC) [11] |
| Electronic Entertainment | |
| Electronic Games | A– (GEN) [13] |
| Flux | 8.5/10 (GEN) [14] |
| PC Games (UK) | 65% (PC) [15] |
| Sega Power | 68% (GEN) [16] |
| VideoGames | 8/10 (GEN) [17] |
Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "you've got a top-notch simulation of America's favorite sport." [3]
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