HardBall IV

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HardBall IV
MS-DOS HardBall 4 cover art.jpg
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
ReleaseDOSGenesis
  • NA: 1994
  • EU: July 1994
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.

Contents

Gameplay

HardBall IV is a baseball game featuring Super VGA computer graphics. [1]

Release

A port of HardBall IV for the Atari Jaguar was in development by High Voltage Software, but it was never released. [2]

Reception

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." [1]

Notes

  1. Released under the Sport Accolade banner on MS-DOS in the US, and the Ballistic label on the Genesis.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Next Generation staff (July 1995). "Finals". Next Generation . No. 7. Imagine Media. p. 70. ISSN   1078-9693.
  2. CRV (August 7, 2017). "NuFX". gdri.smspower.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  3. Alan, Scott. "HardBall '94 Review". AllGame . Archived from the original on November 17, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  4. Gindin, Jim (April 1995). "Review: Double Play – Turn Two With Reviews of HARDBALL IV and ESPN BASEBALL TONIGHT". Computer Gaming World . No. 129. Ziff Davis. pp. 132, 134, 136. ISSN   0744-6667.
  5. Game Players staff (August 1994). "HardBall '94" (PDF). Game Players . Vol. 7, no. 8. Imagine Media. pp. 75–6. ISSN   1087-2779.
  6. The King Fisher (September 1994). "Triple-A Hardball: HardBall '94" (PDF). GamePro . No. 62. IDG. ISSN   1042-8658.
  7. Maragos, Harry (March 1995). "Bytesize: Hardball IV". Hyper . No. 16. nextmedia. p. 61. ISSN   1320-7458.
  8. Swan, Gus; Bufton, Paul (August 1994). "MegaDrive Review: Hardball '94". Mean Machines Sega . No. 22. EMAP. pp. 74–5. ISSN   0960-4952.
  9. PC Gamer staff (March 1995). "Reviews: HardBall 4". PC Gamer . No. 10. Future plc. ISSN   1351-3540.
  10. Presley, Paul (June 1995). "Hardball 4 Review". PC Zone . No. 27. Future plc. p. 63. ISSN   0967-8220.
  11. Miller, Andrew (April 1995). "Sports Games: Hardball 4". Electronic Entertainment . No. 16. IDG. p. 83. ISSN   1074-1356.
  12. Hardin, John W. (August 1995). "Cartridge: Hardball '94". Electronic Games . Vol. 2, no. 11. Decker Publishing. p. 82. ISSN   0730-6687.
  13. Kitts, Jeff (September 1994). "Game Reviews: Hardball '94". Flux . No. 1. Harris Publications. p. 83. ISSN   1074-5602.
  14. Simmons, Alex (July 1995). "HardBall 4". PC Games. No. 12. EMAP. p. 75.
  15. Sega Powerstaff (August 1994). "MegaDrive: Hardball '94" (PDF). Sega Power . No. 57. Future plc. pp. 58–9. ISSN   0961-2718.
  16. Tschiltsch, Jeffrey (August 1994). "HardBall '94". VideoGames . No. 68. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 88. ISSN   1059-2938.