Tony La Russa Baseball 3: 1996 Edition | |
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Developer(s) | Stormfront Studios |
Publisher(s) | Stormfront Studios |
Series | Tony La Russa Baseball |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS Windows |
Release | May 7, 1996 [1] |
Tony La Russa Baseball 3: 1996 Edition is a 1996 baseball video game from Stormfront Studios. The game is an upgraded version of Tony La Russa Baseball 3 [2] and it features play-by-play from Hall of Famer Mel Allen [3] as well as announcer Hank Greenwald. [4]
Publication | Score |
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GameSpot | 8.2/10 [2] |
Computer Gaming World | 4/5 [5] |
Computer Player | 8/10 [6] |
CNET said "Stormfront Studios is its own biggest competitor, and still the company goes the extra inning. La Russa has topped itself, which means that the best CD-ROM baseball action game/simulation is even better." [7]
GameSpot gave the game a score of 8.2 out of 10' stating: "By addressing some of the problems with the earlier version, TLB: 96 Edition takes a very good game and makes it even better". [2]
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