HardBall IV

HardBall IV
DOS cover art
DeveloperMindSpan
PublishersAccolade
Warner Interactive Entertainment Europe (MS-DOS, EU)
ProducerPam Levins
ProgrammersJeff Sember
Mike Benna
ArtistsDale Mauk
John Boechler
Karen Hinds
ComposerBrian Shaw
SeriesHardBall!
PlatformsDOS, Sega Genesis
ReleaseDOS
Genesis
  • NA: June 1994
  • EU: July 15, 1994
GenreSports
ModesSingle-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.

Gameplay

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

Release

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

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."

Notes

  1. ↑ Released under the Sport Accolade label.

References

  1. ↑ "Team EGM: HardBall '94". Electronic Gaming Monthly. July 1994. p. 20. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Game Players staff (August 1994). "HardBall '94" (PDF). Game Players. Vol. 7, no. 8. Imagine Media. pp. 75–6. ISSN 1087-2779. Archived from the original on 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2025-03-09.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ The King Fisher (September 1994). "Triple-A Hardball: HardBall '94" (PDF). GamePro. No. 62. IDG. ISSN 1042-8658. Archived from the original on 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-03-09.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  10. ↑ Swan, Gus; Bufton, Paul (August 1994). "MegaDrive Review: Hardball '94". Mean Machines Sega. No. 22. EMAP. pp. 74–5. ISSN 0960-4952.
  11. ↑ PC Gamer staff (March 1995). "Reviews: HardBall 4". PC Gamer. No. 10. Future plc. ISSN 1351-3540. Archived from the original on 22 October 1996.
  12. ↑ Presley, Paul (June 1995). "Hardball 4 Review". PC Zone. No. 27. Future plc. p. 63. ISSN 0967-8220.
  13. ↑ Miller, Andrew (April 1995). "Sports Games: Hardball 4". Electronic Entertainment. No. 16. IDG. p. 83. ISSN 1074-1356.
  14. ↑ Hardin, John W. (August 1995). "Cartridge: Hardball '94". Electronic Games. Vol. 2, no. 11. Decker Publishing. p. 82. ISSN 0730-6687.
  15. ↑ Kitts, Jeff (September 1994). "Game Reviews: Hardball '94". Flux. No. 1. Harris Publications. p. 83. ISSN 1074-5602.
  16. ↑ Simmons, Alex (July 1995). "HardBall 4". PC Games. No. 12. EMAP. p. 75.
  17. ↑ Sega Powerstaff (August 1994). "MegaDrive: Hardball '94" (PDF). Sega Power. No. 57. Future plc. pp. 58–9. ISSN 0961-2718. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2025-03-09.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ↑ Tschiltsch, Jeffrey (August 1994). "HardBall '94". VideoGames. No. 68. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 88. ISSN 1059-2938.