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Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Accolade

Developer: MindSpan

Distributor: Hent Gruppen (SE rental)

Genre: Sports (baseball)

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993	$59.9959.99^[1]	ACLD012
EU	1993		ACLD012
DE	1993-06^[2]		ACLD012
UK	1993-05^[3]	£39.9939.99^[4]^[3]	ACLD012
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x

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HardBall III is a baseball game for the Sega Mega Drive and a sequel (or update) to HardBall II (which skipped the console, although the original HardBall! was released for it).

It is thought the Mega Drive version was not originally officially licensed by Sega, but following the Sega v. Accolade court case, received a license during through production.

A rental version for the Nordic consumers was released, suggesting the game was probably released in Europe in small numbers.

Production credits

Programming: Mike Benna, Jeff Sember
Art: John Boechler
Music: Alistair Hirst
Producer: Pam Levins
Developed by: MindSpan

Source:

In-game credits^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Al Michaels Announces HardBall III/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

(US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[6]
(US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]
(US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[8]

Print advert in (US) #46: "May 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(RU)

60

^[9]

(DE)

72

^[10]

(FR)

PAL

86

^[11]

(UK)

PAL

87

^[12]

(US)

NTSC-U

45

^[13]

(UK)

83

^[14]

(US)

NTSC-U

83

^[1]

(UK)

PAL

60

^[15]

(FR)

PAL

81

^[16]

(UK)

PAL

89

^[17]

(UK)

PAL

60

^[18]

(UK)

PAL

89

^[19]

(DE)

PAL

74

^[20]

(UK)

PAL

69

^[3]

(UK)

PAL

84

^[21]

(UK)

PAL

74

^[22]

(UK)

PAL

86

^[23]

(UK)

PAL

82

^[24]

(UK)

PAL

63

^[25]

	75
Based on 19 reviews

Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

Mega Drive, US/EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, SE Rental (Hent Orange)
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Al Michaels Announces HardBall III/Technical information.

References

Al Michaels Announces HardBall III
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HardBall games for Sega systems
HardBall! (1991) \| Al Michaels Announces HardBall III (1993) \| HardBall '94 (1994) \| HardBall '95 (1995)
HardBall 5 (unreleased)

[:File:GamePro_US_047.pdf_p126-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 126

[:File:SegaPro_DE_08.pdf_p41-2] Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 41

[:File:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p68-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 68

[:File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p102-4] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 102

[:File:Hardball_III_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Hardball III MD credits.pdf

[:File:EGM_US_045.pdf_p33-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 33

[:File:SegaVisions_US_16.pdf_p13-7] Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:SegaVisions_US_17.pdf_p109-8] Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 109

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 134

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-07.pdf_p111-10] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 111

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_019.pdf_p96-11] Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:CVG_UK_139.pdf_p100-12] Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_044.pdf_p26-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p56-14] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 56

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_005.pdf_p79-15] GamesMaster, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-19), page 79

[:File:Joypad_FR_019.pdf_p68-16] Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 68

[:File:MDAG_UK_10.pdf_p26-17] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-04-29), page 26

[:File:Mega_UK_08.pdf_p46-18] Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 46

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p46-19] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 46

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-06.pdf_p28-20] Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 28

[:File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p88-21] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-24), page 88

[:File:SegaPower_UK_42.pdf_p46-22] Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_19.pdf_p45-23] Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 45

[:File:SegaZone_UK_08.pdf_p62-24] Sega Zone, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-xx), page 62

[:File:SegaForce_UK_19.pdf_p32-25] Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 32

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-| region=SE (Rental)
+| region=SE Rental (Hent Orange)
-| cover=
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 | cart=
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-}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{HardBallIIIOmni}}
+{{HardBall}}

Difference between revisions of "Al Michaels Announces HardBall III"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 12:07, 20 November 2024

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References