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HardBall!

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Ballistic

Developer: Accolade

Sound driver: Accolade sound driver

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1991-06^[1]	$54.9554.95^[2]^[3]	ACLD003
EU	1991-06^[4]		ACLD003

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HardBall! is a baseball game for the Sega Mega Drive and the first in Accolade's HardBall series. The Mega Drive version was not officially licensed by Sega.

HardBall! was followed by HardBall II, which missed Sega's system, however further sequels, Al Michaels Announces HardBall III, HardBall '94 and HardBall '95 did see a release on the Mega Drive.

Magazine articles

Main article: HardBall!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #27: "October 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in GamePro (US) #29: "December 1991" (1991-xx-xx)

Print advert in Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0203: "Vol. 2, No. 3: June/July 1991" (1991-0x-xx)

Print advert in Joystick (FR) #18: "Juillet/Août 1991" (1991-0x-xx)

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #2: "Octobre 1991" (1991-10-05)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

75

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[12]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

72

^[13]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

92

^[7]

Games-X (UK)

70

^[14]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

92

^[15]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

72

^[16]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[17]

MegaTech (UK)

75

^[9]

Mean Machines (UK)

80

^[8]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

75

^[18]

Power Play (DE)

68

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

61

^[5]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

75

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

38

^[21]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

70

^[22]

	71
Based on 17 reviews

HardBall!

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US (Video Game Classics)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (Video Game Classics; Accolade cartridge)
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	bd1b9a04
MD5	93a1aa8830c0a5bc53716a3a61da1bed
SHA-1	42d42af36b4a69f0adb38aaa7fec32eb8c44c349

1MB

1991-04

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 40
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 50
↑ File:GamePro US 024.pdf, page 41
↑ Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 48
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Sega Power, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-04), page 36
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:GamePro US 024.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 024.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachines UK 09.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 09.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 321
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 56
↑ Games-X, "27th June-3rd July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-27), page 23
↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 174
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 63
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139
↑ Power Play, "10/91" (DE; 1991-09-xx), page 163
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 116

[:File:GamePro_US_023.pdf_p40-1] File:GamePro US 023.pdf, page 40

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_31.pdf_p50-2] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:GamePro_US_024.pdf_p41-3] File:GamePro US 024.pdf, page 41

[:File:SegaPower_UK_20.pdf_p48-4] Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 48

[:File:SegaPower_UK_21.pdf_p36-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sega Power, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-04), page 36

[:File:EGM_US_030.pdf_p76-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:GamePro_US_024.pdf_p40-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:GamePro US 024.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 024.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_09.pdf_p60-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachines UK 09.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 09.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p78-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:EGM_US_025.pdf_p22-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 22

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 321

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p56-13] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 56

[:File:GamesX_UK_10.pdf_p23-14] Games-X, "27th June-3rd July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-27), page 23

[:File:Joystick_FR_019.pdf_p174-15] Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 174

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p92-16] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:MegaPlay_US_05.pdf_p63-17] Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p139-18] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 139

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-10.pdf_p163-19] Power Play, "10/91" (DE; 1991-09-xx), page 163

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-20] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-21] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[22] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 116

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-| md_rrp_us=54.95{{fileref|VG&CE US 31.pdf|page=50}}{{fileref|GamePro US 024.pdf|page=41}}
+| md_rrp_us=54.95{{magref|vgce|31|50}}{{fileref|GamePro US 024.pdf|page=41}}
 | md_date_eu=1991-06{{magref|segapower|20|48}}
 | md_code_eu=ACLD003

Difference between revisions of "HardBall!"

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Revision as of 12:13, 31 May 2019

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References