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Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

Publisher: Accolade

Developer: MindSpan

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

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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 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

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

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

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[9]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

72

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

86

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

87

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

45

^[13]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

83

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[1]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

60

^[15]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

81

^[16]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

89

^[17]

Mega (UK)

PAL

60

^[18]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

89

^[19]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

74

^[20]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

69

^[3]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[21]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

86

^[23]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

82

^[24]

Sega Force (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 (Hent Orange)
-| cover=
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 ==Technical information==
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-}}
 ==References==
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