Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

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Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

Publisher: Accolade

Developer: MindSpan

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993	$59.9959.99^[1]	ACLD012
EU	1993-04^[2]		ACLD012
DE	1993-06^[3]

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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

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)^[5]
Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)^[6]
Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[7]

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

^[10]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

72

^[11]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

86

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

87

^[4]

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

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[8]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[22]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

86

^[23]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

82

^[24]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

63

^[9]

	75
Based on 19 reviews

Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

Mega Drive, US/EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	a4f2f011
MD5	6263d2270f97cc7e16bb380f1af28c0f
SHA-1	88812ae494288fbf3dda86ccc69161ad960a2e3b

2MB

1993-02

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 047.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 047.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 102
↑ File:SegaPro DE 08.pdf, page 41
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 File:CVG UK 139.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 139.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 33
↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 13
↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 109
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf, page 32 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf_p32" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 134
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 111
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 96
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 56
↑ GamesMaster, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-19), page 79
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 68
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-04-29), page 26
↑ Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 46
↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 46
↑ Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 28
↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 68
↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 46
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 45
↑ Sega Zone, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-xx), page 62

[:File:GamePro_US_047.pdf_p126-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:GamePro US 047.pdf, page 126 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 047.pdf_p126" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p102-2] File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 102

[:File:SegaPro_DE_08.pdf_p41-3] File:SegaPro DE 08.pdf, page 41

[:File:CVG_UK_139.pdf_p100-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 File:CVG UK 139.pdf, page 100 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 139.pdf_p100" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:EGM_US_045.pdf_p33-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 33

[:File:SegaVisions_US_16.pdf_p13-6] Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:SegaVisions_US_17.pdf_p109-7] Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 109

[:File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p88-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega08UK.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaForce_UK_19.pdf_p32-9] 9.0 ^9.1 File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf, page 32 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 19.pdf_p32" defined multiple times with different content

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 134

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-07.pdf_p111-11] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 111

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_019.pdf_p96-12] Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 96

[: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:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p68-21] MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 68

[: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

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References