HardBall!
From Sega Retro
HardBall! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Ballistic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Accolade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Accolade sound driver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This teeny-tiny article needs some work. You can help us by expanding it.
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.
Contents
Production credits
- Designer: Dan Thompson
- Producer: Sam Nelson
- Graphics: Suzie Greene, Jeff Rianda, Carolly Hauksdottir, Bonnie Borucki, Jenny Martin
- Music and Sounds: Russell Shiffer
- Umpire: Eddie Montague
- Manual: Sam Nelson, Jeff Wagner
- HardBall! Rules Official: Richard Booroojian
- Special Thanks: Tim Wilson, Al Miller, Bob Whitehead, Keith Orr, Pam Levins, Dan Pisano
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:
also published in:
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #30: "January 1992" (199x-xx-xx)[7]
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
71 | |
---|---|
Based on 17 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✔ |
|
1MB | 1991-04 | Cartridge (US) |
References
- ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 50
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 41
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 48
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Power, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-04), page 36
- ↑ File:Hardball MD US Manual.pdf, page 2
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ 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
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ 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
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
- ↑ Mean Machines, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-29), page 60
- ↑ 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
HardBall! | |
---|---|
Main page | Comparisons | Magazine articles | Reception | Region coding | Technical information |
HardBall games for Sega systems | |
---|---|
HardBall! (1991) | Al Michaels Announces HardBall III (1993) | HardBall '94 (1994) | HardBall '95 (1995) | |
HardBall 5 (unreleased) |