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Al Michaels Announces HardBall III
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Accolade
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$59.9959.99[1] ACLD012
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		ACLD012
Sega Mega Drive
DE

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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

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #46: "May 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
86 [8]
87 [4]
83 [9]
60 [10]
89 №10, p26/27
60 №8, p46/47
89 №1, p46
69 №18, p68/69
84 [11]
74 №42, p46/47
86 №19, p45
82 №8, p62/63
63 [12]
Sega Mega Drive
 78
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[13]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
72
[14]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
86
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
87
[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
45
[15]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
83
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[1]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
60
[10]
Joypad (FR) PAL
81
[17]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
89
[18]
Mega (UK) PAL
60
[19]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
89
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
74
[21]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
69
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
74
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
86
[25]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
82
[26]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
63
[27]
Sega Mega Drive
 75
Based on
19 reviews

Al Michaels Announces HardBall III

Mega Drive, US/EU
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Cover
HardBallIII MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Hardball III MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 a4f2f011
MD5 6263d2270f97cc7e16bb380f1af28c0f
SHA-1 88812ae494288fbf3dda86ccc69161ad960a2e3b
2MB 1993-02 Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 126
  2. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 102
  3. ↑ Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 41
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Computer & Video Games, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-15), page 100
  5. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 33
  6. ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1993/1994" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 13
  7. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 109
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 96
  9. ↑ GamePro, "June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 128 (126)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 GamesMaster, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-19), page 79
  11. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-24), page 88/89 (88)
  12. ↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 32/33 (32)
  13. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 134
  14. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 111
  15. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 26
  16. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 56
  17. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 68
  18. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-04-29), page 26
  19. ↑ Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 46
  20. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 46
  21. ↑ Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 28
  22. ↑ MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 68
  23. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-24), page 88
  24. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 46
  25. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 45
  26. ↑ Sega Zone, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-xx), page 62
  27. ↑ Sega Force, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-05-27), page 32
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