Software:HardBall IV

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Short description: 1994 video game
HardBall IV
DOS cover art
Developer(s)MindSpan
Publisher(s)Accolade[lower-alpha 1]
Warner Interactive Entertainment Europe (MS-DOS, EU)
Producer(s)Pam Levins
Programmer(s)Jeff Sember
Mike Benna
Artist(s)Dale Mauk
John Boechler
Karen Hinds
Composer(s)Brian Shaw
SeriesHardBall!
Platform(s)DOS, Sega Genesis
ReleaseDOS
Genesis
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

HardBall IV is a video game developed by MindSpan and published by Accolade for the Sega Genesis as HardBall '94 and later for DOS.

Gameplay

HardBall IV is a baseball game featuring Super VGA computer graphics.[3]

Release

A port of HardBall IV for the Atari Jaguar was in development by High Voltage Software, but it was never released.[4]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGameStarStarStarHalf star (GEN)[5]
CGWStarStarStarHalf star (PC)[6]
GameProStarStarStarStar (GEN)[8]
Hyper90/100 (PC)[9]
Next GenerationStarStarStarStar (PC)[3]
PC Gamer (US)79% (PC)[10]
PC Zone83/100 (PC)[11]
Electronic EntertainmentStarStarStarStar (PC)[12]
Electronic GamesA− (GEN)[13]
Flux8.5/10 (GEN)[14]
PC Games (UK)65% (PC)[15]
Sega Power68% (GEN)[16]
VideoGames8/10 (GEN)[17]

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "you've got a top-notch simulation of America's favorite sport."[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Released under the Sport Accolade label.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Swan, Gus; Bufton, Paul (August 1994). "MegaDrive Review: Hardball '94". Mean Machines Sega (EMAP) (22): 74–5. ISSN 0960-4952. https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-22/page/n73/mode/2up. 
  2. ↑ "Team EGM: HardBall '94". Electronic Gaming Monthly: 20. July 1994. https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/8c07d165-2f5b-428d-ac6c-f251015de792. Retrieved January 10, 2022. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Next Generation staff (July 1995). "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (7): 70. ISSN 1078-9693. https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_07/page/n73/mode/1up. 
  4. ↑ CRV (August 7, 2017). "NuFX". http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/NuFX. Retrieved 2018-11-02. 
  5. ↑ Alan, Scott. "HardBall '94 Review". http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12245&tab=review. Retrieved March 9, 2024. 
  6. ↑ Gindin, Jim (April 1995). "Review: Double Play – Turn Two With Reviews of HARDBALL IV and ESPN BASEBALL TONIGHT". Computer Gaming World (Ziff Davis) (129): 132, 134, 136. ISSN 0744-6667. https://archive.org/details/cgw_museum_pdfs/cgw_129/page/132/mode/1up. 
  7. ↑ Game Players staff (August 1994). "HardBall '94" (PDF). Game Players (Imagine Media) 7 (8): 75–6. ISSN 1087-2779. https://retrocdn.net/images/9/9a/GamePlayers_US_0708.pdf. Retrieved 2025-03-09. 
  8. ↑ The King Fisher (September 1994). "Triple-A Hardball: HardBall '94" (PDF). GamePro (IDG) (62). ISSN 1042-8658. https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e0/GamePro_US_062.pdf. Retrieved 2025-03-09. 
  9. ↑ Maragos, Harry (March 1995). "Bytesize: Hardball IV". Hyper (nextmedia) (16): 61. ISSN 1320-7458. https://archive.org/details/hyper-016/page/61/mode/1up. 
  10. ↑ PC Gamer staff (March 1995). "Reviews: HardBall 4". PC Gamer (Future plc) (10). ISSN 1351-3540. https://web.archive.org/web/19961022192530fw_/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews_h.html. 
  11. ↑ Presley, Paul (June 1995). "Hardball 4 Review". PC Zone (Future plc) (27): 63. ISSN 0967-8220. https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_27_June_1995/page/n56/mode/1up. 
  12. ↑ Miller, Andrew (April 1995). "Sports Games: Hardball 4". Electronic Entertainment (IDG) (16): 83. ISSN 1074-1356. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicEntertainment16Apr1995/page/n84/mode/1up. 
  13. ↑ Hardin, John W. (August 1995). "Cartridge: Hardball '94". Electronic Games (Decker Publishing) 2 (11): 82. ISSN 0730-6687. https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1994-08/page/82/mode/1up. 
  14. ↑ Kitts, Jeff (September 1994). "Game Reviews: Hardball '94". Flux (Harris Publications) (1): 83. ISSN 1074-5602. https://archive.org/details/Flux1Sept1994/page/n68/mode/1up. 
  15. ↑ Simmons, Alex (July 1995). "HardBall 4". PC Games (EMAP) (12): 75. https://archive.org/details/pcgames-12/page/n74/mode/1up. 
  16. ↑ Sega Powerstaff (August 1994). "MegaDrive: Hardball '94". Sega Power (Future plc) (57): 58–9. ISSN 0961-2718. https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d3/SegaPower_UK_57.pdf. Retrieved 2025-03-09. 
  17. ↑ Tschiltsch, Jeffrey (August 1994). "HardBall '94". VideoGames (Larry Flynt Publications) (68): 88. ISSN 1059-2938. https://archive.org/details/video-games-august-1994/page/n87/mode/1up. 

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