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Latest revision as of 03:32, 10 May 2024

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This page is for the 1986 baseball game by Accolade. For the unrelated 2017 game, see HardBall.

HardBall!
HardBall! cover
Developers
Accolade
Mac OS (Classic) Distinctive Software
DOS Sculptured Software
Windows Big Boat Interactive
Publishers
Retail Accolade
Digital Atari
Release dates
Mac OS (Classic) November 1986
DOS February 1988
Windows (DOSBox) February 15, 2024
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Third-person
Genres Sports
Sports Baseball
Series HardBall
HardBall! on IGDB
HardBall! guide on StrategyWiki
HardBall! on MobyGames
HardBall! on Wikipedia
HardBall
HardBall! 1986
HardBall II 1989
HardBall III 1992
HardBall 4 1994
HardBall 5 1995
HardBall 6 1998
HardBall 6: 2000 Edition 1999

HardBall! is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and third-person sports game in the HardBall series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with HardBall II. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
Steam
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Bundled with HardBall II. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2766080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2766080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes Hercules, CGA, EGA, Tandy/PCjr

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM) 256 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) Hercules, CGA, EGA
384 KB of RAM is required for Tandy/PCjr 16-color graphics mode.
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References