HardBall!

Information

Genre

Sports - Baseball

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1, 1 vs. 2

Programmer(s)

Thompson, Dan

Graphic Artist(s)

Doggett, Mimi

Sound

Bogas, Edgar Noel

Cover Artist(s)

[n/a]

Year

?

Publisher

Kixx

Developer

[n/a]

Country

United Kingdom

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape

Rarity

6

Serial

-

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.8/10 · Votes: 59 · Downloads: 1,594 · Hits: 6,019

Screenshots (9)

Cover Art (2)

Comments (4)

• dtm-artist — 18 Mar 2024

  Easily the best sports game on the Atari 8-bit, one that I played endlessly in the 1980s. One of my favorite gags from Hardball: substituting any player for the pitcher, then seeing every pitch as a wobbly "fat pitch." Hah!

• Rick — 11 Apr 2021

  That Ozzie Smith commercial is awesome! So glad you have it on here.

• Frank — 14 Oct 2010

  Great game

• eppy2000 — 9 Oct 2007

  Until this came along, Star League Baseball was my game of choice when it came to baseball. It was very innovative with the classic centerfield camera of the pitcher and batter. But once the ball is in play, it becomes like any other baseball game. It had quirks, like being able to have up to six outs. Or balls thrown from the outfield REALLY slowing down to indicate distance. Or not being able to go back to base once you've committed to stealing. It had one great feature missing in today's baseball games. You can substitute positions players as pitchers (something that does happen, if rarely, in the big leagues). Another great thing is that if you place players in positions other than their own, they're more prone to making errors.