HardBall 5
Action-oriented baseball sim. Hardball 5 is mainly an update to Hardball 4, with the additions coming in the form of adjustable difficulty settings, sharper graphics, more comments by Al Michaels and improved…
HardBall 5 is a simulator developed by Cygnus Studios, released 31 December 1995 on PlayStation, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.
What HardBall 5 is
HardBall 5 is a simulator game developed by Cygnus Studios and released in 1995. It was published by Accolade. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Action-oriented baseball sim. Hardball 5 is mainly an update to Hardball 4, with the additions coming in the form of adjustable difficulty settings, sharper graphics, more comments by Al Michaels and improved league play which comes with a full set of 1994 major leaguers plus a bonus "legends" league. Includes multiplayer support for up to 2 players.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
HardBall 5 holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What it launched against
HardBall 5 launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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