Hardball III is a multiplatform baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 video game developed by MindSpan

Mindspan

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 and published by Accolade

Accolade

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 between 1992 and 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive

Sega Mega Drive

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, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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 and DOS

DOS

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 computers.

Summary

The game is licensed by the Major League Baseball Players Association

Major League Baseball Players Association

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and is the sequel to Hardball II

Hardball II

Hardball II is a baseball video game developed by Distinctive Software and published by Accolade for the Amiga, DOS and Macintosh computers in 1989/1990.-Summary:...

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The console versions are simplified versions of the Hardball series found on the personal computers of the time. Season stats are logged through a lengthy password in these versions due to the lack of a hard disk drive that was already common in the more expensive personal computers at that time.