HardBall IV#Release

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

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{{VG Reviews

| Allgame = {{rating|3.5|5}} (GEN){{cite web | author=Alan, Scott | title=HardBall '94 Review | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12245&tab=review | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117075652/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12245&tab=review | archive-date=November 17, 2014 | website=AllGame | accessdate=March 9, 2024}}

| CGW = {{rating|3.5|5}} (PC){{cite magazine | author=Gindin, Jim | date=April 1995 | title=Review: Double Play – Turn Two With Reviews of HARDBALL IV and ESPN BASEBALL TONIGHT | url=https://archive.org/details/cgw_museum_pdfs/cgw_129/page/132/mode/1up | magazine=Computer Gaming World | publisher=Ziff Davis | issn=0744-6667 | issue=129 | pages=132, 134, 136}}

| GP = 85% (GEN){{cite magazine | author=Game Players staff | date=August 1994 | title=HardBall '94 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250101121953/https://retrocdn.net/images/9/9a/GamePlayers_US_0708.pdf | format=PDF | magazine=Game Players | publisher=Imagine Media | issn=1087-2779 | volume=7 | issue=8 | pages=75–6}}

| GamePro = {{rating|4|5}} (GEN){{cite magazine | author=The King Fisher | date=September 1994 | title=Triple-A Hardball: HardBall '94 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306114438/https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e0/GamePro_US_062.pdf | format=PDF | magazine=GamePro | publisher=IDG | issue=62 | issn=1042-8658}}

| Hyper = 90/100 (PC){{cite magazine | author=Maragos, Harry | date=March 1995 | title=Bytesize: Hardball IV | url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-016/page/61/mode/1up | magazine=Hyper | publisher=nextmedia | issue=16 | issn=1320-7458 | page=61}}

| MMS = 64/100 (GEN){{cite magazine | author1=Swan, Gus | author2=Bufton, Paul | date=August 1994 | title=MegaDrive Review: Hardball '94 | url=https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine-22/page/n73/mode/2up | magazine=Mean Machines Sega | publisher=EMAP | issue=22 | issn=0960-4952 | pages=74–5}}

| NGen = {{rating|4|5}} (PC){{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=7|publisher=Imagine Media|date=July 1995|page=70|issn=1078-9693|author=Next Generation staff|url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_07/page/n73/mode/1up}}

| PCGUS = 79% (PC){{cite magazine | author=PC Gamer staff | date=March 1995 | title=Reviews: HardBall 4 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961022192530fw_/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews_h.html | magazine=PC Gamer | publisher=Future plc | issue=10 | issn=1351-3540}}

| PCZone = 83/100 (PC){{cite magazine | author=Presley, Paul | date=June 1995 | title=Hardball 4 Review | url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_27_June_1995/page/n56/mode/1up | magazine=PC Zone | publisher=Future plc | issn=0967-8220 | issue=27 | page=63}}

| rev1= Electronic Entertainment

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}} (PC){{cite magazine | author=Miller, Andrew | date=April 1995 | title=Sports Games: Hardball 4 | url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicEntertainment16Apr1995/page/n84/mode/1up | magazine=Electronic Entertainment | publisher=IDG | page=83 | issue=16 | issn=1074-1356}}

| rev2 = Electronic Games

| rev2Score = A– (GEN){{cite magazine | author=Hardin, John W. | date=August 1995 | title=Cartridge: Hardball '94 | url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1994-08/page/82/mode/1up | magazine=Electronic Games | publisher=Decker Publishing | issn=0730-6687 | volume=2 | issue=11 | page=82}}

| rev3 = Flux

| rev3Score = 8.5/10 (GEN){{cite magazine | author=Kitts, Jeff | date=September 1994 | title=Game Reviews: Hardball '94 | url=https://archive.org/details/Flux1Sept1994/page/n68/mode/1up | magazine=Flux | publisher=Harris Publications | issn=1074-5602 | issue=1 | page=83}}

| rev4 = PC Games (UK)

| rev4Score = 65% (PC){{cite magazine | author=Simmons, Alex | date=July 1995 | title=HardBall 4 | url=https://archive.org/details/pcgames-12/page/n74/mode/1up | magazine=PC Games | publisher=EMAP | issue=12 | page=75}}

| rev5 = Sega Power

| rev5Score = 68% (GEN){{cite magazine | author=Sega Powerstaff | date=August 1994 | title=MegaDrive: Hardball '94 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230004154/https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d3/SegaPower_UK_57.pdf | magazine=Sega Power | publisher=Future plc | issn=0961-2718 | issue=57 | pages=58–9}}

| rev6 = VideoGames

| rev6Score = 8/10 (GEN){{cite magazine | author=Tschiltsch, Jeffrey | date=August 1994 | title=HardBall '94 | url=https://archive.org/details/video-games-august-1994/page/n87/mode/1up | magazine=VideoGames | publisher=Larry Flynt Publications | issue=68 | page=88 | issn=1059-2938}}

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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."

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• [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/genesis/586228-hardball-94 HardBall IV] at GameFAQs
• [https://www.mobygames.com/game/hardball-4 HardBall IV] at MobyGames

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Category:1994 video games

Category:Accolade, Inc. games

Category:Cancelled Atari Jaguar games

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Category:Sega Genesis games

Category:Video games developed in the United States

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