HardBall III

LET 'EM PLAY BASEBALL.

WE PLAY HARDBALL.

PRESENTING THE ALL-NEW HARDBALL III

HardBall III takes a full cut at major league realism. A power line-up that includes printable stats, standings and box scores; the ability to import data from HardBall II, Earl Weaver II and Tony LaRussa; plus a Team & Player Editor that allows you to alter everything from team logos to a player's ability.

HardBall III zooms in on the bang-bang plays. Five camera angles cover the entire ballpark. Watch instant replays and save the best for your own personal Highlight Reel.

HardBall III plays textbook "team effort" defense. The strongest fundamentals in the game. Outfielders back up one another and infielders act as cut-off men, coming out to take the throw.

HardBall III has the best play-by-play man in the business. Network broadcast great Al Michaels joins the HardBall III Team up in the booth, with a digitized description of all the action.

HardBall III thrusts you into the heat of a pennant race. It's a 162 game, major league season - complete with road trips and an all-star game. Compile good numbers along the way and maybe you'll make the roster.

HardBall III leads off with digitized players and 256 color VGA graphics. Nobody beats this double play combo. Visuals as eye opening as a line drive up the middle. Animation as smooth as a Gold Glove shortstop. From fresh mowed grass to ivy covered walls, details that capture The Show.

HardBall III test each hitter's power with eight real ballparks. Famous fields from both major leagues. Your catcher may have just enough pop to put it out of Chicago's "friendly confines," but can he go deep in Toronto?

The only computer game with Hall of Fame credentials. You don't outsell every baseball title in history by standing pat in the off-season. New HardBall III redefines computer baseball once more with real play-by-play announcing; unprecedented graphics, realism and playability; plus more of the authentic baseball nuances that serious fans want in a simulation. More runs. More hits. No errors.

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Advertisement in Computer Gaming World, June 1992

The best selling and most successful baseball series in history. Offers graphic superiority, endless playability and major league reality. Play exhibition games, a complete season and even an All-Star game. Create your own Highlight Reel and save it. Get a digitized close-up of those controversial calls as instant replay shows it to you again. Al Michaels calls the action.

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Eat dirt, sweat, scratch and have Al Michaels describe every detail.

The action and color of big league baseball. Nobody can call it like Al Michaels. No game captures it like HardBall III.

HardBall III for the Sega Genesis maintains its place in the line-up as the #1-selling baseball title of all time. With new features that'll send every other game back to the minors.

You get the best power in the league: 16-meg ROM with 1/4-meg RAM. 26 authentic big league ballparks. The real 162 game season; including the all-star game and the series. The ability to create and edit your own teams and team logos - even to save games and seasons. Your own "home run derby." Pro calibre "team effort" defense. Accurate stats that are updated and stored for the entire year. VCR-like instant replays that can be saved to your personal highlight reel.

Plus the digitized play-by-play of Emmy award-winning broadcaster, Al Michaels.

New HardBall III for the Sega Genesis. One look, and you'll be itching to play.

To order, visit your favorite video retailer or call 1-800-245-7744.

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U.S. print ad (Genesis)