HardBall II

• Title — HardBall II • Developer — Distinctive Software • Publisher — Accolade • Designer — Don Mattrick Rick Friesen Chris Taylor • Programmer — Chris Taylor Rick Friesen • Artist — Tony Lee • Composer — Krisjan Hatlelid Bernie Vachon • Released — 1989: IBM PC 1990: Amiga, Mac • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — MS-DOS, Amiga, Classic Mac OS

HardBall II maintains the game play mechanics from HardBall! and adds the following features: • Updates and stores stats in "virtually every conceivable category." • Stats change from at-bat to at-bat, from game to game. • Pickoffs • League play • Team editor • More frames of animation per player. • Shift the infield and outfield according to each hitter. • Addition of seven different stadiums and five different views. • TV Instant Replay feature. • Pull-down menus make managing the game easier.

The Hardball II package includes: • Two floppy disks • 60 page manual • Batting commands sheet • Fielding commands chart • Copy protection code wheel The code wheel contains three wheels. The outer wheel contains the last name of baseball players. The middle ring contains the players' first names. The inner ring contains years. When the rings are properly aligned, cut outs in the third ring reveal the players' baseball stats. These stats must be entered into the program before the game will load.