"Hardballs realism is outstanding—at a level unmatched by other baseball software to date". The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #132 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars. MegaTech gave the genesis version a score of 75% writing: "A decent baseball game which doesn’t have enough novel or interesting features to make it appeal to anyone other then real fans of the sport." Entertainment Weekly picked the game as the #11 greatest game available in 1991, saying: "With its oversaturated colors, ultrarealistic sound effects (when the umpire shouts 'Play ball!' it sounds as if he’s in the room), and detailed managerial options, HardBall! is the closest you may ever get to playing in a real major-league ballpark." Legacy The game appears in the opening scene of the 1987 film The Princess Bride, being played by Fred Savage. References External links HardBall! (Atari 8-bit) at Atari Mania HardBall! (Atari ST) at Atari Mania (Apple IIGS) 1985 video games Accolade (company) games Amiga games Apple II games Apple IIGS games Atari 8-bit family games Atari ST games Baseball video games Commodore 64 games DOS games HardBall! MSX2 games Multiplayer and single-player video games Sega Genesis games U.S. Gold games Video games developed in the United States Video games scored by Ed Bogas ZX Spectrum games