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HardBall!

1985 baseball video game
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HardBall!

Summary

HardBall! is a video game[1]. HardBall! ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HardBall!'s instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • HardBall!'s composer is recorded as Ed Bogas[4].
  • HardBall! was published by Accolade[5].
  • HardBall!'s genre is sports video game[6].
  • HardBall!'s developer is recorded as Aackosoft[7].
  • HardBall!'s collection is recorded as Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision[8].
  • HardBall!'s designed by is recorded as Bob Whitehead[9].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[10].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as DOS[11].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[12].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as Atari ST[13].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as Commodore 64[14].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as MSX[15].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as Apple IIGS[16].
  • HardBall!'s platform is recorded as Sega Genesis[17].
  • HardBall!'s game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[18].
  • HardBall!'s game mode is recorded as single-player video game[19].
  • HardBall! was distributed by ROM cartridge[20].
  • HardBall!'s review score is recorded as 80%[21].
  • HardBall!'s review score is recorded as 80%[22].
  • HardBall!'s country of origin is recorded as United States[23].
  • HardBall! was published on 1985[24].
  • HardBall! was released on August 1987[25].
  • HardBall!'s sport is recorded as baseball[26].
  • HardBall!'s P14470 is recorded as Games/HardBall[27].

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Authorship and Creation

HardBall! was published by Accolade[5].

Publication

Publication dates include 1985[24] and August 1987[25]. HardBall!'s genre is sports video game[6]. HardBall! was distributed by ROM cartridge[20].

Reception

Reviews include 80%[21].

Why It Matters

HardBall! ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (79 views/month).[2] HardBall! has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] HardBall! is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Aackosoft Accolade Apple IIGS Bob Whitehead DOS United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 80%, 80%
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-add:1||2 */ [[Property:P444]], uploading review scores from gen4; thanks Catel69 for the parsing in the first place! ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/ac96494e159"
  2. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Collection → Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
    Distribution format → ROM cartridge
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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