APBA Baseball for Windows – tutorial – conducting a solo draft

I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in APBA Baseball for Windows. You can also execute drafts with multiple human participants using these methods – I elected the solo option with the computer general manager configured to draft the remaining teams for the sake of simplicity. Here’s a rundown of … Read more

APBA Baseball for Windows – tutorial – create/edit teams

I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in APBA Baseball for Windows. Here’s a rundown of the requirements: APBA Baseball for Windows was developed and published by Miller Associates for the IBM PC personal computer. Several iterations were released for Windows 3.1 and subsequent editions were built to run … Read more

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – APBA Baseball

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This is the thirteenth entry in a series focusing on computer baseball simulations to supplement the chapter “Play Retro Baseball Video Games In Your Browser” from my Hardball Retroactive book along with the corresponding post at Baseball Analytics. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy … Read more

Hardball Retrospective Rosters (Digital Diamond Baseball 8, Out of the Park 20, APBA Baseball for Windows 5.75 and Earl Weaver Baseball II)

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Hardball Retrospective rosters are available in Digital Diamond v8 format for download here – (1901-1910 and 1911-1920 available now – more coming soon!) ______________________________________________________________________________ Hardball Retrospective rosters are available in Out of the Park (OOTP) 20 format for download here –https://www.mediafire.com/folder/s7ra5w92610c1/ (1901 through 1912 and 1950 through 1961 available now – more coming soon!) ______________________________________________________________________________ Earl Weaver … Read more