Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Game Disk

• optional, but recommended: Diamond Mind Baseball – Season Disk(s)

Diamond Mind Baseball was developed by Tom Tippett and debuted in 1987 as Pursue the Pennant PC Baseball. Versions 1 through 5 were released through 1994 under the PTP license, then the game was rebranded as Diamond Mind Baseball for all subsequent editions. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Diamond Mind Baseball 12, you can perform the same (or similar) steps in prior versions.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Diamond Mind Baseball:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 – Game Disk
• Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 – Commissioner’s Disk
• SeasonTool utility by Daniel Guenther

Earl Weaver Baseball was developed by Mirage Graphics and published by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Amiga and IBM PC personal computers. An enhanced version (1.5) was later released solely for the IBM PC while the game was also ported to the Apple ][ and Macintosh computers. I’m utilizing the Earl Weaver Baseball v1.5 edition in my tutorial. The SeasonTool utility is only compatible with Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 for the IBM PC.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

You can download season libraries for Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 from the Files section of my Facebook group, Old Computer Baseball Simulations or my Dropbox account. It is possible to import those files into Earl Weaver Baseball II (IBM PC) using the EWB2CONV utility (which is part of the EWB2 installation).

References:

Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Earl_Weaver_Baseball_1987 

Note: copy protection code wheel required!

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow

SABR Stay at Home – Eddie Dombrower

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Digital Diamond Baseball v13.1.2 or higher
• optional, but recommended: Seamheads Ballpark Database

Digital Diamond Baseball is developed by Mark Cohen and it was first published in 2011 for the IBM PC personal computer. I’m utilizing version 13.1.2 in my tutorial but the majority of the instructions to create custom libraries are nearly identical since version 10. One exception is the “Import Just This Player” function, which is a new feature in version 13. Alternatively, you can follow the instructions below to import players from specific teams or seasons:

1. Open a Different Library – New Library Group – create a new group called “Year-by-Year Import”

2. Install a Library – select the season library that you wish to select players from. The library will be listed in the Favorites group by default. Select MOVE and move the library to the Year-by-Year Import group. Rename the library to “YYYY-Import-MLB” where YYYY is the year (such as 1990-Import-MLB).

3. Repeat step 2 for each season library that you wish to import players from. For example, let’s say I want to create a library that contains player-seasons from 1990 through 1994. I would perform step 2 five times and the result would look like this:

optional – if you wish to use the combined statistics for the imported players who played for multiple teams in a given season, go to Player Editor – Edit All – Combine All Duplicate Players. Those individuals will be listed on the TOT team with their merged statistics.

4. Library – New Library – type the name of your new library. click OK. Optional – move your new library into a group. Click on your new library name to open it.

5. Team Editor – create your teams by entering the City/State, Name, Year and Tag. Optional – select a team logo, ballpark (this would require importing or creating ballparks first).

6. Player Editor – Import Players From Another Library

Select the From Library (one of the Year-Import-MLB libraries created in step 2)

Select the From Team (the team that the player actually played for in the specified year – be sure to check the TOT team first for combined players!)

Select the Player(s) to be imported from that team.

Select the To Team – where the imported players will be drafted to.

Click IMPORT. Repeat process until all players are imported and 40-man rosters for each team are filled.

If you wish to import multiple players on the FROM TEAM, you may select or deselect them, then click IMPORT.

View the Digital Diamond Baseball 13 – Create Custom Libraries video here:

References:

Digital Diamond Baseball 13 (on Steam)

Digital Diamond Baseball – user-created custom libraries

Digital Diamond Dugout (Tapatalk forum)

SABR Stay at Home – Mark Cohen

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – Season Disk(s)

Tony La Russa Baseball 3 was developed by Stormfront Studios and published in 1995 by Stormfront Studios for the IBM PC personal computer, the third of four titles in the Tony La Russa Baseball series (not including the spin-off Old Time Baseball). An updated version of the game was released in 1996 as the Tony La Russa Baseball 3 : 1996 Edition. I’m utilizing the 1996 edition in my tutorial but the instructions to create and edit players and teams remain the same in versions 3 and 4 of the game along with Old Time Baseball.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

You can download season libraries for Tony La Russa Baseball 3 and Tony La Russa Baseball 3 : 1996 Edition from the Files section of my Facebook group, Old Computer Baseball Simulations or my Dropbox account:

• Tony 3 – Season Disks
• Tony 3 : 1996 Edition – Season Disks

References:

Tony La Russa Baseball 3:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Tony_La_Russa_Baseball_3_1995

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Pro League Baseball ’94 – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Pro League Baseball ’94 – Season Disk(s)

Pro League Baseball ’94 was developed and published by Micro Sports Incorporated in 1994 for the IBM PC personal computer, the second in a series of three Pro League Baseball games released between 1992 and 1997.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pro League Baseball

(includes a review of Pro League Baseball ’94)

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Full Count Baseball 6 – Game Disk
• optional – Full Count Baseball – Team Disks

Full Count Baseball 6 was released in 1994 for the IBM PC. Visit www.lhgames.net to access Jason Leonard’s conversions of the Lance Haffner games to run on modern-day (Windows, Mac and Linux) operating systems!

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Full Count Baseball 6 (Windows version by Jason Leonard):

https://lhgames.net/downloads

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Full Count Baseball

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• APBA Baseball for Windows – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: APBA Baseball for Windows – Season Disk(s)
• optional, but recommended: Baseball Wizard (Windows Edition)
• optional, but recommended: Fanpark / Bill James Baseball Encyclopedia (Windows Edition)

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 on the Windows 95 operating system between 1993 and 1999. I’m utilizing version 5.5 in my tutorial but the instructions to create and edit players and teams is similar throughout the various editions of the game.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

You can download my “Franchise Best Players” organization disks (covering each half-decade) for APBA Baseball for Windows 5.5 from the Files section of my Facebook group, Old Computer Baseball Simulations or my Dropbox account.

References:

Miller Associates 1993 catalog:

https://apbagames.com/wp-content/uploads/baseball/Miller_Assoc_1993.pdf

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – APBA Baseball

SABR Stay at Home – Kenneth and Roswell Miller

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Tony La Russa Baseball II – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Tony La Russa Baseball II – Season Disk(s)

Tony La Russa Baseball II was developed by Stormfront Studios and published in 1993 by Strategic Simulations Incorporated for the IBM PC personal computer, the second of four titles in the Tony La Russa Baseball series (not including the spin-off Old Time Baseball). An updated version of the game was released in 1994 as the Tony La Russa Baseball II : 1994 Edition. I’m utilizing the 1994 edition in my tutorial but the instructions to create and edit players and teams remain the same in both versions of the game.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Tony La Russa Baseball II:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Tony_La_Russa_Baseball_II_1993

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball II

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Pro League Baseball – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Pro League Baseball – Season Disk(s)

Pro League Baseball was developed by Micro Sports Incorporated and published in 1992 by Interplay Entertainment Corporation for the IBM PC personal computer. Sequels were released in 1994 and 1997. I’m utilizing the original (1992) game for my tutorial.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Pro League Baseball:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Pro_League_Baseball_1992

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pro League Baseball

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Pursue the Pennant (version 1 through 5) or Diamond Mind Baseball (version 6 through 8) – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Pursue the Pennant / Diamond Mind Baseball – Season Disk(s)

Pursue the Pennant (later renamed to Diamond Mind Baseball) was developed by Tom Tippett and published by Tippett Software for the IBM PC personal computer. The first edition was released in 1987. Eight PC-DOS based iterations of the game were released before the game was ported to Windows. I’m utilizing Diamond Mind Baseball 6.0a for my tutorial. The methods for creating leagues, teams and players along with drafting players on to a team are similar throughout the 8 DOS-based editions.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Pursue the Pennant 3.0 (demo):

https://archive.org/details/PTPDEMO

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball