The SeasonTool utility was created by Daniel Guenther in the late-1990’s to facilitate the creation of season disks for Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 for the IBM PC (EWB). SeasonTool relies on CSV files derived from the Lahman baseball database. However, modern Lahman releases (including SABR Lahman 2025) differ significantly from the Lahman 5.1 schema that … Read more
Here’s a 3+ hour discussion on the Beatles Eternally YouTube channel about our book, “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds”. We talked about a wide variety of baseball sims, console, handheld, arcade and card & dice baseball games along with the designers, programmers, managers and broadcasters involved with the development of … Read more
Methodology Based on the research for my book “Hardball Retrospective“, I assigned every Major League ballplayer to the first team that signed them to a professional MLB contract. Each player remains on their assigned “Original” team for the duration of their careers. For comparison purposes, I also compiled “Actual” teams using the individuals that actually … Read more
This is the twelfth 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
Select your favorite baseball video games – be sure to click Vote in order to lock in your selection! New users must register for an account before you can post a comment or vote! Learn how to play classic retro baseball video games in your browser here! [yop_poll id=”34″] [yop_poll id=”35″] [yop_poll id=”36″] [yop_poll id=”37″] … Read more
The Internet Archive hosts nearly 50 classic baseball video games. Available through the magic of emulation, most of the games can be played via keyboard, mouse or joystick / gamepad controller through any current browser. Spanning the first 25 years of retro-gaming goodness on multiple platforms and featuring the gamut of text-based simulations, arcade/sim hybrids … Read more
