microsoft – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com dedicated to the enrichment of casual and serious enthusiasts in all aspects of professional baseball Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-hardball_retro_icon-1-32x32.jpg microsoft – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com 32 32 A Saturday Night Baseball Chinwag with Authors Derek Bain and John Racanelli https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/23/a-saturday-night-baseball-chinwag-with-authors-derek-bain-and-john-racanelli/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/23/a-saturday-night-baseball-chinwag-with-authors-derek-bain-and-john-racanelli/#respond Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:32:43 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20600 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 those gems!

Many thanks to Beatles Eternally for organizing our chat and my co-author John Racanelli for joining us on short notice!

Check out the video here:

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Derek Bain is the author of five baseball books and co-chair of the SABR Games and Simulations Committee. John Racanelli is the membership director for the Emil Rothe (Chicago) SABR Chapter, founder and Co-Chair of the SABR Baseball Landmarks Research Committee, and a regular contributor to the SABR Baseball Cards Research Committee blog.

Check out the meeting video here!

]]> https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/01/09/discussion-hardball-retros-compendium-of-baseball-video-games-and-electronic-handhelds/feed/ 0 Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games & Electronic Handhelds https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2024/09/22/hardball-retros-compendium-of-baseball-video-games-electronic-handhelds/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2024/09/22/hardball-retros-compendium-of-baseball-video-games-electronic-handhelds/#respond Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:41:00 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=18930 Read more]]> Introducing – Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games & Electronic Handhelds

available now at Amazon for $29.99 (paperback) and $9.99 (Kindle)

Celebrating 50 years of our pixelated National Pastime, this compendium documents the pertinent details for baseball video games and electronic handheld games released in the last half-century and follows the evolution of the genre. Game ratings and reviews for hundreds of baseball games are included along with interviews of designers, programmers and pioneers of the computer, video and handheld gaming industry – Don Daglow, Eddie Dombrower, Lance Haffner, Mark Lesser, Tom Tippett and Glen Wolfram. The authors wish to encourage readers to explore these games, both past and present, create your own teams and leagues, and share those results with fellow baseball gaming and simulation enthusiasts!

400 pages, full-color

Book Discussions / Promotional Appearances

SABR’s Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter – John Racanelli and Derek Bain present “A Brief History of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds” – April 29, 2026

Hittin’ Season: A Philadelphia Phillies podcast (WHYY) – Derek Bain and John Racanelli drop by to discuss their book, “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds,” with Justin Klugh of Baseball Prospectus. – June 20, 2025

Romantic About Baseball podcast – Jason Wood and Bruce Sarte interview Derek Bain – June 11, 2025

Sports Sim Magazine – “A Sports Sim Roundtable Examines the Charm and Torment of All-Time Greats Gaming Sets” – by Dan Verdun – May 2025 (Issue 20)

Beatles Eternally – “A Saturday Night Baseball Chinwag with Authors Derek Bain and John Racanelli” – March 22, 2025

SABR Games and Simulations – John Racanelli and Derek Bain discuss their book, “Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handheld. – January 8, 2025

Praise for Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Video Games & Electronic Handhelds

“Hardball Retro’s Compendium is a nostalgic treasure trove for baseball video game enthusiasts. (Authors) Bain and Racanelli take readers on a journey through baseball’s digital evolution… Packed with updated insights, interviews with legendary game designers, and reflections from players, this book is both a time capsule and a celebration of baseball’s virtual past. A must-read for fans of baseball and gaming history alike!” – Jamie Marshall, Sports Games Journal

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