Stormfront Studios – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com dedicated to the enrichment of casual and serious enthusiasts in all aspects of professional baseball Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:21:03 +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 Stormfront Studios – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com 32 32 Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – tutorial – create/edit teams https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/21/tony-la-russa-baseball-3-tutorial-create-edit-teams/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/21/tony-la-russa-baseball-3-tutorial-create-edit-teams/#respond Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:24:16 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20583 Read more]]> I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Tony La Russa Baseball 3.

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:

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

]]> https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/21/tony-la-russa-baseball-3-tutorial-create-edit-teams/feed/ 0 Old Time Baseball – tutorial – conducting a solo draft https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/17/2025-03-17-old-time-baseball-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/17/2025-03-17-old-time-baseball-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/#respond Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:37:08 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20557 Read more]]> I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in Old Time Baseball. 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 the requirements:

  • Old Time Baseball (or Tony La Russa Baseball 3 or 4) – Game Disk
  • optional, but recommended: Tony La Russa Baseball 3 or 4 – Season Disk(s)

Old Time Baseball was developed and published in 1995 by Stormfront Studios for the IBM PC personal computer. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Old Time Baseball, you can perform the same steps in Tony La Russa Baseball 3 or 4. The only additional steps would be to import the season in OTBB first, then import into TLBB 3 or 4. Alternatively, you can create / edit teams and conduct a draft using the players that you create.

I divided the tutorial into three sections: Draft (importing the 1954 season from the Old Time Baseball CD-ROM, selecting the player pool, configuring the draft rules, conducting the draft), Simulate Season (create schedule, simulate an entire season, play an All-Star Matchup with Mel Allen performing the play-by-play, reviewing the final standings) and Stat Review (games of note including one-hitters and 3-homer games, league leaderboards, and a team-by-team rundown).

View the tutorial videos here:

Part 1 – Import Universe, Draft, Review Lineups and Pitching Staffs

Part 2 – Simulate Season, All-Star Matchup, Final Standings

Part 3 – Statistical Review (Games of Note, League Leaders and Team-by-Team)

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

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

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow

]]> https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/03/17/2025-03-17-old-time-baseball-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/feed/ 0 Tony La Russa Baseball II – tutorial – create/edit teams https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/02/15/tony-la-russa-baseball-ii-tutorial-create-edit-teams/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/02/15/tony-la-russa-baseball-ii-tutorial-create-edit-teams/#respond Sat, 15 Feb 2025 17:14:43 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20402 Read more]]> I created a quick tutorial to discuss how to create and edit teams in Tony La Russa Baseball II.

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

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