Microsoft Baseball 3D 1998 Edition
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- WizBang! Software Productions
| Microsoft Baseball 3D 1998 Edition | |
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| Publisher(s) | Microsoft |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Microsoft Baseball 3D 1998 Edition, also known as simply Microsoft Baseball 3D, is a sports video game developed by Microsoft and WizBang! Software Productions. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 1998. It received praise for its graphics, but criticism for numerous glitches and its varying difficulty. It was followed by Microsoft Baseball 2000 and Microsoft Baseball 2001.
Microsoft Baseball 3D includes all of the players, teams and ballparks from the 1997 Major League Baseball season.[2] Players include Ron Gant, Lance Johnson, Mickey Morandini, Sammy Sosa, and Todd Stottlemyre.[2][3] The game has three modes, including single game, season play, and playoffs.[2] There is no home run derby or practice mode.[2][4][5] The game has three difficulty settings,[6] three swing types, and four pitch types.[7] The game can be played in a manual mode or an assisted mode.[2][7][6][4] The game includes the General Manager utility, in which baseball players' statistics can be edited, including their weight and height.[2][4]
Development and release
The game was developed by Microsoft[8] and WizBang! Software Productions.[5][9] Development of the game began in January 1996, and took 28 months.[8] The baseball players' actions were created through 500 motion-captured moves.[2] Because of its graphics, the game can only be played with a 3D accelerator card.[5][10][11] The game was originally scheduled for release in October 1997,[11] but underwent additional development,[2] before being released on July 1, 1998.[1] The game shipped without multiplayer capability, although a patch was in development at the time to allow such a feature through the Internet.[2][6]
