<s>
HardBall	B-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplatform	O
baseball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
MindSpan	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Accolade	O
between	O
1992	O
and	O
1994	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
and	O
DOS	B-Device
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
licensed	O
by	O
the	O
Major	O
League	O
Baseball	B-Application
Players	O
Association	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
HardBall	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Season	O
stats	O
are	O
logged	O
through	O
a	O
lengthy	O
password	O
in	O
these	O
versions	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
that	O
was	O
already	O
common	O
in	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
personal	O
computers	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1993	O
,	O
Accolade	O
signed	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
third-party	O
developer	O
for	O
the	O
recently	O
released	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
and	O
licensed	O
five	O
titles	O
from	O
their	O
catalog	O
to	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
ported	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
with	O
HardBall	B-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
then	O
titled	O
Al	O
Michaels	O
Announces	O
HardBall	B-Application
III	I-Application
)	O
being	O
among	O
the	O
five	O
licensed	O
games	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
early	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1992	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
HardBall	B-Application
III	I-Application
looks	O
like	O
another	O
winner	O
"	O
,	O
complementing	O
its	O
emphasis	O
on	O
action	O
while	O
also	O
providing	O
simulation	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
praised	O
its	O
"	O
glorious	O
"	O
support	O
for	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
and	O
sound	B-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
packs	O
more	O
features	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
box	O
than	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
competitors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
praised	O
the	O
huge	O
number	O
of	O
options	O
and	O
player	O
stats	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
the	O
rough	O
graphics	O
and	O
"	O
choppy	O
"	O
player	O
movements	O
reduce	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
merely	O
above	O
average	O
.	O
</s>
