![]() I randomly selected an exhibition game between the Indians and the Blue Jays once I got the game to function properly in the DosBox emulator. The in-game options remain intact, fielder names are now displayed and the text descriptions acquire a bit more flavor. ![]() ![]() Major League Manager, a revised version of Pro Manager, was published by Spinnaker Software in 1986. I did not acquire a PC clone until 1992 so I totally missed the boat on this one as it was never ported to other systems. I stumbled across this title while searching for baseball articles in the Computer Gaming World Museum archive. Release Year – 1984 (Pro Manager), 1986 (Major League Manager)Īvalon Hill Pro Manager is a bares-bones text-based hardball simulation released solely for the IBM PC in 1984. Publisher – Avalon Hill (1984), Spinnaker Software (1986) Baseball video games that are strictly arcade representations of baseball (based solely on reflex and hand-eye coordination) are excluded. The series focuses on baseball simulations – games in which the primary emphasis is on managerial strategy and the ability to replay entire seasons with a degree of realism. This is the fourth 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.
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