Why we play APC games
Today the Hockey Projection Disk was released and I noticed a key player was missing from Philadelphia. I emailed customer support and not more than ten minutes later I received a response with a...
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sangy35 wrote:This is a great topic and I have often wondered why others, like me, find so much enjoyment from stat based sports games. My introduction into sports games started in 1971 when my father...
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My Story: I remember my dad taking us kids to the old Crosley Field to watch our beloved Reds, and that followed with Riverfront Stadium. My entire family was very sports oriented especially...
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OK guys, let's see some hands: How many of you remember arguing over who was going to be the General Manager, the Manager, or the Coach when you chose up sides as a kid? That's what I thought. It's a...
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jazjef wrote:OK guys, let's see some hands: How many of you remember arguing over who was going to be the General Manager, the Manager, or the Coach when you chose up sides as a kid? That's what I...
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Hey New England Tider;Agreed. Each game has its own target-audience. I don't agree with posts that say 'put in the front-office/GM' functions so we can manage the whole system. To these guys I say...
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My experience growing was very similar. We would play baseball in my friend's backyard pretty much until dark during the summer. We used a tennis ball instead of baseball so not break the windows,...
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Whatever happened to Earl Weaver Baseball. Did it go by the wayside? I thought the graphics were good for the time, and the stats were ok too. I used to play it on my Tandy Radio Shack computer every...
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Wiffleball was key to our childhood too ... at least it got us to go outside instead of "rolling games" inside. We also gave ourselves SOM wiffleball cards & we "rolled" a few games based on our...
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They made Earl Weaver 2, but it was not very popular and pretty much ended the game line. Some of the guys that did Earl Weaver Baseball went on to do the Tony Larusa line of games . They were...
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SGJ2 wrote:They made Earl Weaver 2, but it was not very popular and pretty much ended the game line. Some of the guys that did Earl Weaver Baseball went on to do the Tony Larusa line of games . They...
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I also had electric football and a hockey game with the players that you could move around the rink. I also had "All Star Baseball" and "Baseball Strategy." Kinda fun, but the stat-oriented games...
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I fondly remember Photo Electric Football ... you placed your O Call pre-set "play diagram" on top of your oppenents "pre set" DEE Call ... the the photo "overlapse" would give you the play result ......
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"Personally, I never got into EW2 or Tony ... the stat replication and AI was pathetic IMO ... that's pure a simple why they died a slow a death. You can watch players chasing flyballs all day ......
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Earl Weaver Baseball- Just curious if anyone recreated/homebrewed the EWBB rosters in APCB?
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I wonder if EWBB was the game that had the computer voice announce the batter. It was great for the time... it slowly said Raaalph Kiner and pretty well but sounded like it was choking when it tried...
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I don't remember EWBB having a voice, at least EWBB 1.5. You could have a scroll banner if you chose to: "Now batting Heinie Manush."
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I'm not sure either....it would have been 1984 or1985 and may have been on the Commodore Amiga... it was the first stat based sports game I ever played. I distinctly remember a Jerry Koosman no...
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I played in my yard with a broomstick and Coke caps. I was one of the first Strat-o-matic fan (sorry Dave) I guess I still am. Have lots of seasons in cards,1967,1969 well you get the idea. Them I...
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