Tony La Russa Baseball 4

Release: Spring 1997
Format: Windows 95 CD
Price: to be announced

Tony La Russa Baseball 4 takes all the sophisticated and comprehensive simulation found in Tony La Russa Baseball 3: 1996 Edition and adds true 3D graphics and state-of-the art visuals to make it the most vivid and realistic baseball simulation available. This latest baseball sim lets two players compete through modem and network play and uses larger video animations to enhance the batter-pitcher confrontation. Jam-packed with the latest statistics, beautiful graphics, strategy and gameplay options, and the highest-quality digitized sound, Tony La Russa Baseball 4 equally satisfies strategy buffs, fantasy players and arcade action fans.

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New features.

True 3D graphics allowing for multiple camera angles. Includes 28 newly-rendered 3D stadiums.
Combines in-depth statistical data with state-of-the-art visuals using 16-bit graphics.
Two players can compete in real time over a modem or through a network.
Significantly faster gameplay than Tony La Russa Baseball 3 at 15-25 fps.
New, larger video animations of real pro players and improved interface for more accurate and exciting batter-pitcher confrontations.
Save/Load replays. Players can store all-time great plays on their hard drive and reload them to share with friends at any time.
Computer artificial intelligence is used in the General Manager Challenge to increase competition for trades and free agent signings.
Latest statistics. All the 1996 players and their season stats. First game to incorporate 1997 Opening Day roster, including trades and free agent pick-ups.
New video clips of Tony La Russa instructing players on gameplay and strategy.
Runs native in Windows 95.

Unique features of Tony La Russa Baseball 4.

Player can control all aspects of the game including: batter vs. pitcher match-ups; creating entire baseball leagues; wheeling and dealing with other general managers through trades and drafts; and experiencing hitting, pitching, and fielding.
Arcade vs. simulation mode. Can simulate an entire baseball season in ten minutes.
Players can conduct fantasy drafts in a mini rotisserie league.
Head-to-head batter vs. pitcher stats. See how each batter fares against each pitcher.
Situational statistics show how a player performs, for example, in away games on grass, in the month of September, when bases are loaded.
Choice of play-by-play announcers including Lon Simmons, Hank Greenwald, and the legendary Hall of Famer, Mel Allen. Announcers introduce players by name.
Baseball simulation engine co-designed by Cardinals manager, Tony La Russa—winner of four pennants and manager of two post-season teams.