Old Time Baseball

Old Time Baseball is a baseball computer simulation game (1995) designed by Don Daglow. The game appeared on the PC and was developed and published by Stormfront Studios.

Legacy

The game was a cult hit among serious baseball fans such as members of SABR and fans of sabermetrics, but entered the market during the baseball strike of 1994-1995 when many fans were angry at baseball in general. It never achieved mainstream success, and was sometimes criticized as being designed to please only hard-core baseball history "nuts." Since it was never updated or re-issued the game is one of the most expensive collectible PC games on ebay, since serious baseball fans will often bid up the price on good condition copies.

Related Topics:
SABR - Sabermetrics - Baseball strike - 1994 - Ebay

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

A portion of the profits from the game were earmarked for contribution to retired baseball player charities, since players who appeared in the Major Leagues before 1975 do not receive pensions from the players' union. At about this time various agents attempted to organize player veteran groups to collect royalties for their appearance in video games, which had been routine since the 1980s. As a result of these efforts games with veteran players became uneconomical (OTB had 12,000 players) and impractical (because different agents represented different small groups of players). Ironically, no baseball game published since 1995 has had any significant representation of veteran players for these reasons.

Related Topics:
Major Leagues - 1975 - Pension - 1980s

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~