Digital Diamond Baseball V9

I am a 76 yr old guy that purchased MANY sports games. I would doubt that any one on board ever heard of PURSUE THE PENNANT, which was probably one of the first pro baseball games that came out. A great game that came out many years ago. ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER ! The only person that might have knowledge might be StyxTx, who had the comment before me. I don't believe any of you younger folk would remember that game ! I still have it in my possession, and is still playable. I live in California and get to go see the Giants, Padres, Angels and the other team that I really despise ! I think you know who I am referring too ! Digital Diamond baseball FINISHED OFF WHAT Pursue the Pennant started ! Thank YOU !

IMO- this game has flown UNDER the radar and deserves some accolades for its many strengths! DDB V-9 is an outstanding value providing an open game engine that produces accurate season, team and player results. As-played lineups w/ player transactions and schedules are available if you're a stock replay person. Every season from the present back to 1959 have been created, and installing a season is a matter of just clicking on it. There are many other additional seasons as well. The stats package is quite good and the AI is VERY good! I like different game play options and there are many options to playing out a game: I can autoplay a complete game; I can manage one team and let the computer manager (CM) handle the opponent for a complete game; I can manage both teams for a complete game; I can let the CM play out the game inning by inning, or half inning by half inning, and pick up the game at a certain inning; I can let the CM play until a runner is in scoring position and pick u...

I have been playing baseball games for over 50 years, tabletop and PC. I have enjoyed most. SOM had been my longest played game, over 50 years as well. It does produce pretty accurate results but DDBB has been my go to baseball game since I discovered it while it was still in it's infancy. I am a replay person and found that DDBB is the most statistically accurate game of all. One of the big things that this game has over SOMBB is the numerous options you can work with to create the type of game you want. There is a career mode as well as a mode that allows you to play along with the current season. The #1 thing this game has that none other has is A++ customer support. Whether it's through the forum or through e-mail, Mark is very quick to respond as well as super fast to fix game issues. Most of the things that have been added are suggestions from players. Every season is available for FREE! What other game offers that? Player pictures and team logos can be added. Team color...

Very enjoyable game with a ton of seasons and great tutorials Hope everyone is doing well take care :-)

The best in game baseball manager /total season game. There are no financial or any general manager aspects. No bells, whistles, or 3D graphics in a single game. There are lineup and strategy decisions that produce logical results. You feel like a true manager in game. My in game results so far are very similar to the actual MLB results in real life. Using baseball-reference.com you can download player pictures very easily. There there are also a gigantic number of free included and downloadable seasons and leagues. There is a developer who is very active in the Steam community routinely interacts with the fan base. The upgrade from version 8 that I like best is that pitcher fatigue is now based on pitch count and not batters faced.

The Best Text Sim Baseball Game of its Kind! 1. INCREDIBLE VALUE! All the seasons are FREE and custom draft leagues are very easy to set up. Want to see Ty Cobb face off against Gerrit Cole? Or how would Mike Trout do against Sandy Koufax? This can be easily done. The whole setup is fast and intuitive. And there are no extra charges unlike other baseball games which nickel and dime you for any extra season or player. 2. Statistical realism! Included in the game is a transparent mathematical formula of how batter/pitcher matchups are resolved and it makes sense! Certain games don't reveal their formulas and the cross era stats can be way out of wack . Or there are board game conversions which do reveal their formulas, but often times a statistical matchup in a game will be resolved just by reading the batters card and the pitcher is not even factored in. What fun is that? Every matchup in digital diamond baseball involves the hitter, pitcher and fielder. It seems obvious that this...

If you can accept it's flaws then get it. When it plays well it is fun. The amount of seasons you get for free is great. Also the tinkering you can do with the game engine is neat. The price also is almost unbeatable. However look to other baseball sims out there before shelling out for this one. Heck there are free ones that some consider to be better. Now in regards to specific bugs it is now V9 and you still get issues where it doesn't recognize pitchers you have brought into the game and instead goes on using whoever was in previous. It shows up in the stats too. My latest example is where I brought Don McMahon in and he pitched scoreless relief and the game did not want to recognize it in the stats and so I ended up going back and replaying things (undo feature is nice although not perfect) and this time he gave up a run. This takes you out of the moment and the fun when something like this happens. It alters what your season replay stats would have been. Also about ot...

I am a long time player of baseball sims such as Out of the Park Baseball. I tried this game starting in version 8 and now that this version (Version 9) is out I am no longer even bothering the buy OOTP every year like I used to. The only thing this game is missing from OOTP is the GM feature where you deal with trading with the AI etc. but honestly that was just frustrating anyways. This game does replays flawlessly is so much more flexible than OOTP as far as what you can control and what you can do. Be sure to watch all of the video tutorials and it will make everything easier. BTW - With this game you don't need to buy a new game every year just in order to have the current season. It has an easy way to import the season (watch the how-to videos). Also - if you like making dream teams like me - you can pretty easily make teams with players from any year and pit them against each other. The developer is also very active in the website forums and open to suggestions. Anywa...

Great baseball sim and an excellent value. Highly recommend!

Great game! Fun to play and quite accurate. After you buy the game you can download any season for free. Can't beat free!