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Originally Posted by blade813
wow ... Earl Weaver making a comeback .. on iPhone no less.
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"Based on the award winning Earl Weaver Baseball engine and ported by its original creator, EWB Baseball is both a world class simulator and an hours-of-fun action game.
The original game was recently named one of the 20 Great PC Games of All Time and this version contains all of its great features including lineups and bullpen management, in-game strategy, ballpark selection, pitching and batting, four viewing styles (from classic to 3D), "instant" stats games and a full set of commissioner's options.
Three league files are included including the original All-time Greats League.
Just a list of stuff in the game:
- full stats simulator that uses (what should have been patented) combination of statistics and physics
- several playback modes: old fashioned (Earl Weaver 1) overviews, multi-camera views and a 3D “Director”. Can also play games in a few seconds with no graphics
- The sound of the crowd, the voice of the umpire, the crack of the bat.. right into your iPhone headset
- Instant replay (so you can watch how they pulled off that triple play)
- full box score results from games
- game will ship with old time allstar league
- game ships with 32 historical and fantasy ballparks (inside, outside, grass, artificial turf, green monsters, etc.)
- will provide soon (possibly by ship date) league files for many, many seasons.
- game features full simulation mode, YOU manage mode (your team vs. the computer “Skipper”) and soon to be completed, ACTION mode
- First version features a round robin schedule, but the full league scheduling capabilities are built in and ready to implement quickly
- Graphics are from the old days… some work pretty well, some need improvement.. if the project does well, I’ll upgrade to openGL
- The Commissioner/GM functions are integrated in… from granting a day off to viewing reports of both historical and “accumulated” stats
- It’s just plain fun to watch games this way!
'This is just the first version for the iPhone… new features are ready or in the queue… let me know what features you’re looking for.. it’s an ongoing work-in-progress. Thanks to everyone for their help.'"
Eddie is working on having team creation/editing available for the PC, with portability to the iPhone, since doing that on an iPhone would be a witch.
If you have an iPhone, it's only eight bucks! Go for it!