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2/09/07 - APBA Acquires Baseball for Windows
LANCASTER, PA - 02/09/07 - APBA International, Inc. (APBA Games) of
Lancaster, PA announced its acquisition of the Baseball for Windows
property along with other related items from Miller Associates, Inc.
Baseball for Windows is
a popular baseball simulation product originally developed and introduced
as a DOS product
for IBM compatible personal computers in 1984. The game evolved into its
first
version of a Windows edition in 1993. Currently the product is up to version 5.5.
Baseball for Windows is based on the historic and popular APBA Pro
Baseball board game. The
simulation with its amazing accuracy and flexibility has garnered a
passionate following.
Baseball for Windows has been used as reference material for sports
writers in predicting
World Series outcomes, pre-season predictions and was even given an entire
chapter in a book
highlighting World Series Game 7's. The game was used to replay the game
7's and its
results were compared to the actual results that had occurred.
APBA's immediate plans for Baseball for Windows include an upgrade by
the start of the 2008 baseball season. "APBA has long desired to acquire
Baseball for Windows," APBA's President Marc Rinaldi was quoted
saying."We're very
excited about this acquisition. We plan to use it as a spring board to
begin
implementing our next generation of games. Besides our board game products
we envision a
complete electronic sports gaming center driven by quality, intelligent,
accurate and fun
online products."
"APBA has a long and durable history of community building," said Kenneth
Miller, president
of Miller Associates and with his brother Roswell, the original developers
of game. "This
helps assure that the electronic version of this game will reach a second
generation of fans,
much like the board game is into its third generation."
APBA began in 1951 with the release of the APBA Pro Baseball board
game.The game became wildly
popular and helped establish the popularity of sports stat and strategy
gaming. For more information on APBA
visit their website at www.APBAgames.com or call them at 1-800-334-2722.
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