Out of the Park Baseball
| Out of the Park Baseball | |
|---|---|
| Genres |
Sports game Business simulation game |
| Developers | Out of the Park Developments |
| Publishers | Out of the Park Developments |
| Platforms | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| First release |
Out of the Park Baseball May 1999 |
| Latest release |
Out of the Park Baseball 18 March 24, 2017 |
| MLB Manager (was iOOTP Baseball) | |
|---|---|
| Genres |
Sports game Business simulation game |
| Developers | Out of the Park Developments |
| Publishers | Out of the Park Developments |
| Platforms | iOS, Android (operating system) |
| First release |
iOOTP Baseball 2011 May 5, 2011 |
| Latest release |
MLB Manager 2016 March 22, 2016 |
Out of the Park Baseball, abbreviated as OOTP, is a text-based baseball simulation for career, historical, and fictional play. OOTP was originally written in 1998, when lead developer Markus Heinsohn sought to combine realistic replay baseball simulation with career play to satisfy hardcore fans and casual gamers alike. "A friend of mine brought home a bat and a glove from a trip to Miami, so we started hitting tennis balls into the neighbor’s gardens. That was in 1991," Heinsohn told Inside Mac Games in a July 2012 interview. "We then formed a baseball club and started playing in organized baseball leagues in 1994. In the meantime I played all sorts of baseball computer games, but there was no management-related game that I liked, so in 1998 I decided to simply develop my own game, just for fun. When it was done in 1999, I figured it was probably good enough to earn some money with it, and that’s when it all started."
Starting with OOTP 16, the game has licenses for Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball. The license covers historical MLB teams too. The mobile version is covered by the license too, and was renamed from iOOTP Baseball to MLB Manager.
In September 2013, OOTP Developments branched out into ice hockey with the release of Franchise Hockey Manager, which features 23 leagues, including the NHL, KHL, and many others. In January 2014, the company announced that an American football sim named Beyond the Sideline Football was in development with a release date to be announced.
The first version was released in May 1999 with the help of sportswriter Sean Lahman, who sold the game through his website. This initial version received attention from several online gaming sites. The breakthrough release came in 2001 with OOTP 3.
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