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'''Hardball''' is a popular series of [[baseball]] [[computer and video game]]s by [[Accolade]], made for a variety of platforms.

The '''Shorncliffe railway line''' is a [[suburban]] [[railway]] line in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. It is part of the [[Brisbane Citytrain Network]]. It branches from the [[Caboolture railway line, Brisbane|Caboolture line]] at [[Northgate railway station, Brisbane|Northgate]] and follows a predominantly north-eastern course to [[Shorncliffe, Queensland|Shorncliffe]] on [[Moreton Bay]].

[[Image:C64_Hardball.png|frame|Throwing a pitch on the [[Commodore 64]] version, with options for the pitcher and batter.]]

The original ''Hardball!'' game was published in [[1985]] for the [[Commodore 64]]. One or two players were supported. It was very successful, with ports for the [[Apple II]], [[Atari ST]], [[Amiga]], [[personal computer|PC]] ([[DOS]] in [[Color Graphics Adapter|CGA]] and [[Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA]]), and eventually the [[Sega Genesis]].

It branches from the [[Ferny Grove railway line, Brisbane|Ferny Grove]] line at [[Bowen Hills railway station, Brisbane|Bowen Hills]], and the [[Doomben railway line, Brisbane|Doomben]] and [[Airport railway line, Brisbane|Airport]] lines at [[Eagle Junction railway station, Brisbane|Eagle Junction]].

Play is controlled with a [[joystick]] or [[arrow key]]s and an action button. One of the four cardinal directions is used to choose the pitch, and again to aim it towards low, high, inside(towards batter), or outside(away from batter). The same directions are used to aim the swing when batting. When fielding after a hit, the defensive player closest to the ball will flash to show it is the one currently under control. The four directions are then used to throw to one of the four bases.

The Shorncliffe line usually feeds into the Ipswich line, with trains generally terminating at Corinda. This creates 15 minute off-peak frequency. At other times, Shorncliffe trains travel to Corinda via Tennyson or terminate at South Bank.

There are also managerial options available. The player has a selection of pitchers to choose from. Each team member has his own statistics that affect his performance, and can be rearranged as desired.

==Stations==

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|style="font-face:arial"|'''Shorncliffe Line'''

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*'''[[TransLink (Brisbane)|TransLink]] [[Brisbane TransLink Zone 4|Zone 4]]'''

*'''[[Shorncliffe railway station, Brisbane|Shorncliffe]]'''

*[[Sandgate railway station, Brisbane|Sandgate]]

*[[Deagon railway station, Brisbane|Deagon]]

*[[North Boondall railway station, Brisbane|North Boondall]]

*'''TransLink [[Brisbane TransLink Zone 3|Zone 3]]'''

*[[Boondall railway station, Brisbane|Boondall]] (Zones 3/4)

*[[Nudgee railway station, Brisbane|Nudgee]]

*[[Banyo railway station, Brisbane|Banyo]]

*[[Bindha railway station, Brisbane|Bindha]]

*'''TransLink [[Brisbane TransLink Zone 2|Zone 2]]'''

*[[Northgate railway station, Brisbane|Northgate]] (Zones 2/3)

*[[Nundah railway station, Brisbane|Nundah]]

*[[Toombul railway station, Brisbane|Toombul]]

*[[Eagle Junction railway station, Brisbane|Eagle Junction]]

*[[Wooloowin railway station, Brisbane|Wooloowin]]

*'''TransLink [[Brisbane TransLink Zone 1|Zone 1]]'''

*[[Albion railway station, Brisbane|Albion]] (Zone 1/2)

*[[Bowen Hills railway station, Brisbane|Bowen Hills]]

*[[Brunswick Street railway station, Brisbane|Brunswick Street]]

*'''[[Central railway station, Brisbane|Brisbane Central]]'''

==External links==

*[http://www.citytrain.com.au CityTrain]

*[http://www.transinfo.com.au TransInfo]

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