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Backyard Sports
Genre(s)Sports
Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Android, Game Boy
First releaseBackyard Baseball
1997
Latest releaseBackyard Sports: Baseball 2015 and Backyard Sports: Basketball 2015
2015

Backyard Sports (originally branded as Junior Sports)[1][2] is a series of video games released for consoles and computers. The series is best known for starring kid-sized versions of popular professional sports stars, such as Albert Pujols, Paul Pierce, Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Clint Mathis, Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Joe Thornton and Andy Macdonald. The Backyard Sports series is licensed by the leading professional U.S. sports leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS).

The series includes Backyard Baseball, Backyard Basketball, Backyard Football (American football), Backyard Soccer, Backyard Hockey (Ice hockey), and Backyard Skateboarding. In the games, players form a team consisting of Backyard Kids and pro players, which they take through a 'Backyard League' season, attempting to become the champions. Players can create their own athletes, starting in Backyard Football (1999). Another aspect of the games is the use of Power-Ups, allowing players to gain 'super-abilities'. For instance, 'Super Dunk' allows a basketball player to make an incredible dunk from nearly anywhere on the court, 'Leap Frog' allows a football player to jump over the entire defensive line, and 'Ice Cream Truck' causes the other team to be completely distracted for a brief period of time.

Some of these games are playable with the ScummVM emulator.[3]

History[edit]

The series began in late 1997, when Humongous Entertainment created their first game, Backyard Baseball. Humongous Entertainment was owned by GT Interactive. Later Infogrames bought the company, and along with it came all of the game titles. Infogrames allowed Humongous Entertainment to expand the series, and they developed more titles such as Backyard Soccer, Backyard Hockey, Backyard Skateboarding, Backyard Basketball and Backyard Football.[4] Following the buyout by Infogrames these titles from the Backyard series have seen releases for game consoles, including the Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Wii.

On July 24, 2013, Epic Gear bought the Backyard Sports franchise from the Atari bankruptcy proceedings.[5]

On December 11, 2014, Day 6 Sports Group announced the relaunch of the Backyard Sports series with Backyard Sports NBA Basketball for smartphones and tablets, with Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry as the cover athlete.

On April 19, 2019, Humongous Entertainment tweeted an image of the original Junior Sports logo, hinting at a possible re-release of the original games and/or the developer having re-secured the rights to the series proper.[6][1][2]

Film[edit]

In 2016, it was reported that Cross Creek Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment were developing a film based on Backyard Sports with Brian Oliver and Ari Daniel Pinchot producing.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ abSchmidt, Eugene (April 24, 2019). 'Humongous Entertainment coming to consoles'. Barrelrolled. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ abFrech, Ricky (April 24, 2019). 'Humongous Entertainment is Bringing Their Collection of 90s Classics to Consoles'. DualShockers. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ^http://gamesdbase.com/list.aspx?in=1&searchtext=backyard&searchtype=1
  4. ^'Backyard Sports - Backyard Basketball and Backyard Football'. Barcodespider.com.
  5. ^http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130724006402/en/Evergreen-Group-Agreed-Acquire-Backyard-Sports-Video/
  6. ^Humongous [@HumongousEnt] (April 19, 2019). '[Image-only tweet; image shows a red exclamation point on a transparent background overlaid with the words 'It's Junior Sports' in blue.]' (Tweet). Retrieved May 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
  7. ^Fleming Jr, Mike (March 30, 2016). ''Backyard Sports' Video Game In Movie Deal With Cross Creek & Crystal City'. Deadline.

External links[edit]

  • Official website (2007 archive on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)
  • Backyard Sports series at MobyGames
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  1. Backyard Baseball 2003
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Description of Backyard Baseball 2003 Windows

If you haven't played Backyard Baseball 2003 or want to try this sports video game, download it now for free! Published in 2002 by Infogrames, Inc., Backyard Baseball 2003 is still a popular baseball title amongst retrogamers, with a whopping 4.2/5 rating.

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Comments and reviews

Zachwright2020-01-271 point

Downloaded the game will not start

RE Putra2019-11-260 point

I love this game

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john2019-11-030 point

I loved this game sence i was 7 years old

Bleeding Heart Show2019-07-160 point

So, good news: the game mostly works.
Bad news: the sound files are corrupted.

Clark2019-05-213 points

This game was my childhood! I played it all the time!

TUTUBAN SPORT2018-05-07-4 points

Excellent! By playing this game you can easily learn the rules of baseball.

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