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- College Baseball Series
- Backyard Baseball 2005 World Series
- Play Backyard Baseball
- Backyard Baseball Series
- Backyard Baseball 2009 World Series
Pablo Ramon Sanchez is a reoccurring playable character in the Backyard Sports series. He is often considered to be the best all-around athlete and teammate. He is known for his good sportsmanship and his natural ability to lead. Quien es mas macho? The secret's out on this superstar! Pablo Sanchez is living proof that size doesn't matter. This pint-sized player can steal bases like Lou Brock. Backyard Baseball 2009 is the latest and greatest installment of the best-selling kids’ baseball video game series. Play hardball with David “Big Papi” Ortiz, A-Rod, Jeter, Ichiro, Griffey, Pujols, and other MLB superstars as kids. Choose your favorite MLB or Backyard team or create your own. Backyard Baseball is a fun and casual sports game aimed at kids, developed by Humongous Entertainment and released in 1997. The cute and colorful visuals invite youngsters (or wondrous adults) to partake in a classic game of baseball. You'll pick your team from a group of neighborhood kids, and enjoy a simplified and addictive match of the sport. Backyard Baseball is a series of children's games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, iPhone OS, and the PC. It is the original game in the Backyard Sports series. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari.
Backyard Sports | |
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Genre(s) | Sports |
Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Android, Game Boy |
First release | Backyard Baseball 1997 |
Latest release | Backyard 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.
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Some of these games are playable with the ScummVM emulator.[3]
College Baseball Series
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.
Backyard Baseball 2005 World Series
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]
Play Backyard Baseball
- ^ abSchmidt, Eugene (April 24, 2019). 'Humongous Entertainment coming to consoles'. Barrelrolled. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ abFrech, Ricky (April 24, 2019). 'Humongous Entertainment is Bringing Their Collection of 90s Classics to Consoles'. DualShockers. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^http://gamesdbase.com/list.aspx?in=1&searchtext=backyard&searchtype=1
- ^'Backyard Sports - Backyard Basketball and Backyard Football'. Barcodespider.com.
- ^http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130724006402/en/Evergreen-Group-Agreed-Acquire-Backyard-Sports-Video/
- ^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.
- ^Fleming Jr, Mike (March 30, 2016). ''Backyard Sports' Video Game In Movie Deal With Cross Creek & Crystal City'. Deadline.
Backyard Baseball Series
External links[edit]
- Official website (2007 archive on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)
- Backyard Sports series at MobyGames
Backyard Baseball 2009 World Series
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Backyard_Sports&oldid=945215019'
Game Title | Year | Platform | Publisher | User Score |
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers | 2010 | Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush | 2010 | Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers | 2010 | Wii, Windows, Xbox 360 | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Baseball '10 | 2009 | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football '10 | 2009 | PlayStation 2, Wii, Xbox 360 | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Baseball '09 | 2008 | PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football '09 | 2008 | PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Baseball '09 | 2008 | Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football '09 | 2008 | Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Hockey | 2007 | Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football '08 | 2007 | PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows | Atari Interactive, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football | 2007 | Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Sports: Baseball 2007 | 2006 | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Basketball 2007 | 2006 | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football 2006 | 2005 | PlayStation 2, Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Baseball 2005 | 2004 | Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Hockey 2005 | 2004 | Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Basketball | 2004 | Game Boy Advance | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Skateboarding | 2004 | Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Hockey | 2003 | Game Boy Advance | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Football 2004 | 2003 | Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Basketball | 2003 | PlayStation 2 | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Soccer 2004 | 2003 | Macintosh, Windows | Infogrames, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Basketball 2004 | 2003 | Windows | Atari, Inc. | ... |
Backyard Baseball | 2003 | GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows | Infogrames, Inc. | ... |