NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Backyard Sports

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The series includes Backyard Basketball, Backyard Baseball, Backyard Football (American football), Backyard Soccer, Backyard Hockey (Ice hockey), and now Backyard Skateboarding is in. In the games, players pick from a group of kids to form a team, go through some backyard leagues, and play to become the champion. Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ... Backyard Baseball is a series of video games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube and the PC. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. ... Backyard Football is a series of video games for various systems. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ...

The games evoke childhood memories for its players by recreating the types of sports fields seen in suburban parks and recreational areas.

Players can create their own athletes or name them anyway they want, and also, the player can create a new team name. However, more recent versions of the games have included athlete characters based on actual professional athletes as they might have appeared while they were children.

Backyard Sports games were originally produced by the Humongous Entertainment company. Humongous Entertainment is a video game company that designs adventure video games, many of which are made to be educational, for children. ...

Some of these games are playable with ScummVM emulator. ScummVM is a multi-platform stack-based virtual machine which allows one to play LucasArts adventure games which use the SCUMM system on platforms other than those where versions were originally released; furthermore, it also supports a variety of non-SCUMM games. ...

History (Specific games)

In 1997, the first game in the series, Backyard Baseball, was released. Backyard Soccer was released in 1998. Each one was somewhat popular with children between 5 and 10, which is the target audience. The first of the franchise to be licensed by a major sports league was 1999's Backyard Football, which featured Steve Young and seven other Quarterback Club players. 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Backyard Baseball is a series of video games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube and the PC. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Backyard Football is a series of video games for various systems. ... Jon Steven Young (born October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is best known as a quarterback (QB) for the San Francisco 49ers. ...

The year 2000 saw Backyard Baseball 2001, which had licenses from Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association, followed that fall by Backyard Soccer MLS Edition, which was licensed by Major League Soccer. This article is about the year 2000. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... ... Backyard Soccer Major League Soccer Edition was the first Backyard Sports soccer edition game to include the MLS. It debuted in the year 2001 and grew child popularity to the league. ... MLS logo This article refers to the current outdoor soccer league and should not be confused with the earlier indoor soccer league, the Major Soccer League. ...

Following the buyout of Humongous Entertainment by Infogrames, now known as Atari, Backyard Football 2002 and the first Backyard Basketball game were made. The latter had no NBA licenses, but it featured Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie. Each one was released in the fall of 2001. Backyard Baseball 2003 followed in the spring of 2002, with updated rosters (e.g. Cal Ripken Jr. is no longer in the game, but Ichiro Suzuki is). Later that year, Backyard Hockey, a game licensed by the NHL and the NHLPA, was released. The year 2003 saw updated versions of Backyard Soccer, Backyard Basketball, and Backyard Football. In 2004, a new game, Backyard Skateboarding, was released, and it featured Andy MacDonald. Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ... For the concept Atari (å½“ãŸã‚Š) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ... Kevin Garnett smiles while playing in the NBA for the Minnesota Timberwolves. ... Lisa Leslie after winning the WNBA Championship with the Los Angeles Sparks Lisa Leslie (born July 7, 1972 in Gardena, California) is an American Womens National Basketball Association player currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Cal Ripken, Jr. ... Ichiro Suzuki (éˆ´æœ¨ ä¸€æœ—, Suzuki IchirÅ, ã‚¤ãƒãƒãƒ¼, born October 22, 1973 in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is the right fielder for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ... The National Hockey League Players Association or NHLPA is a labour union that represents the interests of the hockey players in the National Hockey League. ... Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ... Backyard Football is a series of video games for various systems. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ... Andy MacDonald (born July 31, 1973) is one of the best-known professional vert skateboarders today. ...

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List of games

Some games, notably console versions have completely distinct gameplay than PC/Mac version with same title, thus they're listed separately.

Backyard Baseball (PC, Mac) (1999)
Backyard Baseball (GBA) (2002)
Backyard Baseball (GameCube) (2003)
Backyard Baseball (PlayStation2) (2004)
Backyard Baseball 2001 (PC, Mac) (2000)
Backyard Baseball 2003 (PC, Mac) (2002)
Backyard Baseball 2005 (PC) (2004)
Backyard Baseball 2006 (GBA) (2005)
Backyard Basketball aka Backyard Basketball 2002 (PC, Mac) (2001)
Backyard Basketball aka Backyard NBA Basketball (PlayStation2) (2003)
Backyard Basketball (GBA) (2004)
Backyard Basketball 2004 (PC) (2003)
Backyard Soccer (PC, Mac) (1998)
Backyard Soccer (PlayStation) (2001)
Backyard Soccer MLS Edition aka Backyard Soccer 2001 (PC, Mac) (2000)
Backyard Soccer 2004 (PC, Mac) (2003)
Backyard Football aka Backyard Football 2001 (PC, Mac) (1999)
Backyard Football (GBA) (2002)
Backyard Football (GameCube) (2002)
Backyard Football (PlayStation2) (2005)
Backyard Football 2002 (PC, Mac) (2001)
Backyard Football 2004 (PC) (2003)
Backyard Football 2006 (PC, GBA) (2005)
Backyard Hockey (PC) (2002)
Backyard Hockey (GBA) (2003)
Backyard Hockey 2005 (PC) (2004)
Backyard Skateboarding (PC) (2004)
Backyard Skateboarding (GBA) (2005)
Backyard Skateboarding: Game of the Year Edition aka Backyard Skateboarding 2006 (PC) (2005)

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List of games

See also

History (Specific games)