Backyard Baseball 2005

by Humongous

Product Features

• 3D baseball where you control your own Backyard sports team
• Play with 30 Backyard Kids and 10 kid versions of MLB pros
• Play on different Backyard fields with creative surroundings
• Full stats and customizable players; unlock 6 MLB Stars
• Action for a single game or an entire Backyard season

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000TQRDK
• Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 5.3 x 7.6 inches ; 2.9 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 22, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,639 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #96 in Video Games > PC Games > Sports
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

In Backyard Baseball 2005 you get to play with pro hero’s--when they were kids! In this all 3D, baseball experience, enjoy the thrill of controlling your own Backyard Sports team!

Features:

• All 30 MLB team logos and colors
• Play with 30 Backyard Kids and 10 kid versions of MLB pros: Alex Rodriguez, Jim Thome, Ichiro, Carlos Delgado, Nomar Garciaparra, Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa, Dontrelle Willis, Eric Gagne
• Unlock six MLB Stars: Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Shawn Green, Greg Maddux
• Awesome power-ups like Lightening Bat and Fire Ball
• Play on different "Backyard" fields with creative surroundings
• Full stats and customizable players
• Action for a single game or an entire Backyard season
• Mini-games: Home Run Derby and Darts

Product Description

The award-winning Backyard Sports series has it all. Real pro athletes star in exciting games where you call the shots. Animated action, top stars and fun surprises make Backyard Sports one of the hottest sports CD-ROM series. The Backyard Sports series has won over 55 awards of excellence.

With Backyard Baseball 2005, you get all 30 MLB teams, plus Backyard teams and logos. Pick your players or create your own. Improve your skills during Home Run Derby practices and more!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the effort!, July 7, 2004

By 

lutefiskman (St. Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backyard Baseball 2005 (CD-ROM)

I must say that although we initially had problems getting this game to run properly on my son's computer (an 800 Mhz PIII w/ATI 7500 running Windows ME), once we downloaded the latest drivers (the ones from just two months ago didn't work!), the game ran great! My son is 8 years old and he loves it - he's already up to the "Pro" difficulty level and is just starting to play the Season mode. It's fun watching him put together a team based on the kid's stats - this game is definitely teaching him a lot about Baseball! Highly recommend to anyone with a young baseball fan in the family!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Backyard Sports is now 3-D!, June 30, 2004

By 

"kenoshakid36" (Kenosha, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backyard Baseball 2005 (CD-ROM)

My eight-year-old daughter and I both really enjoy this new Backyard Sports title from Humongous. I wasn't sure that I would like the change from the 2-D animated style of their previous games, but they kept the wacky cartoony flavor in the 3-D models, and having the camera fly around the fields is pretty cool. The fields aren't ordinary baseball fields--the kids play in an Everglades swamp, in a southwestern desert, and on a midwestern farm complete with a tornado and crop circles. We both really enjoy the humor of this game. I especially like the color commentary by Abner Doubleplay. My daughter enjoys the crazy power-up pitches.

We have an older Nvidia Gforce 3 card and have had no problems. I have heard that some older video cards aren't supported by the latest DirectX from Microsoft. Maybe that is the problem some people are having. I've always found Atari's tech support helpful when I gave them a call, though I haven't had to in a while.

The only reason I'm not giving this five stars is that I wanted to play with my gamepad, and the button mapping is quite awkward. Unlike other games I have that say they support controllers, there doesn't seem to be any way to remap the buttons. So we just use the mouse and keyboard. (My daughter doesn't mind. I'm the one who plays console sports games, so I'm used to a gamepad.)

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Backyard Baseball 2005 is Awesome, November 4, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Backyard Baseball 2005 (CD-ROM)

This is a really great game. The things that make it a great game are:
* It has extremely fun power ups
* You can save the season play and have a 32 game career
* It has awesome graphics (watch for the cow being lifted into the flying saucer.

The things that need improvement are:
* I had trouble saving a coach at first because I didn't have priviledges to create a folder outside of My Documents. They should fix that.
* That's all until version 2006!