Backyard Sports: Baseball 2007

by Humongous, Inc.

Product Features

• Full roster of MLB pros as kids—Albert Pujols, A-Rod, Ichiro, Jeter, Konerko, Ortiz, and more
• All 30 MLB pro teams plus 10 Backyard teams
• Customizable teams, players, fields, and uniforms
• Season play with complete team stats and standing
• Unlockables, power ups, minigames, and surprises

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000FIS7XE
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 5, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,545 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #11 in Video Games > PC Games > Sports > Baseball
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC

Backyard Baseball 2007 is the number one baseball video game for kids! Take the field with National League MVP Albert Puljos and other MLB superstars as kids in Backyard Baseball 2007, the fifth version of the best selling kid’s baseball video game of all time. Spectacular new graphics and environments, interactive backgrounds, older characters, and realistic gameplay make this the most exciting Backyard Baseball yet. The only kid’s video game to hold the coveted Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association licenses, Backyard Baseball 2007 features all MLB teams, uniforms, and logos.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Buy It!, January 24, 2007

By 

Frederick S. Mandler "RickM" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Backyard Baseball 2007 (CD-ROM)

This product was just horrible in every respect.

Start Up

This game does not install, but instead plays straight off the CD-ROM. I put the disk in the CD-ROM drive, and it spins away, but isn't read. I go online, and there is a feeble help section on the Atari/Humongous site, which basically tells me to update all of my drivers. I update all of the drivers (and I do mean all) and still the disk spins but isn't read. (And no other CD or CD-ROM gives me trouble.) But... strangely, when I put the disk in the DVD drive sometimes the drive reads the disk, and sometimes it doesnt. Either way though, the game will not start up. But, when the DVD drive does read the disk, I am able to navigate through the disk, and double click the program file and start the game.

Game Play

We have several other versions of Backyard Baseball, and this one is just pathetic. Much worse both in terms of game play and graphics than versions 5 years older. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the hitting is very hard to master, so that your child's frustration level soon goes off the chart.

Customer Support

Emailed customer support for help in getting the game to start up normally. Got an automated response that they were migrating their customer support and would be offline for some time. WHO MIGRATES THEIR CUSTOMER SUPPORT DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON?

Then when I do finally get a response from Atari it is to tell me that they no longer support the title and refer me to the Backyard Sports web site. Which has a meager Technical FAQ section, and no way to contact them for further assistance.

This is absolutely the worst PC game and worst customer experience I have ever had in 20+ years of PC gaming.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Shame on Albert for Endorsing a Bad Product, January 3, 2007

By 

baseball gamer "baseball gamer" (St. Louis, Mo USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backyard Baseball 2007 (CD-ROM)

I've played Backyard Baseball 2005 and it brought me hours of enjoyment. I played about 1 half a game in Backyard Baseball 2007 and it brought me instant pain. The controls are clumsy, the camera settings for the graphics are bad. It's just not very playable or very much fun. Go back to Backyard Baseball 2005 and start over from there. I was extremely disapointed in Backyard Baseball 2007.

Albert you should know something about a product before putting your name on it. Play Backyard Baseball 2005.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works!! But hard.., December 13, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Backyard Baseball 2007 (CD-ROM)

I just got my game. I got a ''lucky'' disk which works on my pc. A good thing is you don't need to install it. It auto-saves. But 1 problem i had was that this game is hard. Even easy mode is hard. Overall,it's still a good game.

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