Backyard Baseball

by Atari

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008G97D
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 8, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,429 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The roar of the crowd. The warm summer air. The dirt on your pants. Backyard Baseball brings the excitement of summer ball games to the Nintendo GameCube system--with all new 3D graphics!

Catch all the great baseball excitement with the Backyard Kids and real pro baseball players as kids. Pick your team, position players and choose a field to play on for single games or an entire season. Choose from all 30 MLB teams or create your own winning line-up with custom team names and uniforms. It's the chance of a lifetime to play with the pros right in your own backyard!

Game Features:

• Choose from all 30 Major League Baseball® teams!
• Pick from 30 Backyard Kids or 10 PRO players as kids--Sammy Sosa, Randy Johnson, Mike Piazza, Shawn Green, Barry Bonds, Ichiro, Pedro Martinez, Alex Rodriquez, Derek Jeter and Jim Thome
• Play Single Games or a whole season!
• Create and save custom players!
• Track player and team stats in Season play!
• Cool 3D environments!
• Gameplay with rumble feedback
• Play Home Run Derby
• Practice mode and cool unlockables

Product Description

Major League Baseball pros join the Backyard Kids. Now, for the first time on the Sony PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, young baseball fans can pick Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and 14 other stars, all playing as kids. Choose lineups, team logos, and awesome fields and control every pitch. With outrageous power-ups and surprises, kids can smash homeruns, throw clutch strikeouts and have a one-of-a-kind Backyard Sports experience. Features include all 30 MLB team logos, customizable players, quick, single games and Season Play mode, Home Run Derby mini-game, full stats and standings in Season Play, multiple camera views and instant replay, unlockable fields and special players, tutorial mode, baseball darts and other mini-games.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pete Wheeler on the Big Screen!, November 20, 2003

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M. Allen Greenbaum (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backyard Baseball (Video Game)

My child and I have long enjoyed Humongous Entertainment's (HE) "Backyard" series on the PC, especially because of the kid players: Speedy Pete Wheeler, good-natured Keisha Phillips, spunky Annie Frazier, and powerful Pablo Sanchez. The usual crew is here, along with 10 actual MLB baseball players (e.g., Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez) playing as kids. (You can also create your own player, distributing attributes such as contact and power).

There are a few differences between the Gamecube version and an earlier one we have for the personal computer. The one negative is the graphics: The characters' faces here have lost some definition and detail and tend to look like Pillsbury doughboys. This really took some getting used to, but eventually we did. There's also no random game mode: Even for a single game you have to go to the trouble of selecting individual players.

However, the Gamecube version has many excellent features. Video baseballers will probably play on a TV monitor (for many families, this is will be larger than the PC monitor), and this enhances the experience and eases eye strain. A major improvement is the ease of fielding compared to the "follow the blue dot" method used on the earlier PC game. As in the PC version, you can play a single game or an entire season, Gamecube also offers a homerun derby mode that is a lot of fun. We really enjoy season mode in which your selected players and team go through a regular season and can advance to the playoffs.The game tracks season statistics (e.g., RBI, HR, ERA, Strikeouts), which, of course, is often important to baseball fans. HE has included several great fields (including an underwater stadium that "unlocks" once you win a few games), and, as usual, you can adjust the game according to your ability. The background noise and commentary add authenticity and humor, and the sound levels can be individually changed as well. Overall, an excellent game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for kids 12 and younger, February 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Backyard Baseball (Video Game)

This game takes some getting used to. When I first played it, I didn't score a run until the 9th inning, and even then Barry Bonds had to hit a home run with one on. After a while you get used to it. The graphics are ok but on the replay after a home run, the ball disappears after going over the fence. If you change the difficulty level from allstar to pro or rookie, the number of innings changes from nine innings to six and if you have rookie with nine innings of play and change it to pro, same thing. But if you have changed the difficulty level and you're in the fifth inning, simply change it to allstar until the top of the 7th. Other than that, 5 to 12-year-olds should love this game.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, October 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Backyard Baseball (Video Game)

this game is amazing. the only thing i'm disappointed with is the fact that there are only 10 of the major players. 10?? come on, they leave out so many great players. my suggestion is to have all the players that were on the AL and NL all star teams of the year it came out and put them in the game, in addition to the made up players. speaking of which, the made up players are great, colorful characters. you can ignore the fact that there are only 10 major league players, 'cause everything else about the game makes up for it. BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!