Mar 23, 2004 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. A pro baseball player from Japan, best known for his 12-year run with the Seattle Mariners. He holds the all-time record for hits in a single season, as well as the 2001 American League MVP and Rookie of the Year awards, two batting titles, and 10 consecutive Gold Gloves as an outfielder.
Background
Major League Baseball pros join the Backyard Kids. Young baseball fans can pick Alex Rodriguez, Alfonso Soriano and 14 other stars, all playing as kids! Choose lineups, team logos, and various fields — and control every pitch. With power-ups and surprises, kids can hit homeruns, throw strikeouts and have a one-of-a-kind Backyard Sports experience.
Gameplay
Backyard Baseball Team Names
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
Features
- An all-star Major League Baseball® lineup: Alfonso Soriano, Dontrelle Willis, Nomar Garciaparra, Alex Rodriguez, Carlos Delgado, Ichiro, Sammy Sosa, Albert Pujols and Eric Gagne
- Six bonus pros to unlock
- All 30 MLB team logos
- Thirty Backyard Kids, and Backyard team names and logos
- Customizable players
- Quick, single games and Season Play mode
- Options for choosing players and fields
- A 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
| Platforms: | PC, Mac |
| Publisher: | Humongous Entertainment |
| Developer: | Humongous Entertainment |
| Genres: | Sport / Baseball |
| Release Date: | 1997 |
| Game Modes: | Singleplayer |
Backyard Baseball, geared towards kids 5-12 (or older), puts a cute face on America’s all-time favorite pastime – baseball. This kid-centric title from Humongous features simple gameplay, nice cartoony animations and plenty of bright colors to go with them.
Players choose their favorite players, create a team and play a season. Characters all have their own personalities that you must factor in, divided into four categories. What sets this game apart from other baseball games is that it offers a variety of Power Ups including super pitches and hitting techniques as well as special items like the aluminum bat (which allows players to hit harder and farther). In any case, the controls are simple enough that pretty much anyone can learn it, and the game also offers difficulty levels for better players to keep the challenge going.
System Requirements: Pentium 133 MHz, 32 MB RAM, Win95
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