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Imagine a game where the players play for the love of the game, not the money. A game where multi-million dollar contracts are unknown. A game where everyone gets to play. Imagine a game just like it was with the youthful innocence of a child. This, my friends, is Backyard Baseball. Backyard Baseballtakes you back to when you were a kid, when baseball was a game, and the team was hastily put together among the kids in the neighborhood.
Playing for Real
Humongous Entertainment reached back into the past and captured all those childhood memories of baseball and digitally assembled them into this game. All the details that make the memories real are here - from the kids taunting the pitcher to the child with the asthma inhaler. Do you remember picking teams, taking turns picking from the best players until only the bad players were left? Do you remember picking someone's little brother because his big brother was a good player? It's all here. Nothing was left out.
Players choose from fields such as the sandlot, the urban parking lot, and the rich kid's backyard. Pitchers throw crazy pitches such as the 'Elevator' and the 'Crazy Ball.' Background ambient noises and the taunting by the opposing team add to the rich atmosphere that you can almost smell.
Everything about this game is charming and cute.
Swing and Miss
Gameplay includes all the necessary elements. Pitchers choose the pitch as well as the placement. Hitters swing at the ball and can even see the strike zone. Fielding is accomplished by clicking where you want the ball thrown, and running is as simple as clicking in the direction you want the runner to advance. Everything is here, and everything is easy enough for kids. The pace is a little slow, but not too fast for children. Each batter has a distinct personality - from the boy who hops to the plate to the girl who says 'my game is really tennis, anyway' when she strikes out. I was extremely impressed with all the details of each character.
I have a few complaints about the game. This game doesn't install any files to the hard disk - everything is run from the CD. For some reason, each swing of the bat causes the CD to be read. This makes the animation choppy and the mouse click to hit feels sluggish and unresponsive. While the game is playable with this problem, it makes hitting the ball a little difficult. Instead of getting better the more balls I hit, I never really improved. I think this is because I never was able to time when I hit the mouse button and the player started their swing. That little delay when it read from the CD just ruins the hand/eye coordination.
I tried copying the entire 270MB of CD data to the hard disk to see if that improved performance (note: this is not an option in the install menu, I just copied it by dragging the contents of the CD into a new folder on my hard disk.) It did speed up the game somewhat, but the batting problem didn't improve significantly.
I also encountered one bug: I hit a ball that bounced infield, then over the fence for what should have been a double. The announcer even stated this was a double, but the runner advanced only to first.
Worthy of Praise
This game is terrific and has all the elements of a Gold Medal winner. But I can't do it. The delay in clicking the mouse and the batter swinging the ball just ruins it for me. I still like the game a lot and highly recommend it, but a Gold Medal is for games without such evident flaws. I guess I'm mad because this should have been corrected. Even a little play testing would have shown that this was a problem. Instead, we are left with what could have been a 'Game of the Year,' but instead fails to deliver on one very important game element.
This is still an outstanding game and I recommend it strongly.
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Comments and reviews
jjawwechampein2019-10-242 points
i like this game because it has cominsens
faggy fag fag2019-09-241 point
i acually really enjoybthis game
curry2019-07-221 point
I like it
bigrickjohson.1.2019-04-291 point
i like pickles
im dum2019-04-27-6 points
how do u download again xD
Cascadianranger2019-02-246 points
For those wondering what to do after downloading, extract the files anyhwere into your C drive (even their own folder) and then add the files through ScummVM and use that to play
derp2018-12-22-1 point
does this require a cd?
Catbug2018-12-120 point
I agree with wonderwoman, I downloaded it but its just a zip file with a bunch of other files. What do I do now?
The Unknown2018-05-03-4 points
Read the FAQ dude. BTW I found Backyard Baseball 2003 4free on www.pcgamefreetop.net
M2018-04-27-2 points
how do i open these files?
nice gamer2018-04-080 point
hello guys but this game is so amazing and addictive game hehehe
WonderMan2018-04-075 points
I downloaded the files but now what?
yeet2018-04-051 point
hello this game is so lit i love it its so cool of fun for a family
barter2018-02-23-2 points
this game is awesome
T.J.2017-10-063 points
I love this game!
tall tyler storm2017-07-117 points
best baseball video game
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Aluminum Power
If you hit a grand slam, about 90% of the timeyou will get the Aluminum Power power-up. (Hint:If you get Aluminum Power, save it until thebases are loaded again. If you hit a grand slam,you might get another Aluminum Power.)
Better Performance
Put Amir Khan and Achmed Khan on the same teamand both of their skills will increase. The samehappens when Ashley Webber and Sidney Webber areon the same team.Major league players will have increased skillswhen playing for their real life team. Forexample, Randy Johnson will perform better whenplaying as an Arizona Diamondback.
Home Run Derby
Note: You have to be fast. Choose two people andselect a third person immediately before thescreen changes. This will help you get more hitsand home runs.
Easy Second Base
If the other team throws the ball to home playand you are on first base, you can run to secondand they will not see you.
Ways To Get Pitching Power-ups
On a fly ball, an easy way to get a power-up forbatting is to dive at the orange circle wherethe ball is going to land, even if you don'tneed to. The trick is when the orange circleappears, stand next to it (not on it) and waitfor the ball to fall. Then press X and thedirection where the circle is. If you did itright and caught the ball, you should get apower-up for batting, usually either Rubber Bator Sonic Boom. It may take a while to get down,but with practice, you should learn to master it.
Get Aquadome
First you go to a homerun derby then choose 3people and choose A-rod, Barry Bonds,and Sammysosa I just got it today and I was surprisedthen when you are Barry bonds hit about 25 or 26homeruns and make barrybonds win. Then after allof that is over a newspaper will show up and youunlocked the 'AQUADOME' which is DA Bomb.
Unlock Humongous Memorial Stadium
To unlock humongous memorial stadium, you must play a season, go to the world series and win just 1 game.
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Pitching Power-up
To get a pitching power-up you have to strike out someone or pick-off someone.
Pitching Power-ups
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