Backyard Baseball is a series of baseball video games for children which was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. It was first released in October 1997 for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. Backyard Baseball 2001 is part of the long running Backyard Baseball series, but this one could be one of the very best. This is one of the most charming arcade-style baseball games you will ever play. Even though it is what could be referred to as “retro” this is still a fun time if you like old school arcade baseball. This is a great baseball game that lets you play a junior version of Major League Baseball teams. Create your own team and hit the field as kids. Backyard Baseball 2001, a really nice sports game sold in 2000 for Windows, is available and ready to be played again! Time to play a baseball and licensed title video game title. Download Backyard Baseball 2001 (Windows) - My Abandonware.
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Imagine a game where the players play for the love of the game, not the money. Minitool partition wizard v8 1 1 full. 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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Magman2021-05-080 point
I’m excited
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i love this game
PIDGEY2020-07-253 points
The game works pretty well. It is a bundle that comes with football, but I only used the basketball game and I've been fine on season mode and single games. I'm using WinCDEmu to run it, and used the compact installation if that helps.
DrDude2020-01-032 points
This game works pretty well if you just run it from the game file, not with Scummvm or dosbox
Yntec2019-03-062 points
Just like GOPPY and TOONE said before me, game doesn't work (crashes when trying to save the coach.) Plus, it's heavy because it's a Basquetball+Football bundle. Don't waste your time!
goppy2018-07-242 points
game is broken. This game seems to be broken. Can not start a season mode game and no players appear on the court when i do single player.
Toone2018-05-170 point
This game seems to be broken. Can not start a season mode game plus once a quick game is started no players appear on the court.
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If you haven't played Backyard Baseball 2003 or want to try this sports video game, download it now for free! Published in 2002 by Infogrames, Inc., Backyard Baseball 2003 is still a popular baseball title amongst retrogamers, with a whopping 4.3/5 rating.
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dan2021-05-070 point
i love this game
BiggDoug2021-04-230 point
My game keeps crashing midgame using scum. Any fixes? Pete will foul a bunt or something and he just stands there scratching his head forever.
roshuntus2020-12-071 point
I cant get downloader to launch! I allow access and everything and then it doesnt launch!
EFQfr rgerg2020-11-140 point
Just use it on ScummVM if it wont work
Wyatt ford2020-11-10-1 point
Best torrent client for mac reddit. Omg can you play on phone
Joey2020-11-03-2 points
Cant get the sound to work.
I'm able to get the older games to run fine, but this 2003 one is causing me trouble
troit2020-10-171 point
how do you change pitchers.
drAKE2020-10-08-4 points
what do you do after you download
im jeff hello2020-09-11-1 point
once i won a game 37 to 1
GAVIN TOMATO2020-05-131 point
this game raised me
Greg B2020-04-291 point
Anyone have any luck playing this on Mac? Using Scumm on Catalina
Daniel2020-04-140 point
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can I play it on my macbook pro?
Nyeilatj2020-04-121 point
When i was younger I used to play this game with my grandmas best friends son. I spent so much time hanging out at this kids house just so i could play that game with him.
Swedish Fish2020-04-091 point
Nice Game on TIKTOK
Zachwright2020-01-273 points
Downloaded the game will not start
RE Putra2019-11-261 point
I love this game
john2019-11-031 point
I loved this game sence i was 7 years old
Bleeding Heart Show2019-07-161 point
So, good news: the game mostly works.
Bad news: the sound files are corrupted.
Clark2019-05-214 points
This game was my childhood! I played it all the time!
TUTUBAN SPORT2018-05-07-7 points
Excellent! By playing this game you can easily learn the rules of baseball.
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