Backyard Baseball

Baseball video game series that began in 1997

Also known as Backyard Baseball series

Developer: Humongous Entertainment
Publisher: Atari
, Humongous Entertainment
Platforms: Nintendo DS
, PlayStation 2
, Classic Mac OS
+3 more
Genre: baseball video game
Game mode: single-player video game
, multiplayer video game

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Backyard Baseball is a series of baseball video games for children which was originally developed by Humongous Entertainment. It was first released in October 1997 for Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. Later games were featured on Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, and iOS. It is part of the Backyard Sports franchise, of which this series serves as its first sub-series. It, along with its parent franchise, is currently handled by Playground Productions and developed by Mega Cat Studios.

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Sport: baseball
Country of origin: United States
Title: Backyard Baseball
Members / parts: Backyard Baseball
Backyard Baseball 2001
Backyard Baseball 2006
Backyard Baseball 2007
Backyard Baseball '97
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers
Backyard Baseball
Language: English
Founded: October 10, 1997
Takes place in fictional universe: Backyard Sports universe
Website: backyardbaseball.com language: American English
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