

Players choose from fields such as the sandlot, the urban parking lot, and the rich kid's backyard. 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. All the details that make the memories real are here - from the kids taunting the pitcher to the child with the asthma inhaler. Humongous Entertainment reached back into the past and captured all those childhood memories of baseball and digitally assembled them into this game. 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. Imagine a game just like it was with the youthful innocence of a child. A game where multi-million dollar contracts are unknown. It really does look like something that would have been on Nickelodeon in the 90s, probably in between Rugrats and Rocko’s Modern Life! It has a very charming and wholesome look to it and the way the different “stadiums” look is very well done too.Imagine a game where the players play for the love of the game, not the money. The art style of Backyard Baseball 2001 is great. It is just all about having fun and fun is the best way to describe it. In multiplayer I would bet that this game is an absolute blast! The core gameplay no matter if it is pitching, fielding or batting is very simple and it plays like a 90s arcade-style baseball game. Speaking of players there is a trading card book where you can learn more about the different players.īackyard Baseball 2001 also had an online mode and I am sure there is someone out there who has a server that allows you to play this online. If you do well here your players can be in the Hall of Fame. Here you will take your ragtag group of kids on a quest to win different championships.

You also have Season Play which is Backyard Baseball 2001’s main game mode. It is a great way to learn the basics of the game. You can change innings, errors pick your stadium and so on. This mode lets you change the difficulty level from tee-ball all the way to hard. Backyard Baseball allows you to play a single game. The game modes are exactly what you would expect from a game in the Backyard Sports series.
