Backyard Baseball (1997 video game)
| Backyard Baseball | |
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Cover art as taken from the game's AutoRun menu. Depicted are four of the game's "Backyard Kids"; clockwise from center: Pablo Sanchez, Maria Luna, Pete Wheeler, and Stephanie Morgan. | |
| Developer | Humongous Entertainment |
| Publisher | Humongous Entertainment |
| Series | Backyard Baseball Backyard Sports |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Platforms | Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS |
| Release | Windows, Classic Mac OS
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| Genre | Sports video game |
| Mode | Single-player |
Backyard Baseball is a baseball video game developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. It is the first video game released for the Backyard Sports franchise (originally known as the Junior Sports series) and the long-running Backyard Baseball series. The game was released on a hybrid Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM on October 10, 1997.
In the years following Backyard Baseball's release, Humongous Entertainment released several spin-off titles, including Backyard Soccer (1998), Backyard Football (1999), Backyard Basketball (2001), Backyard Hockey (2002), and Backyard Skateboarding (2004). A sequel to Backyard Baseball, entitled Backyard Baseball 2001, was released in 2000.
The game was remastered in 2024 as Backyard Baseball '97. The remaster was released for Windows via Steam on October 10, exactly 27 years after the original's release. It later received ports for iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5 in 2025.