Backyard Football
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The logo of Backyard Football '99 (2025), a remaster of the original Backyard Football (1999) | |
| Genre | Sports |
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| Platforms | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360, Game Boy Advance, Mac, GameCube |
| First release | Backyard Football October 28, 1999 |
| Latest release | Backyard Football '99 September 9, 2025 |
Backyard Football is a series of video games for various systems. The series was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Infogrames, Atari, and The Evergreen Group. It is third of five sub-series in the Backyard Sports franchise and is the first to feature professional players as kids, examples being Steve Young and Barry Sanders, as well as the license of a professional sports league, in this case the NFL. The series currently has twelve titles, including one remaster.
Backyard Football attempts to recreate the experience of playing American football as children.