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Backyard Basketball 2004

Backyard Basketball 2004

List Price: $19.99
Your Price: $14.99
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not Appropriate for Kids!
Review: Backyaard Football 2004 is way too inappropriate for da yunggunz. Other kids tackling other kids is not right for kids. My son bought this game and the next day he went to the principles' office for tackling a preschooler and the kid went to the hospital and fractured is head bone. So as you can see, don't buy this game for your kids. XOXOXOXOXO

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best!
Review: This is the best game I ever played! It's much easier to make 3-Pointers, so you can have a better chance at winning. I got this game the day it came out. I have loved the Backyard Sports Since Backyard Baseball back in 1997. I love any kind of Humongous Entertainment game. This game has all new players, like Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Vince Carter, and many more. This is THE FUNNEST Backyard Sports game ever!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Backyard Baseball 2003 for PC
Review: This game is the best!!!!
It is better than any Backyard Baseball game before it. There are great new parks and the game is improved in many other ways. Anyone looking for a great baseball game should definitely consider this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome Game!
Review: This game is by far the best one in the Backyard Sports series.
The graphics are awesome, the gameplay is awesome, this game is just all-around awesome. Infogrames definitely hit the bulls-eye with this one!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Looks good... just like the original...
Review: When Atari/Infogrames created Backyard Sports a few years ago, I thought of it as just a JOKE. But when I played the game on the computer, it was very fun. Something like a kid version of NBA Live 2004. If you're looking for a basketball computer game for you kids, this is it.

The original version will probably be just like the 2004 version, but new features will include
- Better and newer prefessional players
- Some new made up players
- Hopefully, better graphics
- The option to draft players

I've played NBA Live 2003 [] and I loved it so much, I decided to play it the whole night. So if you're looking for something just like a NBA Live 2003, without the hype, Backyard Basketball 2004 will probably look good.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My boys love it
Review: My 11 and 6 year old both love this game. We had the old one but it kept closing down on the computer. This one doesn't have that problem. They just love having a major league player on the team as well. Keeps them happy and busy, so I have to limit their time playing.
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is the best sport game ever!!!
Review: This game rocks because even they are kids they can still play like real profecional players. This game has cool animations and worth it if you'd buy it. I think this game is better than any other football games. I wish that they should create another cool version for backyard football 2002.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: My son loves it
Review: GOt this for my 11 year old for Christmas. He has the other titles in this series: Backyard Baseball, Backyard Soccer and Backyard Football. He loves this one and plays it often.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Finally, a PC baseball game I am actually able to play!
Review: Hi there! I'm Frank, fillin' in for Zaggy while he goes to see a 'real sport' down at the tank while I lay down to you my review of the Backyard Baseball 2003 PC game! After finding the Hardball and Triple Play games a bit too tough for me to get the hang of'if I manage to allow less than 20 runs in either, it's a small miracle--, I was desperate to try something that wasn't too complicated, and would actually give me a chance to win a contest from time to time. That's when I stumbled upon Backyard Baseball 2003, which is probably the easiest-to-play baseball simulator out there! After Zaggy helped install it on the store computer, I put my team together, composed of a selection of characters from the backyard sports titles that Infogrames puts out, a couple kid versions of various MLB stars from every team, and one that I made up myself! I named the custom player Zaggy, in honor of the guy who lets me write a review to put on his page every once in a while. Ain't he just the greatest? And I even named my team after one of his nicknames for me: the Humongous Melonheads!

After settin' up my team, it's on to the Season Play setup. I started out with the Easy mode, and turned on the pitch locator & swing spot so I can actually see where the ball's gonna be when it reaches the plate. I also turned off the errors. Speakin' of which, Zaggy once told me that my very existence is one of the most horrific errors that nature ever committed (whatever that means). Then I choose my team's home field, Steele Stadium (actually, the back yard of one of the BYB young'ins). This particular venue features a shallow center field that my two power-hitters-- l'il Barry Bonds and the even littler Pablo Sanchez' take advantage of on a regular basis. Finally, I select the six-inning game mode and save my settings. Then it's on to options, where I turn off the play-by-play and color commentary, the game music, and the player chatter. Nope, no distractions for me!

Finally, before I go into the first game, I set up my batting lineup as well as the positions my players will play. I usually use the faster kids for the outfield, and unless she's havin' an off day, Luanne Lui is always my startin' pitcher. Now, judgin' from what I said in the previous sentence, yer prob'ly wonderin' how I'd know if any of my players are havin' an off day. Well, I'll tell you how: when you select the 'My Roster' tab on the pre-game setup, just put your pointer-thingy on each player, and his or her performance meter will show up on the bottom (shows the player's Batting, Running, Pitching, and Fielding abilities). If any of the meters are below the player's usual performance abilities, that player's havin' an 'off' day. Fortunately, there are those times when the exact opposite happens, and the player's meter readin's are higher than usual. In other words, that player is 'en fuego'!

Anyway, the game play is pretty fun, what with alla' the silly power hits (earned with double-plays on defense) and juiced-up pitches (earned with strikeouts) and stuff that help give me a fightin' chance! I've even managed to win several games, and have been maintainin' the top spot in the wild-card race going into the final stretch of the season. A season that lasts only 14 games, and doesn't even have an All-Star game to determine which league gets home-field advantage in the backyard fall classic! Who knows, I might actually grab a playoff spot, and maybe even 'go.. all... the... way', as Chris Berman would say! Wish me luck...

G'Bye

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This game is awesome...
Review: I really thought when I downloaded a demo of this game that it would be good and I wasn't disappointed. The only things I don't like about this game is winning 45-0, 50-0, etc. and also having to wait for the two idiot announcers to shut up before the pitcher will pitch the ball. Sometimes the announcers can talk for a long period of time and you are forced to press the ESCAPE button to make them shut up and get on with the game. I game the game 4 stars for these reasons, but the game is one cute game and you will never get over some of the kids voices and antics. They are just too cute. :)


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