Backyard Football (1999 video game)
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Backyard Football is a football video game released by Humongous Entertainment in 1999. The game was the third Backyard game released by Humongous Entertainment, preceded by Backyard Soccer
and Backyard Baseball
. It is the first of all of the Backyard Sports series to consist of the Backyard kids and professional players as kids.
The second type of gameplay is season mode. The player selects their coach name, settings, and team before the season and drafts all seven of their players before the CPU picks any for the rest of the computer controlle teams in the league. The coach guides their team through a 14 game season, at the end of which if they are to win their division or be picked as the wild card, the team will compete in the playoffs. 8 teams, 4 from each conference, compete in three rounds of games to make it to the "Super Colossal Cereal Bowl."
The third type of gameplay is online play. Backyard Football is the only game along with Backyard Baseball 2001 that offers online play with players across the globe. Online play is hosted through the Junior Sports Network, online play that is only available for Windows users, since the network system does not support Macintosh. Since www.jrsn.com has been discontinued, no new coach names may be registered to play online. While doing online play, the player may make contact with another coach online. They may then chat with each other with only pre-written dialogue, since the network is not being monitored to make sure no innapropriate language is used. Like Backyard Baseball 2001, there are 3 modes of difficulty. Easy, Medium, and Hard. The harder the difficulty, it becomes less likely that the players out on the field are going to make magnificent plays to "bail the coach out".
Throwing: Shows the ability of the player to throw the ball over a distance and how accurate the pass is likely to be.
Catching: Shows the player's catching skills. A player with high catching skills is good at catching passes and is also less likely to fumble when running with the ball.
Running: Shows the speed of the player. In general, players with higher speed ratings will be faster, but a player with a rating of three might be as fast as a player with a rating of four, showing that all players with the same listed speed will not run at the same speed.
Blocking: Shows the player's ability to block an opposing player, or how strong the player is at knocking down another blocker. A player with higher blocking skills is more likely to consistently tackle opponents while in pursuit and will also have a greater chance of forcing a fumble when tackling a player.
Kicking: Shows either the player's power when delivering a kick, or accuracy when attempting a field goal
or PAT (point after Touchdown.)
The first one is to hear Pablo Sanchez
(a Spanish
-speaking player) speak in English
. Like in Backyard Baseball, Backyard Soccer and Backyard Baseball 2001, a player must hold shift and enter and click on Pablo's portrait to hear him talk in English.
The other one is to have the player's team be the Tackling Dummies. The Tackling Dummies are a team of Mr. Clanky and his practice bots used by a player when they perform a practice mode. When entering a coach name, the player must enter the name in as "Mr. Clanky". After this, all of the league setup options and the team pickings are skipped, and the Tackling Dummies are the player's team.
Backyard Soccer
Backyard Soccer, known in Europe as Junior Sports Football, is a video game in the Backyard Sports franchise, developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Infogrames. It was first released in 1998 for the Mac and PC, was released for the PlayStation in 2001, and the iOS in...
and Backyard Baseball
Backyard Baseball
Backyard Baseball is a series of children's games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, iOS, and the PC. It is the original game in the Backyard Sports series. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. It is one of...
. It is the first of all of the Backyard Sports series to consist of the Backyard kids and professional players as kids.
Gameplay
There are 3 types of gameplay available in Backyard football. The first one is a single game. A player picks the field they wish to play on, the weather type (those being sunny, where the players run very fast, rainy, in which the players run at a normal speed and the ball is very hard to throw, and snowy, where players are slow), the level of difficulty between easy, medium, or hard, and decide on whether they want the automatic or manual kick on. They then pick their team name, which can be any of the then-31 NFL teams and 10 backyard teams. When the team is chosen, a player would take turns choosing players with the CPU. There are a total of 7 players on a team, two of which will be on the bench while 5 get to see action. The statistics of a player in single game mode have no effect on a player's statistics in season play.The second type of gameplay is season mode. The player selects their coach name, settings, and team before the season and drafts all seven of their players before the CPU picks any for the rest of the computer controlle teams in the league. The coach guides their team through a 14 game season, at the end of which if they are to win their division or be picked as the wild card, the team will compete in the playoffs. 8 teams, 4 from each conference, compete in three rounds of games to make it to the "Super Colossal Cereal Bowl."
The third type of gameplay is online play. Backyard Football is the only game along with Backyard Baseball 2001 that offers online play with players across the globe. Online play is hosted through the Junior Sports Network, online play that is only available for Windows users, since the network system does not support Macintosh. Since www.jrsn.com has been discontinued, no new coach names may be registered to play online. While doing online play, the player may make contact with another coach online. They may then chat with each other with only pre-written dialogue, since the network is not being monitored to make sure no innapropriate language is used. Like Backyard Baseball 2001, there are 3 modes of difficulty. Easy, Medium, and Hard. The harder the difficulty, it becomes less likely that the players out on the field are going to make magnificent plays to "bail the coach out".
Stats
The stats of a player are divided into 5 categories, each category offering a skill rating of 1 to 4, showing the players skill at a certain category.Throwing: Shows the ability of the player to throw the ball over a distance and how accurate the pass is likely to be.
Catching: Shows the player's catching skills. A player with high catching skills is good at catching passes and is also less likely to fumble when running with the ball.
Running: Shows the speed of the player. In general, players with higher speed ratings will be faster, but a player with a rating of three might be as fast as a player with a rating of four, showing that all players with the same listed speed will not run at the same speed.
Blocking: Shows the player's ability to block an opposing player, or how strong the player is at knocking down another blocker. A player with higher blocking skills is more likely to consistently tackle opponents while in pursuit and will also have a greater chance of forcing a fumble when tackling a player.
Kicking: Shows either the player's power when delivering a kick, or accuracy when attempting a field goal
Field goal (football)
A field goal in American football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play . Field goals may be scored by a placekick or the now practically extinct drop kick.The drop kick fell out of favor in 1934 when the shape of the ball was changed...
or PAT (point after Touchdown.)
Cheats
There are two known cheats for Backyard Football.The first one is to hear Pablo Sanchez
Pablo Sánchez
Pablo Andrés Sánchez is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as a midfielder. During his professional career, he was nicknamed Vitamina.-Playing career:...
(a Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
-speaking player) speak in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Like in Backyard Baseball, Backyard Soccer and Backyard Baseball 2001, a player must hold shift and enter and click on Pablo's portrait to hear him talk in English.
The other one is to have the player's team be the Tackling Dummies. The Tackling Dummies are a team of Mr. Clanky and his practice bots used by a player when they perform a practice mode. When entering a coach name, the player must enter the name in as "Mr. Clanky". After this, all of the league setup options and the team pickings are skipped, and the Tackling Dummies are the player's team.
Pro Kids
There are 8 professional football players portrayed as kids in Backyard Football, whose names, teams, and positions are listed below:- Randall CunninghamRandall CunninghamRandall W. Cunningham is a former American football quarterback.After playing college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was selected in the second round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, with whom he remained through the 1995 season...
QB Minnesota Vikings - Brett FavreBrett FavreBrett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...
QB Green Bay Packers - Dan MarinoDan MarinoDaniel Constantine "Dan" Marino, Jr. is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League...
QB Miami Dolphins - Barry SandersBarry SandersBarry Sanders is a former American football running back who spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions in the NFL. Sanders left the game just short of the all-time rushing record...
RB Detroit Lions - Steve Young QB San Francisco 49ers
- Drew BledsoeDrew BledsoeDrew McQueen Bledsoe is a former football quarterback in the National Football League, best known as the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots from 1993-2001. During the 1990s, he was considered the face of the Patriots franchise...
QB New England Patriots - Jerry RiceJerry RiceJerry Lee Rice is a retired American football wide receiver. He is generally regarded as the greatest wide receiver of all time and one of the greatest players in National Football League history...
WR San Francisco 49ers - John ElwayJohn ElwayJohn Albert Elway, Jr. is a former American football quarterback and currently is the executive vice president of football operations for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League . He played college football at Stanford and his entire professional career with the Denver Broncos...
QB Denver Broncos