| Backyard Sports | |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Android, Game Boy |
| First release | Backyard Baseball 1997 |
| Latest release | Backyard Sports: Baseball 2015 and Backyard Sports: Basketball 2015 2015 |
Backyard Sports Club is a social sports league in the Hampton Roads area. Softball is played during the spring, summer, and fall season. Meet new people, have a. Backyard Sports Club is a co-ed adult sports league in the Coastal Virginia area. T his alternative sports league is built on being social and fun with a new twist to the old pastime sport of picnic outings and field day from elementary school.
Backyard Sports (originally branded as Junior Sports)[1][2] is a series of video games released for consoles and computers. The series is best known for starring kid-sized versions of popular professional sports stars, such as Albert Pujols, Paul Pierce, Barry Bonds, Tim Duncan, Clint Mathis, Kevin Garnett, Tom Brady, David Ortiz, Joe Thornton and Andy Macdonald. The Backyard Sports series is licensed by the leading professional U.S. sports leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Soccer (MLS).
The series includes Backyard Baseball, Backyard Basketball, Backyard Football (American football), Backyard Soccer, Backyard Hockey (Ice hockey), and Backyard Skateboarding. In the games, players form a team consisting of Backyard Kids and pro players, which they take through a 'Backyard League' season, attempting to become the champions. Players can create their own athletes, starting in Backyard Football (1999). Another aspect of the games is the use of Power-Ups, allowing players to gain 'super-abilities'. For instance, 'Super Dunk' allows a basketball player to make an incredible dunk from nearly anywhere on the court, 'Leap Frog' allows a football player to jump over the entire defensive line, and 'Ice Cream Truck' causes the other team to be completely distracted for a brief period of time.
Some of these games are playable with the ScummVM emulator.[3]
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History[edit]
The series began in late 1997, when Humongous Entertainment created their first game, Backyard Baseball. Humongous Entertainment was owned by GT Interactive. Later Infogrames bought the company, and along with it came all of the game titles. Infogrames allowed Humongous Entertainment to expand the series, and they developed more titles such as Backyard Soccer, Backyard Hockey, Backyard Skateboarding, Backyard Basketball and Backyard Football.[4] Following the buyout by Infogrames these titles from the Backyard series have seen releases for game consoles, including the Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Wii.
On July 24, 2013, Epic Gear bought the Backyard Sports franchise from the Atari bankruptcy proceedings.[5]
On December 11, 2014, Day 6 Sports Group announced the relaunch of the Backyard Sports series with Backyard Sports NBA Basketball for smartphones and tablets, with Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry as the cover athlete.
On April 19, 2019, Humongous Entertainment tweeted an image of the original Junior Sports logo, hinting at a possible re-release of the original games and/or the developer having re-secured the rights to the series proper.[6][1][2]
Film[edit]
In 2016, it was reported that Cross Creek Pictures and Crystal City Entertainment were developing a film based on Backyard Sports with Brian Oliver and Ari Daniel Pinchot producing.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ abSchmidt, Eugene (April 24, 2019). 'Humongous Entertainment coming to consoles'. Barrelrolled. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^ abFrech, Ricky (April 24, 2019). 'Humongous Entertainment is Bringing Their Collection of 90s Classics to Consoles'. DualShockers. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
- ^http://gamesdbase.com/list.aspx?in=1&searchtext=backyard&searchtype=1
- ^'Backyard Sports - Backyard Basketball and Backyard Football'. Barcodespider.com.
- ^http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130724006402/en/Evergreen-Group-Agreed-Acquire-Backyard-Sports-Video/
- ^Humongous [@HumongousEnt] (April 19, 2019). '[Image-only tweet; image shows a red exclamation point on a transparent background overlaid with the words 'It's Junior Sports' in blue.]' (Tweet). Retrieved May 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^Fleming Jr, Mike (March 30, 2016). ''Backyard Sports' Video Game In Movie Deal With Cross Creek & Crystal City'. Deadline.
Backyard Baseball
External links[edit]
- Official website (2007 archive on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)
- Backyard Sports series at MobyGames
Over the last few years, we have seen, the demand for backyard sports courts or game courts increase dramatically. We are installing more and more Bocce Courts, Horseshoe Pits and Volleyball Courts here in MA. Homeowners are realizing that lots of fun can be had right in their own backyard!
See some further details of our sport and game court installations below:
The popularity of this old world Italian game is making a huge comeback. The long and narrow court surface consists of a material that provides minimal bounce, such as stonedust, decomposed gravel or crushed oyster shell.
The standard size of a bocce ball court is 90 feet by 13 feet. However, depending on your yard constraints a court can be constructed one as short as 60. Proper drainage is a critical part of installation to avoid pooling in the court.
We generally construct the perimeter game walls 6-18 inches high using rail ties or Segmental retainer wall block to keep the balls on the playing field. Because of its long, thin nature a bocce court is well suited to side yards. Another good place for a bocce court is along a fence or wall. The Courts can be built on a slope as the walls for court can act as actual retainer walls as in the picture here. The project pictured above was actually a sloped backyard and the timbers on one side act as a retainer wall and as a backboard.
Horseshoes can be played on lawn, gravel and sand. The standard play consists of 2 stakes 40 feet apart. Rebound boards can be set behind each stake and built of 2-3 courses of rail ties or pressure treated lumber.
Our permanent horseshoe pits are typically built by anchoring the stakes, building a pit area, pitching platform and installing a backboard.
Each horseshoe pit is custom designed and built at the requests of the homeowner and space constraints of the yard.
Creating a volleyball court transforms even ordinary backyards into useful and entertaining spaces. Volleyball offers great workouts from beginner to advanced players. Whether it’s a son or daughter who has taken to the sport, or your own personal passion to play, putting a permanent volleyball court in the backyard is sure to please the whole family and make your yard entertaining central. Great way to keep the kids at home!
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Our volleyball courts are installed by excavated to proper grades, installing an edging material, anchoring posts for the net and installing a bedding material whether it’s sand or wood chips. Generally courts are 60′x30′ but we generally recommend a 10′ buffer for “safe space”. However, if your backyard won’t allow for this size court a custom court can be designed to fit your yard constraints.
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If you are interested in any of the above sports courts a custom design and proposal will be provided for you based on your wants, needs and constraints of your particular yard. Please contact us at mailto:kg@decorativelandscapesinc.com or call at 508-822-3030.