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Featuring NFL Players As Kids!Product InformationGrab your helmet because it's time to team up with the BackyardKids!  The roar of the crowd. The cool autumn air. The mud on your jersey. It'sBackyard Football! Now you'll get a chance to play against your favorite sportsstars. Pick from Steve Young Barry Sanders John Elway and your favorites fromthe Backyard Bunch.  Then choose your team logos colors and strategy.Join announcers Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield for some of the wildest footballever! You direct the action as you run pass tackle and kick in an action-packed backyard football game.Play action-packed football games with pint-sized versions of real-life proslike Brett Farve Drew Bledsoe Barry Sanders Randall Cunningham and more! Callthe plays run the routes make tackles and score winning touchdowns. Choosefrom all 31 NFL team names and logos and play an entire 14-game season endingwith the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl.  It's the chance of a lifetime to play with the pros right in your own backyard!Product Features Kid versions of real-life pros Choose from 31 NFL team names and logs Five-on-five games with instant replay and touchdown dances Simple point-and-click controls Exciting network multiplayer capability Track game season and lifetime statsWindows Requirements Windows 95/98/Me/XP or Vista  Pentium 133MHz 32MB of RAM 20MB free hard drive space (if you wish to save games in progress) 1MB Windows 95/98/Me compatible SVGA video card Windows 95/98/Me compatible sound card DirectX version 5.0 or higher (DirectX 8.0 included on game disc) 4x speed CD-ROM driveMacintosh Requirements 132MHz PowerPC System 7.5.5 up to 8.6 32MB or RAM 20MB free (if you wish to save games in progress) 4x speed CD-ROM drive 

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10974 in Video Games
• Brand: Humongous
• Model: 0417572
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Mac, Windows
• Format: CD-ROM
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .98 pounds

From Children's Software Revue® -- "Subscribe Now!"
This is the third program in the Backyard Sports series, and like the others, it offers an individualized, entertaining introduction to the game of football. Unlike other football CDs, this one features a cast of neighborhood kids as the players. Children can create teams with John Elway playing quarterback and Jerry Rice as their wide receiver, or they can let the computer randomly select from about 25 different players, each with a unique personality. Kids can also choose a playing field and a level of difficulty- we recommend starting off at the easy level. After an introduction from the sportscasters, children pick from 12 offensive or defensive plays to try. Trick plays can spice up the action with sonic booms, jersey switches, or players that suddenly jump 20 feet in the air. Kids can even adjust the weather conditions to make things more interesting. Criticisms are few. The topdown view used while playing makes it tough to distinguish the players. Also, the game is set up for just one player. Multiplayer options would have made the activity naturally conducive to playing with friends or family members. On the positive side, the range of challenge is carefully set with the easy level insuring that kids will have a successful first experience, while the hard level is full of tricky situations. The software is playful and well designed, from the play-by-play sports casting to the between-play banter of the players. Overall, this is an excellent, entertaining program.
Teaches: sports, football, strategy
Age Range: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Amazon.com Review
Searching for a pigskin computer game for your football-fanatic child (especially ages 5 to 10)? If you'd rather not opt for the complicated simulation of the Madden series or the intense taunting and tackling of the NFL Blitz series, pick up Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Football.

Combining the Junior Sports Network and the famous football players of the NFL Quarterback Club, Backyard Football features all 31 NFL teams and logos, custom NFL trading cards, and fast-paced five-on-five game play. Complex football play names are simplified for young players, and control couldn't be easier with Backyard Football's simple point-and-click interface, supporting keyboard, mouse, and game pad.

One of Backyard Football's best features is its inclusion of big name NFL players, including John Elway, Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, Steve Young, and Jerry Rice. Though the "backyard bunch" has been shrunk to pint-size form, young football fans should instantly recognize their favorite gridiron stars. A 14-game season satisfies those looking for solo play (the season ends with the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl), and a multiplayer option provides football excitement over the Junior Sports Network Internet site.

While certainly not as deep or dazzling as top-of-the-line football computer games, Backyard Football's colorful graphics and intuitive game play should please all football-crazed youngsters. --Doug Radcliffe

Amazon.com Product Description
The roar of the crowd. The cool autumn air. The mud on your jersey. It's Backyard Football time! Junior Sports teams up with the NFL's Quarterback Club to bring you a gaming experience where the "real" pro players take the field . . . as kids. No w, you'll get a chance to play against the likes of Barry Sanders, Steve Young, John Elway, and your favorites from the Backyard B unch. You choose the team, logos, colors, and strategy. The game features five-on-five football with instant replay and touchdown dances, simple point-and-click controls, multiplayer hea d-to-head capability, and more. Each game set also includes a pack of custom NFL trading cards.

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
At the Top of Grade School Kids' Sports Games!
By M. Allen Greenbaum
Boys and girls (and their parents--believe me!) will love this fun, exciting football game from Humongous Entertainment. It features characters familiar from other "Jr. Sports League" series: Easy-going Keisha, lightening-fast Pete, and others of different ages, races, sizes, and abilities.

The action is fast and the selection of plays is great fun (you can also create your own plays!). Passing plays are the most difficult; you might want to encourage your child to focus on running, kicking, and defense, and help him or her with passing. (Our 5-year old eventually got the hang of the whole game). You can set 3 difficulty levels, play a league series culminating in a the "Super-Colossal Cereal Bowl" or play single "pick-up" games, play in preset or random weather conditions, and even make up your own player with different skills (it's fun to name this player after yourself)!

A few complaints: Once again, Pete Wheeler is the athletic, but intellectually challenged kid. I found some of his dialogue offensive--but it offers a good chance to talk with your kids about stereotypes. The compilation of player stats is good, but not as complete as the Baseball game offered by Humongous. A creative and fun addition is the inclusion of several NFL players (including Steve Young, Jerry Rice, Randall Cunningham, Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, and John Elway) as kids playing along with the Jr. Sports League cast. Now, not that I ever play this game, but I recommend Keisha on defense, Pete at running back, Barry Sanders at tight end, Annie as kicker.....

(I also recommend highly the Backyard Baseball Game by Humongous.)

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
This game rocks!
By Dario
This series rules! I like this one the best 'cause it has the most features and I love football. Also,you can choose from pro players and even make your own custom player! You can even change your playbook and create new plays! The only problem is they only have these features in Backyard Football. This game should have 10 stars!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Great for ALL ages
By Chrissy
This game is totally awsome. i have all three of the backyard sports games from humongous entertainment and i play them all.... my uncle came to my house on Christmas he played 9 straiht games (hes not 5 hes 30). enjoy this game and know that humongous is comming out with backyard basketball if you like this game