Backyard Football

:"This article describes the video game. For the underlying sport, see street football (American)."

Infobox VG| title = Backyard Football


developer = Humongous Entertainment
publisher = Atari
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released = 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
genre = Sports
modes = Single player, Multiplayer
ratings = ESRB: Everyone (E)
platforms = Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PC, Mac, Wii
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requirements =
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"Backyard Football" is a series of video games for various systems. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari. It is one of several "Backyard Sports" games, and is the first of the Backyard Sports series to feature professional players as kids, examples being Steve Young and Barry Sanders.

"Backyard Football" attempts to recreate the experience of playing American football as children.

The cover athletes have been: 1999 Steve Young, 2002 Drew Bledsoe or Donovan McNabb, 2003 Donovan McNabb, 2004 Jeff Garcia, 2006 Daunte Culpepper, 2007 Ben Roethlisberger, 2008 Tom Brady.

1999 Pro Players

*Drew Bledsoe
*Randall Cunningham
*John Elway
*Brett Favre
*Dan Marino
*Jerry Rice
*Barry Sanders
*Steve Young

2002 Pro Players

*Drew Bledsoe
*Terrell Davis
*Rich Gannon
*Jevon Kearse
*Donovan McNabb
*Steve McNair
*Brett Favre
*Junior Seau
*Ricky Williams

2003 Pro Players

*Terrell Davis
*Brett Favre
*Rich Gannon
*Jeff Garcia
*Jevon Kearse
*Peyton Manning
*Donovan McNabb
*Jerry Rice
*Michael Vick
*Ricky Williams

2004 Pro Players

*Brett Favre
*Jerome Bettis
*David Boston
*Marshall Faulk
*Jeff Garcia
*Marvin Harrison
*Curtis Martin
*Donovan McNabb
*Zach Thomas
*Brian Urlacher
*Michael Vick

2006 Pro Players

*Tom Brady
*Daunte Culpepper
*Marvin Harrison
*Matt Hasselbeck
*Priest Holmes
*Torry Holt
*Peyton Manning
*Donovan McNabb
*Brian Urlacher
*LaDainian Tomlinson
*Michael Vick

2007 Pro Players (GBA)

*Tom Brady
*Daunte Culpepper(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Tony Gonzalez(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Ahman Green(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Marvin Harrison(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Matt Hasselbeck(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Priest Holmes(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Torry Holt(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*Peyton Manning
*Donovan McNabb
*Michael Strahan(must be unlocked in GBA version, please post how to unlock him)
*LaDainian Tomlinson
*Brian Urlacher
*Michael Vick
*Ben Roethlisberger
* [(Roy Williams)]

2008 Pro Players

*Shaun Alexander
*Champ Bailey
*Tom Brady
*Reggie Bush
*Frank Gore
*Marvin Harrison(unlocked by 5 receiving touchdowns by one player in one game)
*Chad Johnson
*Larry Johnson(unlocked by 5 rushing touchdowns by one player in one game)
*Peyton Manning
*Steve Smith
*Michael Strahan
*Jason Taylor(unlocked by 5 sacks by one player in one game)
*LaDainian Tomlinson
*Brian Urlacher
*Vince Young(unlocked by 5 passing touchdowns by one player in one game)

Trivia

In one of Chuck Downfield's remarks before the game he tries to remember when he played for either the Ravensdale Roughriders or The Ravensdale Rough Riders. A spoof of a time where the Canadian Football League had two teams with almost identical names: the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and the Ottawa Rough Riders.

External links

* [http://www.backyardsports.com/backyardgames/index.php/ Backyard Football 2008]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FIQAQK Backyard Football 2007]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/redir?cat=buy-box%3aamazon-us-xml&uri=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eamazon%2ecom%2fgp%2fproduct%2fB00009EFYN%253ftag%3dmobygames%2526link%5fcode%3dxm2%2526camp%3d2025%2526dev-t%3dD12JEXH87B4VLK/ Backyard Football 2004]