Backyard Basketball. Backyard Baseball 2003. It's the chance of a lifetime to play with the pros in your own backyard. Also Known as: Backyard Baseball 2003 (Video Game), Backyard Baseball 03 PC Highly Compressed, RIP Minimum System Requirements.
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On offense you can pass, shoot, dribble fake and spin. The R and L buttons allow players to sprint, back down defenders, screen, and activate an icon-passing mode. Additionally, because the game is three-on-three it's also possible to choose exactly who gets a pass with the two action buttons.
On defense there is the option to jump, steal, and switch players. On D you can also sprint and enter a defensive stance with a number of game play options well suited for young children. Since your author is a former camp counselor, he can attest to the fact that kids are only willing to pay attention to so many rules. What they really want to do is shoot the ball at the basket and that is what Backyard Basketball is all about.
The game almost made us feel a little nostalgic in the sense that it felt like a throwback to the earliest Nintendo 8-bit basketball games. If you choose to play with power-ups icons will appear randomly on certain areas of the court.
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Coming in contact with the floating boxes will have certain effects on either individual players or the whole team. These include increased speed, an earthquake that will shake the ball loose from competitor's hands, and the ability to avoid possibly illegal liaisons with younger fans when your character joins the NBA in ten years. One problem we had with the power-ups, though, is that there is no explanation of what each icon will do. It becomes apparent after a few games, but in a children's game everything should be spelled out and underlined. Graphics The game is bright and colorful with an assortment of very simple cartoon-like characters.
The players and the environments are all three-dimensional but based on looks there is very little reason to assume that this game is on PlayStation 2 instead of 1. Camera angles remain fixed on a horizontal view of the court, so technically the game's presentation is visually similar to the animated 2D PC version. Power-ups will cause players to glow, the ball to freeze and other small effects. There's a nice little instant replay feature that comes after particularly sweet shots or dunks, too, but the overall visual complexity is equivalent to an episode of Teletubbies. Then again, a lot of children out there really like Teletubbies.
Sound The music of Backyard Basketball mostly consists of funky, synthesized background drivel. The characters shout out exclamations and directions on the court and there is background noise from the environments such as car alarms and crowd noise. There is also the cute/annoying commentating team of Sunny Day and Barry Dejay. Players will have to be very young to find these two entertaining. Luckily, the audio in the game is broken down into seven different categories that can be turned on and off separately. 6 Presentation Ya know, for kids. The game has simple layout that should suite its audience just fine.
5.5 Graphics The game reminded us of the simplistic cartoons from elementary school textbooks. Nothing impressive, but it gets the job done. 6.5 Sound Simple and inoffensive, the sound compliments the rest of the game nicely. Giving each character its own voice was a nice touch. 6.5 Gameplay Basketball in its simplest form with a few extras to keep the little tikesu00bf attention.
6.5 Lasting Appeal There's a season mode, mini-games, and a bunch of unlockables. This should keep the kids amused for a while.
To its benefit, the game actually has more replay value than many similar mature titles.