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A great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: August 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game that everybody should try. It is even better then the first. I love it and I think it is great. So try and play it as soon as possible.

Backyard Sports does it agian

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: September 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Humongous Sports has just launched another great sports game with this title. If you have ever played the original Backyard Football,your in for just as much and maybe even more fun. Added features include more fields,added pro players,more power ups, a full draft mode were other teams select players,and speedier game play. The only down part is that kicking is incredibly tough and The pass routes can get a little confusing. But all in all this is a wonderful game. If your a fan of the backyard series this is an absloute must have.

The game of the century!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: October 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Backyard Football 2002 is a great game. It's much better than the original. I recommend this game for ages 5-10. It has more NFL players and has better graphics. Make sure to find out about Backyard Basketball.

AAAwwweeesssooommmeee!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The plays are much more advanced than the previous version. I was a little disappointed in how they didn't put on the old players. But I was still happy how they put on some new players. They do celebration dances in the end zone that really crack me up!

Fun for children and adults!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 28
Date: October 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As a longtime hardcore PC gamer, I surprisingly found this game to be a lot of fun with a nice simple interface. There are a couple modes to play from, starting with a Skirmish where you can play a quick game, or a season. There is also a multiplayer LAN-ONLY feature.

Starting with a season game, the interface first lets you choose which of the 31 football teams will be in the season (you are allowed to choose about 25 of them), and which team you wish to play as your own. Each division also has a CUSTOM team that you can choose. You can customize this team's name and jersey colors. The team names are limited to the selections they give you, but this is for the purposes of the in-game announcers.

Then comes the player selections, which gives you a very wide variety. There are all sorts of players to choose from, from African Americans, Asians, Latinos, and many more. There is also a player in a wheelchair to choose from! The political correctness of this game is deep, which is a good thing for children. There are also a group of kids based on real NFL players, such as Ricky Williams, Brett Favre, Drew Bledsoe, and Junior Seau. The only gripe I have is the low number of these NFL players, and the fact that they only had current players and none of the recent greats like Dan Marino. This is a small gripe that is countered by the ability to create your own player. Although it is a custom player, you must choose one of the default nicknames -- because the announcers will use the nicknames during the game. Choosing the players is a lot of fun and has some strategy. For instance, one of the players plays better if you have pink uniforms, and another plays better if you also choose her twin sister for your team. Each player has rankings based on Passing, Running, Catching, Kicking, and Defense.

The game itself is very simple. Choose a play, click to hike the ball, and hold the mouse down in the direction you want to run, or click past the line of scrimmage to pass to a receiver. You can choose from 12 plays in your playbook. You can customize your playbook from existing plays, or make your own play. There is also the addition of special magic plays that are for 1 use only, and are awarded when your team does certain things (like run a lot of yards). An example is the leapfrog play. Your QB hands off to the RB, who then leaps over all the players for an instant 5 yards (great for goal line plays). Supersonic will cause a loud boom that will stun all opposing players for a few seconds for a free run. There are defensive special plays too. Overall the plays are varied enough to keep the play calling interesting, and the special plays are a lot of fun. You can also call a timeout to substitute your tired players with fresh players on the bench.

Scoring a touchdown is very interesting because when a player scores, all the players on the field clap their hands and cheer (even the opposing team). The scorer then does a custom victory dance. This is a very kid-friendly design that the developers chose.

There are 3 difficulty settings to be played, with lots of toggle switches. For example, you can turn off special plays, or turn on player fatigue.

The main gripe I have is that you cannot re-draft players between seasons, without starting a brand new team. But this is a minor concern since the game itself is a lot of fun.

The easy interface is simple yet effective, and the fun factor is very high. I recommend this game to any football fan out there, and parents who are looking for a fun and safe game for their children to play.

They've done it again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: October 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Humongus Entertainment made another great game. I've only had it a week and my friend and I are hooked. If you liked any of the other games then you will love this one.

More fun than the original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

BYF 2002 is a really good game for kids that love football. I have two sons (6 and 4) that enjoy it tremendously.
Seeing the game from this perspective has helped them understand the sport a little better.
Their only complaints are that there are no pro receivers, and some players (Cade McNown) that they don't recognize.
We've had one problem. We have an iMac and lately the game has been shutting down around the third quarter. I don't know if this is a bug or if they have been treating the game a little too rough and it has some scratches.

Cool game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 12
Date: December 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have always love the backyard series. Especially football these games are for all ages. At least thats what I think. The backyard series gave me insperation to do my own games. Even though I am still 11 years old I like to program games.
I think that its cool that you can pick players from real football to put on your team. All the backyard characters have there own personality and its really cool to talk to them. Another good thing about the series is that the games are really cheap. I think it is worth the money and you will play it for a long time with out getting bord. But if you do buy it I would suggest putting it on the hardest level so it will take longer to beat the game.

Not good on my system

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have a Pentium 200 MHz, with 64 MB RAM, and a 4X Speed CD-ROM. This meets the minimum system requirments to play the game. The play was extremely slow and choppy. I'm no computer expert but if you buy this game, I hope you have a faster system than I do. Otherwise you will probably be extremely unhappy as I was.

the bomb!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: December 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

i have back yard football and think this game will be a bomb!

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