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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.

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.

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.

Fun Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I'm 52 years old, not a kid. My brother - in - law, knowing that I am a life-long, born and raised football fan got me this game for Christmas, thinking I would enjoy it, since they have all the NFL teams, (including my Steelers) plus real named players. I wouldn't have gotten this game myself; but I admit it is much more fun than the 99-cent head caoch football game that I got myself years ago. Agree that the Madden games,etc. would probably be more realistic, but I don't think my PC would have handled it. Any way, I do enjoy the game, and I'll have to get the hang of controlling it; like the others, I get sacked a lot, and seem to have trouble passing.

One word of warning. If you are looking for your favorite team players, all you'll get are the team logos and shirts, not the players. Only the players listed on the box are actually in the game. (Licensing, I suppose.) Also some football common sense and savvy is essential, too. Such as use a real quarterback at quarter back. My brother in law played the game himself an had better success than I did, picking and substituting. Like I said I need more practice, and patience reading the rather detailed instruction manual. Be aware of certain rule quirks, like 20-yard first downs, and 5 on 5 play. Sort of takes me back to my youth when we used to play in the alley behind my house. At least they get first downs.

Agree, definitely a lot of laughs and good fun. When my 10-month old son gets a little older, I hope he can appreciate this. Also I'll have to teach him all of the other card, board, and casino, sports, and arcade games games I own.

NOTE: This is the same brother - in - law that got me the real pool game. Not really being a pool player, though I do shoot occasionally and am not very good at it; that too, is a good game and takes a while to get the hang of. I'm more of a cards and coin-op game person.

Fun, but I can't figure out why

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's true. This is the best football game I've ever played. It beats Madden and NFL 2K and Gameday and such. It's a bunch of kids playing football. Duh. It's so good, it's indescribable. But I'll try.
Season mode is great. Pick your seven kids, and go though a season. Simple as that. That's another great thing: This game is so simple, a 3 year old who can't even remember his name could do this easily. I figured it out in a day, and, by the end of the first week after I bought it, my Seahawks had won the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl over the Ornery Armadillos, 105-0. Seriously. Okay, it gets really easy after a while, but so what?

Backyard Football

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'd give this game 5/5 stars because it's not hard, but it's not so easy a baby could win. It's cool because it has kid versions of NFL players. You click were you want to go and click were you want to pass. You choose from plays and if you are doing good they might give you a power up. Some power ups are the sonic boom and the leap frog. Inthe sonic boom, all of the components fall to the ground for around 5 seconds. The leap frog is were you jump 5-7 yards. This game is good because it is a fun and thrilling game. I highly recomend it.

Backyard football

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

My son who's nine, loves this game. He can't get enough! I bought the soccor, basketball and the baseball games for christmas. He'll be so thrilled to add to his collection. Every game comes with simple instruction and hours of play time. He likes to pick his own teams.

Lots Of FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's a really really fun game. I got it for Christmas and have enjoyed playing it every since. I have all of the Backyard Series games and this is by far my favorite. I would recommend this strongly to all sports fans. You get to chose your own team and pick your own players. Scoring touchdowns is fun...

This Is Cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This review may say Camille But it is her kid Caitlin
I think This game is the dabomb you get to be pro players
and custom jerseys,teams, and people . You can customize
your own player. and get It has pro and the Backyard kids.
All I have to say is get this game It is great!!!
Thank you for your time

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