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Blank CD?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: December 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Just got my game. As far as my PC is concerned, the CD is blank. All other CDs and games work fine. This is the second time I tried to purchase this game, the first one was from a used-book store. Both disk appear blank when opened in Windows Explorer.

*sigh*

Now I have a disappointed kid and I bet return is going to be a hassle. Anyone else had that problem?

Shame on Albert for Endorsing a Bad Product

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've played Backyard Baseball 2005 and it brought me hours of enjoyment. I played about 1 half a game in Backyard Baseball 2007 and it brought me instant pain. The controls are clumsy, the camera settings for the graphics are bad. It's just not very playable or very much fun. Go back to Backyard Baseball 2005 and start over from there. I was extremely disapointed in Backyard Baseball 2007.

Albert you should know something about a product before putting your name on it. Play Backyard Baseball 2005.

Don't Buy It!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This product was just horrible in every respect.

Start Up

This game does not install, but instead plays straight off the CD-ROM. I put the disk in the CD-ROM drive, and it spins away, but isn't read. I go online, and there is a feeble help section on the Atari/Humongous site, which basically tells me to update all of my drivers. I update all of the drivers (and I do mean all) and still the disk spins but isn't read. (And no other CD or CD-ROM gives me trouble.) But... strangely, when I put the disk in the DVD drive sometimes the drive reads the disk, and sometimes it doesnt. Either way though, the game will not start up. But, when the DVD drive does read the disk, I am able to navigate through the disk, and double click the program file and start the game.

Game Play

We have several other versions of Backyard Baseball, and this one is just pathetic. Much worse both in terms of game play and graphics than versions 5 years older. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the hitting is very hard to master, so that your child's frustration level soon goes off the chart.

Customer Support

Emailed customer support for help in getting the game to start up normally. Got an automated response that they were migrating their customer support and would be offline for some time. WHO MIGRATES THEIR CUSTOMER SUPPORT DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON?

Then when I do finally get a response from Atari it is to tell me that they no longer support the title and refer me to the Backyard Sports web site. Which has a meager Technical FAQ section, and no way to contact them for further assistance.

This is absolutely the worst PC game and worst customer experience I have ever had in 20+ years of PC gaming.

Two Thumbs Down, Get Backyard Baseball 2005 Instead

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Plainly put this product blatently sucks, sorry, I can almost always find something positive to say about a game but this is just a sorry excuse for a game.

You cannot play with a controller on PC? What kind of baseball game doesn't let you use a controller, I mean a baseball game is perfectly in sync with the layout on a controller, to use a mouse or keyboard to play is ludicrous. I'm sure the other versions (PS2, GBA) use controllers why the heck can't they incorporate that feature into PC?

I love Backyard Baseball 2005 and only bought this to upgrade a bit, thinking they would have improved a few things, but no improvements whatsoever. The field isn't fully visible when you hit the ball, it's near impossible to control fielders with a mouse, using the keyboard to hit a ball is a clunky interface at best, still no network support for multiplayer games?? C'mon it's BB 2007 not 1997.

And what is this business of playing the game direct off of CDROM ? That means updates/patches are never gonna happen, you can't patch a CD Disc, UGHHHH! Pity to the peeps whose CD Rom drives poop out from whirring away for an hour to play this game.

I wish I would have read the other reviews on amazon before I bought this stinker. Please listen to me, the only thing this game would be good for is a birthday present to a kid you don't like very much : ) Sorry I wish I could say better

It works!! But hard..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I just got my game. I got a ''lucky'' disk which works on my pc. A good thing is you don't need to install it. It auto-saves. But 1 problem i had was that this game is hard. Even easy mode is hard. Overall,it's still a good game.

It's a hit!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my 6 yr old son and he loves it. I was worried about the reviews I read before purchasing but I had no problems with the product and it has been lots of fun. He plays it everyday...He found it hard the first few times but he has already won the World Series in easy mode after a month. We also have Backyard Hockey 2005 and we love both of them.

great for car trips

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I recommend this fun and creative game with just a couple of caveats: it can burn a lot of time and it eventually becomes boring (i.e. after some months it will collect dust on the shelf).
I bought this game for my 7-year-old son after he thoroughly enjoyed Backyard Soccer. I noticed that the soccer game increased his desire to play the actual outdoor game and his performance on his real soccer team visibly improved. The baseball game has peaked his interest in trying out baseball and he is yearning for summer when he can join a real little league team.
Each game can take a lot of time, and I like to limit my son's time on video games, but I think it is perfect for long car rides. We often drive for 12 hours, and my son can spend much of that time playing just this one game. It is hard to find anything else to occupy his attention for that long.
I think it is fairly challenging, even at the beginning level, but with sufficient practice you can put together a winning team at any level. We also enjoy examining all the statistics, which is what makes baseball an interesting sport.

Great gift for the sports fanatic kid!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this for my 8-year old nephew, at the recommendation of another 13-year old nephew. They both love the game! The 8-year old wants the football and basketball versions!

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