Backyard Basketball
| Backyard Basketball | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Humongous Entertainment (original) Mega Cat Studios (remaster) |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames Playground Productions (remaster) |
| Series | Backyard Sports |
| Engine | SCUMM |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Mac |
| Release | Original (Windows, Mac)
'01 remaster (Windows)
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Backyard Basketball is a series of entries into the Backyard Sports franchise of video games. The first game was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Infogrames for Microsoft Windows and Mac in 2001. Additional games have been released on a variety of consoles, each with different characters and slightly altered gameplay mechanics.
As with the other Backyard Sports games, Backyard Basketball includes professional players as playable characters. The first incarnation included Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie. The most recent release includes Stephen Curry as its mascot.