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Backyard Baseball 2007
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Game Info
Publisher: Humongous
Developer: Humongous
Genre(s): Sports, Baseball
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Summary
Create your own team, and control every wacky pitch, clutch hit, and sprint for home. With players like Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez, secret pros to unlock and amazing power-ups, kids can play big-league ball right in their own backyard. An all-star MLB lineup: Carlos Delgado, Alfonso Soriano, Nomar Garciaparra, Alex Rodriguez, Ichiro, Albert Pujols, Eric Gagne, Pedro Martinez, Ivan Rodriguez and Vladamir Guerrero. Additional bonus pros to unlock: Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Dontrelle Willis and Jim Thome. All 30 MLB team logos. Choose from 10 MLB Pro players - as kids. 30 Backyard Kids and original Backyard team names and logos. Loads of crazy power-ups. Customizable players. Quick, single games as well as Season Play action. Choice of players, fields and game details. A Home Run Derby mini-game. Fielders' Challenge mini-game. Full stats and standings in Season Play. [Humongous]
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GameZone
At first glance, this edition looks good because of new MLB characters, and older looking kids. However, the controls and the unfair edge that the computer has makes for some frustrating play, especially for young players.
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The fielding controls are slow and unresponsive, the baserunning interface is a mess, you can’t check your swing, and—for a nice dose of creepy—the wispy-voiced but obviously adult announcer casually mentions that he’s got to run because his mom is coming to pick him up.
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