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'''''Backyard Sports''''', formerly called ''Junior Sports'', is a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|sports]] video game series originally made by [[Humongous Entertainment]], which was later bought by [[Atari]]. It is the only game series that has licensing from all the major professional sports leagues in the USA: the MLB, MLS, NFL, NBA, and NHL.
There have been over 30 games published in the series, [[Seasonal Rot|the first few of which are regarded as quite good and the last few of which are regarded as awful]]. There are six main brands associated with the series: ''[[Baseball|Backyard Baseball]]'', ''[[The Beautiful Game|Backyard Soccer]]'', ''[[American Football|Backyard Football]]'', ''[[Basketball|Backyard Basketball]]'', ''[[Ice Hockey|Backyard Hockey]]'', and ''Backyard Skateboarding'' (which has only produced one game and its [[Updated Rerelease|Game of the Year Edition]]). The series has spawned [[The Anime of the Game|a TV special]] (''NFL Backyard Basics: Football Tips from the Pros'') and [[Tie-in Novel|a few books]], as well as a [[Comic Book Adaptation]] (a [[Prequel]] to the game ''Sandlot Sluggers'') which can be read [https://web.archive.org/web/20140224162858/http://www.backyardsports.com/sandlot_sluggers/comic here].
The series was originally only [[Competitive Multiplayer]], but starting with ''Backyard Football '10'', [[Co-Op Multiplayer]] is also in the games.
A demo version of ''Baseball 2001'' can be [ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/demos/backyardbaseball/bbdemo.exe downloaded]{{Dead link}} from Infogrames, and a trial version of ''Sandlot Sluggers'' can be [http://files.atari.com/installers/BYS_SandlotSluggers_PC_Atari_demo.exe downloaded] from [[Atari]].
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The pros being kids in modern times
** ''[[The Anime of the Game|NFL Backyard Basics]]'' handles this by having the present-day pros turn into kids while they're in the Clubhouse.
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: This franchise was the cause of Humongous Entertainment making a profit.
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* [[Team Shot]]: In every game except ''Backyard Skateboarding''.
* [[Tie-in Novel]]: The Backyard Books.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: No kid's parents have names.
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: Upon winning a championship, photos of your team's players celebrating their victory are usually shown alongside the credits. How they celebrate depends on the game.
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* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]: Juice heals you in ''Baseball'' and ''Basketball''.
* [[It's Always Spring]]: Averted in ''Football 2004'', where the climate changes with real-world climate.
* [[Jet Pack]]: ''Backyard Football'' has the Rocket Boots powerups.
* [[Joke Item]]: The powerup The Fang in ''Baseball''. It will always be a ball even if it is thrown in the strike zone.
** [[Lethal Joke Item]]: It's designed to trick the batter into swinging (if they do, they'll always miss).
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* [[Nostalgia Level]]: Steele Stadium in ''Baseball 2005'', looking exactly as it did in the original (except it is in 3D).
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: ''Backyard Soccer: MLS Edition'' is the only one to not be named after a year, up until ''Sandlot Sluggers''.
* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Having a ''Basketball'' [[
* [[One Stat to Rule Them All]]: Batting in ''Baseball''.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Happens in the original ''Baseball'' and ''Soccer''. Averted in the later games, due to the pros.
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* [[Self-Insert Fic]]: Typing in certain names for your coach in ''Hockey'' gave you three different teams featuring the game's art staff, producers, and programmers as kids.
** As well, in ''Football 2004'', Rhett Mathis, the original games' music composer, can be seen as an NPC kid on Season Mode teams
* [[Silliness Switch]]: Cheat codes in ''Basketball'' for the [[
** Even more so in ''Football 2006'', where cheats can give characters big/small heads, big/small hands, etc; even different footballs-- from a watermelon to a chocolate eclair to a ''banana slug''.
* [[Single Pallette Town]]: Cyan Lane (which is, well, cyan) in ''Football 2006''.
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