In "Sound options" we turn off only the options that slow gameplay - the play by play and color commentators Sunny Day and Vinnie the Gooch and the player talk option the rest of the audio of this game is essential and hilarious.įor the first six batters we're introduced to the basic cycle of the TAS: hit escape to cancel the batter's walkup animation to the plate (first frame this is possible is the frame where the batter's name appears in the stats at the bottom of the screen), and then either pitch the ball if in the field or wait for a pitch if batting. Last in the setup menu, we set difficulty to hard as the AI throws the ball sooner and faster and just generally reacts more quickly, getting outs and ending innings faster (compare with RTA where this is not certain to be helpful as you may need to reset way more to be able to score and prevent the opponent from ever scoring). We turn on the pitch locator purely for entertainment value (the location of your pitches has little effect on AI gameplay as long as they are strikes and where you swing doesn't matter so the information is not useful to the TASer on either side). ![]() In the options we set errors off to eliminate error RNG, though hilariously errors can still happen rarely with errors off (mainly when players are facing away from the ball or are thrown the ball when very short). We then click on the window to get to the pick up game menu and open the options. Immediately off the bat we use escape twice to skip the Humongous logo and an opening credit sequence. This being a SCUMM game, it is effectively an entire implementation of baseball shoved into a point and click adventure. The cornerstones of this TAS are the escape button and the location of left button clicks. This coming at the significant downside of the gameplay being repeated 21 times to get through the 14 season games, 2 best of 3 playoffs, and a best of 5 world series. The game -does- have a credit sequence that is reachable in the season mode, but there is no different gameplay in a full season except some slightly harder opponent batting RNG in the playoff/world series games and different stadiums (which again do not appear to affect TAS gameplay). A finished run of this goal simply has to win the pick up game (finishing the pickup game but losing does not count). The stadium can be chosen in RTA to use the faster concrete fields, but in TAS the stadium has little to no effect. The TAS follows the RTA "6 inning pick up game category," in which a pickup game of random teams of the kids is selected. To sum up, Backyard Basketball is an extremely simple but very addictive game that will provide long hours of gameplay not only for children, but also for adult baseball fans.Backyard Baseball is one of the best and most well known kids sports games, being the first game in the Humongous Sports franchise and the first appearance of many famous characters including Pablo Sanchez, Pete Wheeler, Kenny Kawaguchi, and many more. In addition, there is also a "super power" called "super-pitch", which a player can only get if he hits a ball played by an opponent with that power exactly. A properly selected strategy for each stroke is the key to winning the match and winning the championship. ![]() ![]() An important aspect of this game is the fact that the player has four bounce techniques to choose from before each hit, which significantly change the specifics of the ball's flight. After creating a team, the player starts a new season which can consist of 14, 16 or 32 match queues, as well as the Play-Off phase. In Backyard Baseball, the player takes on the role of a manager who has to complete a new team in order to compete against other rivals. The story of Backyard Baseball is surprisingly simple, but according to many, this is what makes the game so fun and addictive. The game was released for Macintosh and PC (Windows). Backyard Baseball 2001 is a sports game released in 2000 by Humongous Entertainment.
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