The History of Backyard Sports

This legendary series of videogames first started in 1992 with its first release: Super Pablo Sanchez. Until Backyard Baseball came along in 1997, there were games such as Backyard Golf, Backyard Adventures, and Super Pablo Sanchez 2. Up until '97, the series consisted of these seemingly random and little known tiltes. These games were mostly intended for children between 5 and 12 years old.

But the series really started in 1997 when Humongous Entertainment took over. This is when they started producing the real Backyard Sports games, with the first Backyard Baseball that year. In 1998 came Backyard Soccer, the first soccer game from Backyard Sports. Possibly the biggest introduction in '98 was the Backyard kids that continue to represent the games today. Some of the most well known ar Pablo Sanchez, Jocinda Smith, and Pete Wheeler. Also in 1998 came the takeover of Infogrames, and then the first Backyard Football in '99. Finally in 2001, came the introduction of real professional athletes in Backyard Basketball 2001. This game featured Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie. Since then, the series has continued to update all these games up until 2010 so far.