Backyard Baseball '01

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STEP UP TO THE PLATE Relive the second baseball game in the Backyard Sports franchise now enhanced to run on Steam Whether you re picking your dream team playing a pick-up game or diving into a full season step up to the plate and experience the game that made baseball fun for everyone Backyard Baseball01 teams up the Backyard kids with Backyardified MLB legends Create your own Backyard team customize your uniforms and strategize to win the Championship Play a single pick-up game or play through an entire season Backyard Baseball01 features intuitive controls for all ages SWING BACK INTO BASEBALL Enjoy baseball like it s2001 30 Charming Backyard kids Legendary MLB Players MLB Team Marks Hilarious Bloopers 8 Classic Ballparks 9 Pitching Power-ups and4 batting Power-ups Lively commentary from Sunny Day and Vinnie To get into the swing of things choose a batter and face Mr Clanky for some batting practice This is where you ll learn just when to click to make your chosen batter hit the ball THE GOAT RETURNS Play with the legend himself Pablo Sanchez Build a roster from a cast of30 hilarious child athletes and28 legendary pros that made Backyard Baseball01 a sports classic Returning MLB players include Derek Jeter Alex Rodriguez Cal Ripken Jr Sammy Sosa Mike Piazza Randy Johnson Nomar Garciaparra Jeff Bagwell Jason Giambi Chipper Jones Jeromy Burnitz Mark McGwire Shawn Green Vladimir Guerrero Kenny Lofton Jason Kendall Barry Larkin Marty Cordova Mo Vaughn Raul Mondesi Curt Schilling Alex Gonzalez Juan Gonzalez Larry Walker Carlos Beltran Tony Gwynn Ivan Rodriguez and Jose Canseco Game Modes include Choose from three modes of play Easy Mode Medium Mode Hard Mode Random Pick-up A quick way to jump right in The computer chooses a random team for you and itself and the game starts immediately Single Game You take turns with the computer choosing players from a random pool of characters Season You pick your home field create a team and manage the team through a14 game series The opposing teams are computer generated At the end of the season the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs best of3 If you keep winning you ll compete in the Super Entire Nation Tournament and Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series ADDITIONAL INFORMATION At our core we are fans first not just of video games but of the Backyard Sports franchise Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years and we are excited to deliver Without having access to the source code there are hard limitations on the experience we can create As an example we can t use the original32 bit code to support modern macOS as even with an incredibly clever wrapper macOS can t execute the binaries Backyard Baseball01 runs well looks better than ever is stacked with Steam achievements includes new bonus features to test your mettle and creates a new installation for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog that allows the next generation of fans to fall in love with the game

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