Backyard Football
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Developers | |
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Humongous Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
GT Interactive | |
Engines | |
SCUMM[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Sports |
Sports | American football |
Series | Backyard Football |
Backyard Football | |
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Subseries of Backyard Sports | |
Backyard Football | 1999 |
Backyard Football 2002 | 2001 |
Backyard Football 2004 | 2003 |
Backyard Football 2006 | 2005 |
Backyard Football '08 | 2007 |
Backyard Football '09 | 2008 |
Key points
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
- A demo is available from ScummVM.
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Backyard Sports Online
- Allows to connect to the new modern game servers with the use of a special ScummVM build.
- One of the features may be unavailable (e.g. coach's statistics, news, and polls) in the new servers.
- Other platforms outside of Windows will need to compile ScummVM from this source code
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | C:\hegames.ini |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | C:\hegames |
Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Game runs at 640x480. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Press Space ␣, select "Options", then check "Display in Window", then click OK or press ⇧ Shift+F5 to toggle (otherwise Alt+↵ Enter in that case using ScummVM)
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Only available in ScummVM | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Required to navigate the menus. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | No direct support in ScummVM yet (instead controls mouse) | |
Full controller support | Need to use mouse and/or keyboard to pause and change game options or exit game. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers | DInput only | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | During 2 players with the other player using a mouse or keyboard |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Can only turn background music on/off | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Only works in ScummVM | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | |||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 2 | JrSN powered by Boneyards Online Gaming services have been long since shut down; see Backyard Sports Online, a new replacement online server which can be connected to using a custom online-enabled ScummVM build. |
Issues Fixed
Players stuck at top-left during gameplay/Disable Online Functionality
- This will disable most online functionalities for the original interpreter. If this file is missing then you can't play the game at all and be stuck there forever. Not necessary if using ScummVM.
Add missing/Replace FOOTBALL.U32 |
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Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | Cavedog Boneyards |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive | 33.6K modem |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7.5.3 | 9.2.2 |
Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 601 133 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Other | 4x CD-ROM drive |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Backyard Football - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-22