Backyard Baseball 2001

Backyard Baseball 2001

Developers
	Humongous Entertainment
Engines
	SCUMM
Release dates
Windows	April 25, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	April 25, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Point and select, Direct control
Genres	Sports
Sports	Baseball
Art styles	Cartoon, Digitized
Themes	Contemporary, North America
Series	Backyard Baseball, Backyard Sports

Backyard Baseball
Subseries of Backyard Sports
Backyard Baseball	1997
Backyard Baseball 2001	2000
Backyard Baseball 2003	2002
Backyard Baseball 2005	2004
Backyard Sports: Baseball 2007	2006
Backyard Baseball '09	2008
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers	2010

Key points

Can be played on ScummVM.

Humongous Sports Online services have been shut down; see below.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		If fully installed, the game does not require the CD to play.

A demo is available from ScummVM.

This game is not available digitally. Evergreen has gone on record saying it likely will never have one, due to rights issues regarding retired pro players.^{[citation needed]}

Essential improvements

Unofficial Patch

Fixes the Pink Maria Luna boost bug so that it works on all defensive positions and fixes the screen resolution bug caused by modern Windows NT systems, respectively.

This is not the official update patch, that one which is obtainable via online play is long-lost.

Extract to <path-to-game>, replacing the original .exe and .(b) files.

Backyard Sports Online

Requires ScummVM 2.8.0 or later for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and Raspberry Pi.

One of the features may be unavailable (e.g. coach's statistics, news, and polls) in the new servers.

Disable Online Functionality

This will disable most discontinued online functionalities for the original interpreter, in that case if not using ScummVM.

Removes the DirectPlay legacy component requirement if running on Windows 10 or later.

Delete unneeded files
Delete baseball 2001.u32, baseball 2001.x32, udpping.dll, BYMAIA.DLL, ROVER.DLL, UPGRADE.DLL, patchw32.dll, RESTART.EXE, baseball2001.esk, and baseball2001.mmz.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	C:\Windows\hegames.ini
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Coaches
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

General and sound card options, accessed from pressing Space ␣ and selecting "Options...".

Game options. The interface around the Options "tab" can change depending on what the player selected.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game runs at 640x480. ⇧ Shift+F7 (The "Expand Screen" option puts the window size to a doubled 1280x960)
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). On modern operating systems, game launches and adjusts the display to 640x480, with the game running at fullscreen. It does not recognize the "Display in Window" option correctly. To prevent the game from changing the screen resolution on startup, please refer to this patch.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		When window is in double size. Appears to be mixed/hybrid.
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
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		It is possible to move the cursor and select using a controller, but only when the Gamepad option is selected from the Single Game or Season Play modes. Even then, you can't use it outside of those modes, such as in the Club House (main menu). 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

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Can only turn background music on/off
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		2	Game previously offered online play through Humongous Sports Network, but the servers have long since shut down; see Backyard Sports Online.

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					For 64-bit use ScummVM 64-bit
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	Cavedog Boneyards

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95/98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166
System memory (RAM)	16 MB 32 MB (for online play)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 MB uncompressed	348 MB
Other	4x speed (or faster) CD-ROM drive 33.6K Modem (for online play) Internet service provider (for online play)

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.5.3
Processor (CPU)	132 MHz PowerPC
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other	4x speed (or faster) CD-ROM drive