Baseball is a game of options, whether you want to go for an extra base, throw it to the cutoff man, or try to goad the runner into advancing by throwing it to your right fielder and then gunning it into second base to get the foolish CPU runner out, you have all the options at your disposal. Gameplay: I gotta say, considering this game came out 22 years ago and is limited to just the point-an-click of the mouse, the gameplay is surprisingly strong. The first game was the flagship to what ended up becoming a massively successful brand for Humongous Entertainment, and the second game brought MLB into the mix with both real players and the official teams.
This was something that my dad and I grew up playing together, and a game that I still go back to on occasion for the nostalgia of it all. This feels like one of those childhood experiences we’ve all had, as I’ve yet to find a sports fan who hasn’t played at least one of the Backyard Sports games. It may be a bit odd to include two games from the same franchise that are so close to each other, but Backyard Baseball is a franchise that is certainly deserving of two entries.
