Customer Reviews
Backyard Critique 
2008-05-06
I was a little wary when I bought this product however upon purchase and subsequently playing the game I can say that this game is awesome. Everything is simple to use from the controls to obtaining the locked out players. Game play is really a lot of fun especially when you have power ups at your disposal ie: aluminum power which is my favorite,fireball pitch,pinata ball,etc. I am going to purchase all of the other Backyard Baseball games as they provide hours of entertainment. Only drawback I find is that there needs to be a lot more players from the 40s,50s,60s,70s. Maybe this will be addressed someday. So settle for Babe Ruth for right now.
I LOVE THIS GAME 2008-01-22
Backyard Baseball is so much fun. The PC version of this game is the best and I play this game every few days a week. In this game, you get to create a season coach with your favorite team and with your own players even custom players too and you can also play a pick up game. (I have my own season coach with my favorite team the Seattle Mariners) You also can play Home Run Derby, and Baseball Darts in this game which that's COOL and you can also unlock baseball players like Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Shawn Green, Randy Johnson and more and fields such as Quantum Field, Humongous Memorial Stadium, and Aquadome in season coach.
All in all, a very fun game. Buy this game, this game rocks and ROCK ON DUDE!
The Best Backyard Sports Game Ever 2007-05-02
This game is awesome. I never would play any backyard sport game if I had to choose one. I have thrown a perfect game[ very hard to try], game winning hits, clutch peformances by unsung players. This game is the best.
Son likes it 
2007-03-16
My 7 year old son loves it, but my pet peeve is that there is no way to Save a game & come back to it. Therefore I have to allot him a good hour to play, so he can only use it on the weekend! I contacted the company, & they said that is how the game is set up.
Best game in the world. 2007-02-22
I really love this game both on Playstation 2 and PC. I really think that this is one of the best games in the world. I have had this game for about 2 years I mean I purchased the game on Amazon.com two years ago because it was on the site and it looked very fun and interesting. Baseball is my favorite sport of all time and this is what I play almost every day, if not I play it a lot. It is just fun and addicting and I never get tired of it. It has new stadiums like Humoungus Memorial Stadium, Aquadome, a ballpark like space, Boardwalk, and more and there are new players too like Clanky, Abner, Barry Dejay, and much more. I think the mini games are fun like Homerun derby and Baseball darts as well as Season play and Pickup game too. I play Season team with my favorite baseball team Seattle Mariners and I like to play baseball at the Boardwalk. Achmed Khan, Albert Pujols, Alfonso Soriano, Mike Piazza, Pablo Sanchez, Clanky, Dizzy Lamb, Barry Dejay, and Abner Dubbleplay are the players on my season team. Dizzy is the best player on the team who is a big slugger.
Achmed makes me laugh when he strikes out like when he says "Rock N' Roll will never die, do you hear me NEVER!!!" I really laugh at him. Clanky is actully a robot and he is a pitcher. Abner and Pablo are excellent homers too. All great players and my team always wins. I also have another season coach with a team called San Francisco Giants, my other favorite baseball team. It has players like Ernie Steele, Alex Rodriguez "ARod", My favorite girl (Waiting For A)Girl Like You, Kyle Buhman, Annie Frazier, Ichiro, Jim Thome, Mikey Thomas, and Greg Maddux. Ernie Steele oh man makes me laugh because he's so funny, Kyle is another power hitter just like Dizzy and i call him a superstar. Girl Like You is a girl I love so much which is short for "Waiting For A Girl Like You" one of my favorite music songs ever. Jim Thome is also pretty good too but runs too slow. This game is just so much fun. I love everything about this game. This game is definately one I would highly recommend. A Million stars. Backyard Baseball 2005 forever.
Best PC Game!! 2006-12-30
Backyard Baseball 2005 combines the friendly playground atmosphere with your favorite MLBplayers. Play with or against the kids and pros and get the full baseball experience! The game engine and all-new code deliver a fresh take on a classic sports game series. Multiple modes of play - Single Game, Season Play, Batting Practice and Home Run Derby Full stats and standings in Season Play
Don't have to be a kid 2006-12-12
I didn't buy this for my kid. I'm 24 and I bought this because I liked the idea of having a simple, mouse-driven baseball game to play in boring lecture classes while I pretend to take notes.
Let me just say, if you enjoy baseball games at all, you'll like this game. Everything's been made cute and clean and colorful for kids, but underneath the shiny exterior is a very well made arcade baseball game. You have a variety of players that are rated in various categories, each with their own strength and weaknesses, to draft for your team. The game has a full, continuous-season mode that, while lacking any new rookies or trading mechanism, is still made fun thanks to the surprisingly complete statistic tracking and award certificates (which allow you to unlock new players.) You can make all the basic managerial decisions including deciding what positions to play players at, making pitching substitutions and setting your batting order.
And underneath what is a solid simulation-like package, rests a simple yet deep game. You have full control over pitching and fielding, a 3 dimensional strike zone for hitting, arcade-like power-ups for both pitching and hitting and variable difficulty levels which allow you to turn on and off things like a ball locator when batting.
All in all, if you're looking for an intense, simulation-driven baseball game that captures the feel of the majors, you probably never bothered even looking at this page. This, however, is a fun, arcade-style baseball game that does an excellent job of cutting out the more complicated things while keeping and executing all the essentials. I can't recommend it enough for anyone, no matter what their age.
i love it 2006-11-02
I like Angela Delvechio. i like to hit better than pitch. I love it when Angela comes up to the plate. I like to make up my own charactor.
I just love this game and I like to play it over and over and over and over and over
LIAM
Fantastic 2006-08-29
Simple to learn. Teaches the basics of baseball in an entertaining way. My 6 yr old loves it.
Fun at First , But gets Boring 2006-01-02
After getting the 2003 version of this game I was crazy to buy this version. When I got it at first It was incredibly fun, but then when you play on rookie mode after a while it gets way to easy and you start winning 53-0! I figured it was no problem and switched to pro mode. Same thing happened, first very fun, but then you figure it out and you switch to the highest diffuculty, all star. You guessed it, it posts the same result as the first two difficulties.
It may last you a month of fun, but the you just want a new game.
Or if you want to unlock everything it may add some more time, but after that you may never play it again. I would recommend the 2003 model over this one, but it is only one star better. I am still waiting for atari to make a breakthrough backyard baseball game, and hoping they do it in the 2006 version, if the make one.
