
Backyard Football 1999 is back and now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, scoring TDs with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter between Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
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Backyard Football 1999 is now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, rushing with Pete Wheeler, scoring touchdowns with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter of hosts Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football!
Single Game: With 5 backyard fields and unique weather condition settings, players can pick their team, design their team logos, and play a pick-up game!
Season Mode: Players can draft seven players from the 30 iconic Backyard Sports characters and a collection of legendary pros including Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, John Elway, Dan Marino, Randall Cunningham, Drew Bledsoe and Steve Young to compete against 15 other teams in the Backyard Football League. Each team plays a 14-game season. By the end of the regular season, the 4 division champions and 4 wild card teams enter the Backyard Football League Playoffs to compete for the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl!
Earn power-ups by completing passes on offense and sacking the opposing QB on defense.
Offensive
Hocus Pocus – A pass play which results in a receiver teleporting down field.
Sonic Boom – A run play which causes an earthquake to knock over the opposing team.
Leap Frog – A run play which causes your running back to leap down field.
Super Punt – A very powerful punt!
Defensive
Cough Drop – A play that causes the opponent to fumble when tackled.
Chameleon – A trick play that results in your team wearing the other team's colors for ultimate confusion.
Spring Loaded – A play that causes your player to leap over the line of scrimmage to sack the QB.
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 original 32bit code to support modern macOS, as even with an incredibly clever wrapper, macOS can’t execute the binaries.
Backyard Football ‘99 runs well, looks better than ever, is stacked with Steam achievements 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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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
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I recommend Backyard Football '99 if you are a fan of the franchise or similar games like Retro Bowl or if you just like football and want something simpler than Madden for the time being. The games a lot of fun but if there's any advice I can give you, don't take the game too seriously. It is an incredibly high quality game with a good amount of content and player freedom. It has a lot depth, customization, and fine-tuning that you can do. It's very wacky but can be very frustrating if you take it too seriously or come unprepared to deal with random, chaotic nonsense like such. Your star running-back may fumble on a kick return even though it's his first time on the field that game. The other team might use a "magic" play to teleport down field and get open. Your hall of fame receiver may be wide open and the ball will bounce off his head. If you go into it expecting all of this, I think you'll have a blast. I hope you give a shot and enjoy it as much as I did. Thank you.
this game is peak and very fun
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OLD SCHOOL FOOTBALL IS BACK BABY!!! This game is one of the best football games I have ever played. You got the weapon Poblo Sanchez. You got old superstars like Barry sanders, John Elway, Jerry Rice and so much more. The only thing that I don't like about this game is that you can't change how long you want the quarters to be. But there isn't anything stopping me from refunding Backyard Football.
good
Its fun not many glitches
BEST GAME IF YOU LIKE THESE TYPE OF GAMES
g00d
Amazing retro game that brings you back to your childhood, might not be the best backyard sports games but still a favorite of mine
I used to play this game a lot when I was a youngster. It's simple, easy, and fun. I'd wait for it to go on sale though. The normal price is high for a game this old and simplistic. But it was a neat blast from the past. I give it a 3/5.
only reason i said got it for free becasue i just want backyard soccer for free
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