Backyard Basketball
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| Developers | |
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| Original | Humongous Entertainment |
| Backyard Basketball '01 | Mega Cat Studios |
| Publishers | |
| Original | Infogrames |
| Backyard Basketball '01 | Playground Productions |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 30, 2001 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | October 30, 2001 |
| Windows | November 13, 2025 (remaster) |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, Freeware |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Sports |
| Sports | Basketball |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Contemporary, North America |
| Series | Backyard Basketball, Backyard Sports |
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| Backyard Basketball | |
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| Subseries of Backyard Sports | |
| Backyard Basketball | 2001 |
| Backyard Basketball 2004 | 2003 |
| Backyard Basketball 2007 | 2007 |
Backyard Basketball is a basketball game developed by Humongous Entertainment. It is the first game in the Backyard Basketball series, which is part of the overarching Backyard Sports series. It features professional basketball players Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie as playable kids.
The game was released for Windows and Mac OS on October 30, 2001.
The game has been out of print for years due to the releases of later entries in the series, as well as the eventual closure of its developer. A remaster, Backyard Basketball '01, was released for Windows via Steam on November 13, 2025, alongside Backyard Hockey '02; both games were released for free on the platform.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
Backyard Basketball '01 remaster | |
Version differences
- Backyard Basketball '01 adds Steam achievements but removes Kevin Garnett as a playable character due to Playground Productions being unable to secure his likeness rights.
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| Freeware | Backyard Basketball '01 (the remaster) |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | The game does not contain microtransactions. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3170580/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3170580/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | Backyard Basketball '01. |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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). | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
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2025 remaster
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 Ghz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 200 MB | 1 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 200 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 5670 DDR3 Sapphire 1 GB of VRAM | NVidia Quadro K2000M 2 GB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/3170580/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (3170580) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.