Atari comes to help you in it with its Backyard Soccer from Backyard game series. Create your own kid team or head one of the 10 Major League Soccer teams. Choose from kid versions of stars such as Landon Donovan, Clint Mathis, Cobi Jones, and Brandi Chastain. Backyard Soccer was there reminding us what it was like to be kids, playing soccer with our buddies, picking our own teams and maybe even playing together in an actual league! Welcome To The MLS. One of the weirder things about the 2004 version of Backyard Soccer was that the game got the rights to start using the MLS license. Another entry in the Backyard Sports series, Backyard Soccer 2004 brings thirteen kid-versions of real life professionals and the Backyard Kids together for another game of soccer. Players can construct a team of eight players and choose from any of the ten MLS teams. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Backyard Soccer 2004 Infogrames WIN/MAC CD-ROM Clint Mathis MLS USA TESTED at the best.
This is a list of all known Humongous Entertainment games. It also includes the Backyard Sports titles released from 2004 to 2010 under the Humongous brand name and the games published by Humongous Entertainment under Tommo ownership after they purchased Humongous Entertainment from the Atari bankruptcy auction in 2013 (however, it does not contain games published under the Humongous Publishing label as these games do not use licenses that were developed by Humongous Entertainment. None of these titles will ever be compatible with ScummVM, as they are out of the scope of the project. They are just included here for the sake of completeness.
Note that Tommo did not acquire the rights to Moonbase Commander. The rights to that game were aquired by Rebellion, which now acts as publisher of the game. Tommo also didn't acquire the Backyard Sports series. Those rights were acquired by The Evergreen Group. Day 6 Sports released new Backyard Sports titles beginning in 2015, but these will not be included here as they do not carry the Humongous Entertainment label.
Junior Sports games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Backyard Baseball | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Backyard Baseball | 2002 | GBA | NON Scumm | Developed by GameBrains |
Backyard Baseball | 2003 | GameCube | NON Scumm | |
Backyard Baseball 2001 | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Backyard Baseball 2003 | 2002 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Backyard Basketball aka Backyard Basketball 2002 | 2001 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Backyard Basketball aka Backyard NBA Basketball | 2003 | PS2 | NON Scumm | Developed by SolWorks |
Backyard Basketball 2004 | 2003 | PC | Yaga | |
Backyard Football aka Backyard Football 2001 | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Backyard Football | 2002 | GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Torus Games |
Backyard Football | 2002 | GameCube | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Left Field Productions |
Backyard Football 2002 | 2001 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | 137 Bink Videos |
Backyard Football 2004 | 2003 | PC | Yaga | |
Backyard Hockey | 2002 | PC | Yaga | |
Backyard Hockey | 2003 | GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Mistic Software |
Backyard Soccer | 1998 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Backyard Soccer | 2001 | PS1 | NON Scumm | Developed by Runecraft |
Backyard Soccer MLS Edition aka Backyard Soccer 2001 | 2000 | PC | SCUMM | |
Backyard Soccer 2004 | 2003 | PC, Mac | SCUMM |
Big Thinkers games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Big Thinkers First Grade | 1997 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Big Thinkers Kindergarten | 1997 | PC, Mac | SCUMM |
Blue's Clues games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Blue's ABC Time Activities | 1998 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Blue's 123 Time Activities | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Blue's Treasure Hunt | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Blue's Birthday Adventure (Yellow) | 1999 | PC | SCUMM | |
Blue's Birthday Adventure (Red) | 1999 | PC | SCUMM | |
Blue's Reading Time Activities | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Blue's Art Time Activities | 2000 | PC | SCUMM |
Fatty Bear games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise | 1993 | 3DO, PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Fatty Bear's Fun Pack | 1994 | 3DO, PC, Mac | SCUMM |
Freddi Fish games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Freddi Fish 1: The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds | 1994 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse | 1996 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell | 1998 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish 5: The Case of the Creature of Coral Cove | 2001 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish and Luther's Maze Madness | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish and Luther's Water Worries | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish's One-Stop Fun Shop | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Freddi Fish's Fun House | 2013 | iOS, Android | NON Scumm | Developed by Nimbus Games |
Let's Explore with Buzzy games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Let's Explore the Airport with Buzzy | 1995 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Let's Explore the Farm with Buzzy | 1996 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Let's Explore the Jungle with Buzzy | 1995 | PC, Mac | SCUMM |
Pajama Sam games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Pajama Sam 1: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside | 1995 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening | 1998 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet | 2003 | PS1 | NON Scumm | Developed by Runecraft |
Pajama Sam 4: Life is Rough When You Lose Your Stuff | 2003 | PC | Yaga | |
Pajama Sam: Games to Play on Any Day | 2001 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Pajama Sam's Lost & Found | 1998 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Pajama Sam's One-Stop Fun Shop | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Pajama Sam's Sock Works | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM |
Putt-Putt games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade | 1992 | 3DO, PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon | 1993 | 3DO, PC, Mac | SCUMM | The in-game arcade game was also released separately for free as Bear Stormin' |
Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo | 1995 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt Travels Through Time | 1997 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt Enters the Race | 1998 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt Joins the Circus | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise | 2003 | PC | Yaga | |
Putt-Putt's Fun Pack | 1993 | 3DO, PC | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt & Fatty Bear's Activity Pack | 1993 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt and Pep's Balloon-O-Rama | 1996 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt and Pep's Dog on a Stick | 1996 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt's One-Stop Fun Shop | 2000 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
Putt-Putt's Fun House | 2013 | iOS, Android | NON Scumm | Developed by Nimbus Games |
SPY Fox games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
SPY Fox 1: Dry Cereal | 1997 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
SPY Fox 2: Some Assembly Required | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
SPY Fox 3: Operation Ozone | 2001 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
SPY Fox in Cheese Chase | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM | |
SPY Fox in Hold the Mustard | 1999 | PC, Mac | SCUMM |
Other HE games
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Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Moonbase Commander | 2002 | PC | SCUMM |
Humongous games
Game Name | Release Year | Platforms | Engine | Notes |
Backyard Baseball | 2004 | PS2 | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Baseball 2005 | 2004 | PC | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Baseball 2006 | 2005 | GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Gamebrains |
Backyard Baseball 2007 | 2006 | PC, PS2, GBA, Gamecube | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Gamebrains (Gamecube, PS2, PC) |
Backyard Basketball | 2004 | GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Gamebrains |
Backyard Basketball 2007 | 2006 | PC, PS2, GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Gamebrains (PS2) and Mistic Software (GBA) |
Backyard Basketball '09 | 2008 | Wii, Nintendo DS, PS2, PC | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Basketball '10 | 2009 | Wii, Nintendo DS, PS2, PC | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Football | 2005 | PS2 | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Football 2006 | 2005 | PC, GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Torus Games (GBA) |
Backyard Football 2007 | 2006 | GBA | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Torus Games |
Backyard Football '08 | 2007 | PC, PS2 | NON Scumm 3D | Developed by Gamebrains (PS2) |
Backyard Football '09 | 2008 | Nintendo DS, Wii, PS2 | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Football '10 | 2009 | Wii, Xbox 360 | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Football: Rookie Rush | 2010 | Nintendo DS, Wii, PC, Xbox 360 | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Hockey 2005 | 2004 | PC | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Skateboarding | 2004 | PC | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Skateboarding | 2005 | GBA | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Skateboarding: Game of the Year Edition aka Backyard Skateboarding 2006 | 2005 | PC | NON Scumm 3D | |
Backyard Sports: Sandlot Sluggers | 2010 | Nintendo DS, PC, Xbox 360, Wii | NON Scumm 3D |
You may be thinking why are we looking at Backyard Soccer? Well in a world where sports games are all about being ultra realistic and sim based. Backyard Soccer was there reminding us what it was like to be kids, playing soccer with our buddies, picking our own teams and maybe even playing together in an actual league!
Welcome To The MLS
One of the weirder things about the 2004 version of Backyard Soccer was that the game got the rights to start using the MLS license. This lets you play as the actual MLS teams which I guess can be fun if you think about working your way up to playing as one of them.
Plenty of Time on The Pitch!
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Backyard Soccer actually has quite a lot of game modes. The main “campaign” is Season Play. This is where you set out to win different leagues. B Division Championship, A Division Championship, Premier Division, Indoor Soccer Tournament and the awesomely named, Astonishingly Shiny Cup of All Cup’s Cup are there for you to win.You can also play a single match and practice your penalty kicks. Two other options at the menu screen are, first of all, learn about the different players that you can select for your team and also the Hall of Fame mode. The Hall of Fame mode is cool as you can track how well you have done as you have played the games.
Picking The Right Kids
One thing that is really fun in Backyard Soccer is the way that you put your team together. All of the kids are sitting on the bleachers and you can select your dream team of players. When you click on one of the kids you can see their stats. They have individual stats for kicking, ball control, defense and running. You and the AI (or another player) take turns picking players until you each have a team.You will pick eight kids to make up your team and then you have to decide who your 6 staring players are and who your 2 substitutes are. You can pick what positions the kids play in so it is important to pay attention to their stats you play them in the right position so that they can best benefit your team. This is kind of cool as this is a kids game, it teaches kids to think about positioning.
Playing the Beautiful Game
The actual gameplay of Backyard Soccer is a bit more slow paced than you would expect. You can play with a keyboard, controller or even the mouse. You also have different difficulty options and you can adjust the rules such as offside, how long the game lasts and so on. So you do have a lot of say in how the game is actually played. There are also power-ups that can be used which give the game a kind of Mario Strikers feel to it which is pretty cool.
In all Backyard Soccer is a fun kids game. It has more depth than you would think and for a younger kid, I do think that there is a lot of fun to be had here. If you are a parent looking for a fun sports game to play with your child and they love soccer. I really do think that you could do a lot worse than Backyard Soccer. You just have to keep in mind that this is a game that is aimed at kids.
7/10
Pros:
- The art style has a kind of Nickelodeon vibe to it
- Let’s kids thin about strategy
- Plenty of control and gameplay options
- Picking your players is fun
- Plenty of tournaments to try and win
Cons:
- It is a game that is aimed at kids
- It is a bit older now so might be hard to get running on a modern PC