Backyard Football
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Backyard Football translates American football into a neighborhood-sized game with kid athletes, playful fields, and a full set of recognizable football actions. The Nintendo GameCube version uses a 3D presentation and includes all 32 NFL teams alongside the familiar Backyard Sports teams. Its roster also turns ten 2002 professional players—including Brett Favre, Jerry Rice, Peyton Manning, and Michael Vick—into kid versions that can line up with the Backyard cast.
As coach, you draft a roster, choose starters, and decide how the team will attack each game. Running, passing, audibles, jukes, stiff-arms, tackles, and hurdles give each play an active feel after the snap. The playbook includes prepared strategies, and a custom-play option lets you design an approach of your own. That balance makes the game approachable for younger players without reducing football to a single-button minigame.
A 14-game season provides the main long-form challenge, tracking a weekly schedule and season statistics as your team develops. Pickup games offer a faster standalone match, while Coaches' Challenge focuses on football decisions and execution. Instant replay lets you revisit a play with familiar playback controls and a movable camera, which is useful for enjoying a big score or seeing where a defense broke down.
The exact GameCube release supports one or two offline players, including local split-screen play. Progressive-scan output and Dolby Surround are also recorded for this platform edition. There is no online dependency: season play, pickup games, team building, and local competition remain self-contained on the console. Its appeal comes from combining real football structure with the humorous personalities and welcoming scale of the Backyard Sports series.
More game data: releases, identifiers & technical details
Regional release records and identifiers for Backyard Football | Nintendo GameCube.
Release and technical facts
| Fact | Value | Release / platform | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published by | Humongous Entertainment, Inc. | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| Developed by | Left Field Productions, Inc. | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| Distributed by | Atari, Inc. | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| Video Modes Supported | Progressive Scan (480p) | GameCube | MobyGames |
| Sound Capabilities | Dolby Surround | GameCube | MobyGames |
| Multiplayer Options | Same/Split-Screen | GameCube | MobyGames |
| Number of Offline Players | 1-2 Players | GameCube | MobyGames |
| Original game disc count | 1 | North America | MobyGames |
| Genre | Football | North America | PriceCharting |
| Also compatible on | Wii | North America | PriceCharting |
| Disc count (PriceCharting) | 1 game disc | North America | PriceCharting |
| ESRB rating | Everyone | North America | PriceCharting |
| Player count | 1 player | North America | PriceCharting |
| Publisher | Atari | North America | PriceCharting |
Regional releases
| Release date | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| 2002-10-10 | North America | PriceCharting |
| October 10, 2002 | North America | PriceCharting |
Catalog identifiers by release
| Identifier | Code | Region / edition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPC-A | 742725235427 | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| Nintendo Media PN | DL-DOL-GBFE-USA | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| eBay Product ID | 9578 | United States, Canada, Mexico | MobyGames |
| upc | 742725235427 | North America | PriceCharting |
| asin | B00BI6ZQN6 | North America | PriceCharting |
| epid | 9578 | North America | PriceCharting |
Data by MobyGames.com · Catalog data: PriceCharting
