Backyard Basketball

Backyard Basketball
North American PS2 cover art with a kid version of Tim Duncan along with his real-life adult counterpart.
Developer(s)	Humongous Entertainment (Windows, Mac) SolWorks (PS2) Mistic Software (GBA)
Publisher(s)	Infogrames (Windows, Mac) Atari (PS2, GBA)
Series	Backyard Sports
Engine	SCUMM (PC, Mac)
Platform(s)	Windows, Mac, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance
Release	Windows, Mac NA: October 30, 2001 Windows NA: September 4, 2003 PS2 NA: October 21, 2003 EU: November 19, 2004 Game Boy Advance NA: September 22, 2004
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Backyard Basketball is a series of entries into the Backyard Sports franchise of video games. The first game was developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Infogrames for Microsoft Windows and Mac in 2001. Additional games have been released on a variety of consoles, each with different characters and slightly altered gameplay mechanics.

As with the other Backyard Sports games, Backyard Basketball includes professional players as playable characters. The first incarnation included Kevin Garnett and Lisa Leslie. The most recent release includes Stephen Curry as its mascot.^[1]