Backyard Basketball

Backyard Basketball
GenreSports
Developers
  • Humongous Entertainment (2001–2003)
  • SolWorks (Basketball 2004 for PlayStation 2)
  • Mistic Software (portable versions of Basketball 2004 and NBA Basketball 2007)
  • Game Brains (PS2 and Windows versions of NBA Basketball 2007)
  • Day 6 Sports Group (NBA Basketball 2015)
  • Mega Cat Studios (Basketball '01; 2025 remaster of 2001 game)
Publishers
  • Infogrames/Atari (2001–2006)
  • Fingerprint Network (NBA Basketball 2015)
  • Playground Productions (2025)
PlatformsAndroid, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Macintosh, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, Windows
First releaseBackyard Basketball
October 30, 2001
Latest releaseBackyard Basketball '01
November 13, 2025
Parent seriesBackyard Sports

Backyard Basketball is a series of basketball video games made for children created by Humongous Entertainment. It is the fourth of five sub-series in the Backyard Sports video game franchise. The first game was developed by Humongous 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.

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