History YMMV / BackyardSports

* PortingDisaster: Believe it or not, ''Backyard Baseball 2001'' and ''Backyard Soccer MLS Edition'' received a two-in-one UsefulNotes/PlugnPlayGame port developed by Creator/MiltonBradley and Creator/{{Hasbro}} released in 2005 as simply ''Backyard Baseball & Soccer''. It is a very dumbed-down version of both games on a green gamepad (that has only a D-pad, a pause button, the power switch, and ABXY buttons in a bizarre layout where A is on top, B is left, X is right, and Y is at the bottom) featuring only the Backyard Kids, just three fields for each game, very minimal and generic dialogue, bland background music in only the menus, pre-determined team colors for all the Backyard Sports teams, and just Single Game and Season Play modes with limited rule editing, no two-player modes, and no home run derbies or (standalone) penalty kick shootouts.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''Basketball'' on the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], as well as ''Basketball 2004'' on the PC, gained the NBA license and ironed out a lot of the bugs the original had.

* HilariousInHindsight: In ''Baseball'', Stephanie Morgan, when pitching, says she models her pitches off Randy Johnson, who actually became playable in ''Baseball 2001''.

* ScrappyMechanic: Running, for the outfielders in ''Baseball'', although fielding can account for this as well.
** Also, the Fire Ball pitch in ''Baseball''-- it uses up much of the pitcher's Juice (stamina, which is also used up when batting, when a player is running after hitting the ball), and as such, is best used only when the pitcher has a More Juice power-up (completely refills Juice) to back it up (it even causes Angela Delvecchio to yell "Ow!" when she is catching, because it burns her hands). To be honest, the More Juice power-up is needed whenever a player has any one or two or three of the special pitches, as all of them use varying amounts of Juice, and use it faster than the regular complement of pitches (outside of the Intentional Walk, which uses no Juice).

* RetroactiveRecognition: Long before she became [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Cortana]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]], Creator/JenTaylor made her voice acting debut as Sunny Day, Luanne Lui, Billyjean Blackwood, and Maria Luna.

** ''Backyard Football 2002'' features then-New England Patriots starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe on the cover. The same year of the game's release (2001), Bledsoe had his near-fatal injury that led to Creator/TomBrady taking over his position permanently, leading to the Patriots' winning dynasty, while Bledsoe was traded to the Buffalo Bills and his career never fully recovered.

* HarsherInHindsight: Michael Vick's in-game nickname is "Mr. Electric". Guess something he's done to dogs.

* PortingDisaster: Believe it or not, ''Backyard Baseball 2001'' and ''Backyard Soccer: MLS Edition'' received a two-in-one UsefulNotes/PlugnPlayGame port developed by Creator/MiltonBradley and Creator/{{Hasbro}} released in 2005 as simply ''Backyard Baseball & Soccer''. It is a very dumbed-down version of both games on a green gamepad (that has only a D-pad, a pause button, the power switch, and ABXY buttons in a bizarre layout where A is on top, B is left, X is right, and Y is at the bottom) featuring only the Backyard Kids, just three fields for each game, very minimal and generic dialogue, bland background music in only the menus, pre-determined team colors for all the Backyard Sports teams, and just Single Game and Season Play modes with limited rule editing, no two-player modes, and no home run derbies or (standalone) penalty kick shootouts.

* ContestedSequel: ''Baseball 2001'' and ''Soccer: MLS Edition''. People debate whether the addition of pros, who make up half the playable characters in the former, is good or bad.

* HarsherInHindsight: Half the pros. Many of them took steroids (Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa as examples), and many have their own specific reasons (Ricky Williams chose drugs over football).