Backyard Football

Backyard Football

Developers
	Humongous Entertainment
Publishers
	GT Interactive
Engines
	SCUMM
Release dates
Windows	1999
Mac OS (Classic)	1999
Taxonomy
Genres	Sports
Sports	American football
Art styles	Cartoon
Series	Backyard Football

Backyard Football
Subseries of Backyard Sports
Backyard Football	1999
Backyard Football 2002	2001
Backyard Football 2004	2003
Backyard Football 2006	2005
Backyard Football '08	2007
Backyard Football '09	2008

Key points

Can be played on ScummVM.

JrSN Online services have been shut down; see below.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

A demo is available from ScummVM.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Backyard Sports Online

Requires ScummVM 2.8.0 or later for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and Raspberry Pi.

One of the features may be unavailable (e.g. coach's statistics, news, and polls) in the new servers.

Disable Online Functionality

This will disable most discontinued online functionalities for the original interpreter, in that case if not using ScummVM.

Removes the DirectPlay legacy component requirement if running on Windows 10 or later if the dummy DPLAYX DLL is applied.

Apply dummy DPLAYX, replace FOOTBALL.U32 with modified version, and delete unneeded files
Download dummy DPLAYX.DLL and put the file into the game directory Download this modified FOOTBALL.U32 and put in to/replace the old one in the game directory. If needed, delete BYMAIA.DLL, ROVER.DLL, UPGRADE.DLL, patchw32.dll, RESTART.EXE, football.esk, and football.mmz.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	C:\Windows\hegames.ini
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	C:\hegames
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game cloud syncing

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game runs at 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Press Space ␣, select "Options", then check "Display in Window", then click OK or press ⇧ Shift+F5 to toggle (otherwise Alt+↵ Enter in that case using ScummVM) On modern operating systems, it does not recognize the "Display in Window" option correctly.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only available in ScummVM
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Required to navigate the menus.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		No direct support in ScummVM yet (instead controls mouse)
Full controller support		Need to use mouse and/or keyboard to pause and change game options or exit game.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		During 2 players with the other player using a mouse or keyboard

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Can only turn background music on/off
Surround sound
Subtitles		Only works properly in ScummVM
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2
LAN play
Online play		2	JrSN (Junior Sports Network) powered by Boneyards Online Gaming services have been long since shut down; see Backyard Sports Online.

Issues fixed

Players stuck at top-left during gameplay

If the FOOTBALL.U32 file is missing and/or the DirectPlay Legacy Component is not installed then you can't play the game at all and players will be stuck there forever.

Please refer to Disable Online Functionality.

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	Cavedog Boneyards

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90 MHz	Intel Pentium 166 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other	4x CD-ROM drive	33.6K modem

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7.5.3	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 601 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Other	4x CD-ROM drive