Original Backyard Baseball Released On Mobile For First Time (2025)

Get ready to feel the nostalgia, millennials. The first game in the Backyard Baseball series, Backyard Baseball ’97, has been released on mobile devices for the very first time.

The game is available for $4.99 on both iOS and Android devices.

“It’s honestly surreal to playBackyard Baseball ‘97on a device that didn’t exist in 1997,” Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett said via release. “Playing on a mobile device makes for the ultimate nostalgic, cozy gaming experience for me and other millennials.”

The game’s mobile release includes all of the features players expect from the original game with mobile-optimized controls. The game also allows offline play, meaning no internet connection is required after the game is downloaded.

You can check out the full list of game features and modes, below:

• Random Pick-up: A quick way to jump right in! The computer chooses a random team for you and itself, and the game starts immediately.
• Single Game: You take turns with the computer, choosing players from a random pool of characters.
• Season: You create a team and manage the team through a 14 game series. The opposing teams are computer generated. At the end of the season the best two teams advance to the BBL playoffs (best of 3). The playoffs winner advances to the championship series which consists of the Super Entire Nation Tournament (best of 3) and then the Ultra Grand Championship of the Universe Series (best of 5)!
• Fully offline: No internet connection required!
• COPPA compliant: Kid-friendly, private, no data collected
• Pick up and play on the go with fullymobile optimized controls that aresimple, and responsive
• Become the Ultra Grand champion of the Universe Series
• Compatible with controller devices

Backyard Baseball releasing on mobile is the latest in Playground Productions’ efforts to bring back the Backyard Sports franchise. The studio, alongside Mega Cat Studios is continuing to release classic Backyard Sports games as well as working on new games for the future.

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