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The classic Backyard Football 1999 is now enhanced to run on modern systems!
HUDDLE UP FOR BACKYARD FOOTBALL Backyard Football 1999 is now enhanced to run on modern systems. Whether you're picking Jerry Rice or Barry Sanders for your dream team, rushing with Pete Wheeler, scoring touchdowns with Pablo Sanchez, or enjoying the witty banter of hosts Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield, simple controls let anyone pick up and play football! GAME MODES Single Game: With 5 backyard fields and unique weather condition settings, players can pick their team, design their team logos, and play a pick-up game! Season Mode: Players can draft seven players from the 30 iconic Backyard Sports characters and a collection of legendary pros including Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, John Elway, Dan Marino, Randall Cunningham, Drew Bledsoe and Steve Young to compete against 15 other teams in the Backyard Football League. Each team plays a 14-game season. By the end of the regular season, the 4 division champions and 4 wild card teams enter the Backyard Football League Playoffs to compete for the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl! EARN CLASSIC POWER UPS Earn power-ups by completing passes on offense and sacking the opposing QB on defense. Offensive • Hocus Pocus – A pass play which results in a receiver teleporting down field. • Sonic Boom – A run play which causes an earthquake to knock over the opposing team. • Leap Frog – A run play which causes your running back to leap down field. • Super Punt – A very powerful punt! Defensive • Cough Drop – A play that causes the opponent to fumble when tackled. • Chameleon – A trick play that results in your team wearing the other team's colors for ultimate confusion. • Spring Loaded – A play that causes your player to leap over the line of scrimmage to sack the QB. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION At our core, we are fans first – not just of video games, but of the Backyard Sports franchise. Fans have asked for accessible and legal ways to play their original Backyard titles for years, and we are excited to deliver. Without having access to the source code, there are hard limitations on the experience we can create. However, Backyard Football ‘99 runs well, looks better than ever, and creates a new installation for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog that allows the next generation of fans to fall in love with the game.
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27 of 27 loaded reviews
why did the skip button disappear? the game takes forever now because its going to make me sit through all the intros and everything
- Tyler Schickert · v1.3.2
I would Like a refund
- peter terrazas · v1.3.2
This version is not loading on a chromebook
- M Res · v1.2.01
it's fun
- Brandon Gable
Route Throwing is impossible and often I throw the ball for no reason when I want to run.
- XJuan
I like this game but when I pass the ball and the receiver catches the ball the players go back wards and it is hard to run forward with the ball.
- John Peters · v1.1.77
I remember when I was around 8 years old, my family and I would go to our small town's library to do our schoolwork (we have been homeschooled our whole lives). There on the computers was this game. Of course, the NFL won't let Playground use the logos and teams anymore, but hats off to the devs for preserving this game and making it available to mobile users. I've purchased this game on 2 devices just to support the devs.
- Jeffry Boyd · v1.1.77
make it for free
- Daniel Rowe Jr
The game literally cheats like half the time. There's no reason my team should fumble 9 times in a single game while the CPU doesn't make even a single mistake. Lost the magic of the original game
- Dan Peters · v1.1.77
Please keep them coming!
- Jonathan Hicks · v1.1.77
tuff game
- Kieran Tilden · v1.1.77
paid
- Sai krishna prasad Kandula · v1.1.77
Great port of a beloved classic
- Cat Attack · v1.1.77
purely nostalgic, not a good game. just get the ROM and an emulator.
- Justin Willard
in my opinion this game is better than retro bowl
- Ayomide Keshinro · v1.1.77
I like the game but GOD DAMN FIX the controls man every time I pass it wont pass and every my players get a chance for a tackle they hold and I get robbed out of INT'S because my players are taller and still get head top.
- Mike · v1.1.77
fun but needs more characters
- Rachel Kaylor · v1.1.77
I love the game. Brings me back to my childhood. I do wish they made the controls easier on the phone, as well as added more players. Biggest issue: crashes often, at least once a day.
- David Schenkler · v1.1.77
I havent been able to save my season like i could in baseball
- Logan Dallis
Great game, but the gamepad function is literally useless. I hope the devs read this, because I would love to use my Xbox controller to play in the future.
- nonyer business · v1.1.71
It's the same game that was released back in 98 or 99 except that they changed the 31 NFL teams (Texans weren't a team yet) and Brett Farve got his name changed to "Chase Downfield" and lost his jersey #.
- Mike Caserto · v1.1.71
Its great to be able to go back and experience Backyard Football again. It seems like the game was just ripped directly off the original disk, and not in a good way. The controls are still clearly designed for someone using a computer mouse, and are not nearly as smooth as I would expect from an app made in 2025.
- Tyler Martin · v1.1.71
If you played this as a child, you're going to like it. The only issue I had was the conrtols as it is an emulation of the original game, so it uses the mouse feature. there are two players, but I haven't figured out how to do that. So I give it four stars as I think some people will struggle with controls.
- Ryan Lynch · v1.1.71
I love the Backyard Sports franchise and I'm so glad it's making a comeback. App works as expected on my Samsung Galaxy S21+ without issue. No data collection, just good ol backyard football.
- Peter M · v1.1.71
play just like the original and I absolutely love it
- Brian DuBois · v1.1.71
much easier to control than I thought it would be but I would love to be able to use video game controller also wish there NFL teams but overall very good
- Sam Wright · v1.1.71
Great to have the game on mobile after all these years. I understand that we can't have the NFL logos, but it seems like a big oversight to not include the colors for those teams. In one of the trailers you can see the Broncos orange and blue on players in the game so that feels a little misleading. Hopefully they can patch those colors in for the future. Still a great game just disappointing. Also "Chase Downfield" is a great touch.
- Joseph Dieterlen · v1.1.71
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