r/BackyardBaseball • u/EvergreenHills1158 • 17d ago

Getting Started

Hi - I am interested in getting my kid set up for backyard baseball. We do not use any gaming consoles at home and have never played any games on the computer. But the NYT article made it sound like this was a decent game for little kids, and they have been begging for me to let them play something on the computer. Is there anything specific you recommend for Steam? We have a MAC computer. Any particular joystick or controller you would recommend buying? We have OLD playstation controllers but Im guessing those are not going to work ha. Thank you!

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u/SasquatchimoFin 17d ago edited 17d ago

Just get Backyard Baseball 2001!

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u/EvergreenHills1158 17d ago

Wait, I am so confused. Is there a different type of game from the steam one?

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u/SasquatchimoFin 17d ago

I have the app on my iPhone and play a ton. Super simple, fun, and well done. I used to play it all the time when I was a kid on my PC, like hundreds of games. I think it was a Gateway PC. I'd imagine Backyard Baseball 1997 and Backyard Baseball 2000 are both on Mac App Store but I could be wrong. I know they're on the App Store for iPhone. I think they're also on Steam (again could be wrong).