want more of this? well good news, Kofie put together his full interview with the Backyard Sports crew for your viewing pleasure over on patreon. if that ain't your thing, no worries, there's a ~5 min preview of the 75 minute interview over there either way: www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-109953059?Link&
We'll see it happen in the majors someday, no doubt. The generation of prospective MLB players who would have grown up with the Backyard Sports games (I'm using 1991/92 as a yardstick, for 5-/6-year-olds that would have played the original Baseball) and broken into the majors en masse has ended and some of them will no doubt have introduced those games to THEIR kids who go on to play in MLB.
Someone had a video ranking all the walk up songs and said Annie's was just the American version of Pablo's and now I have to spread the curse of this knowledge
I remember people talking about multi sport athletes that changed the game, Bo Jackson, Jim Thorpe, Deion Sanders, Tim Tebow. All legends of the game, sure, but if you ask anyone from my generation who could translate their immense talent to succeed anywhere, it has to be Pablo Sanchez. Pablo's dominance in sports of all shapes simply was unmatched, the papers couldn't stop talking about it, and collecting all the baseball cards of Pablo from all his sports is a goal almost none have achieved. Listening to his exploits on the radio or looking through the window at the TV store to catch a glimpse of Pablo, a game on each TV. Pablo Sanchez changed American sports and this nation forever, an icon beyond names like "The Babe", "Say Hey Kid", "Dr. J", "Bear Bryant", "Satchel", no it was the "Secret Weapon" who was a weapon so secret, every man, woman and child in the world would know his name.
Pablo was *that* kid we all knew IRL that excelled in nearly every sport that tried. The first pick of the team captain. My star running back in BYFB 2002, helped me win 106 to 3 in this one game. Nuts.
Pete is actually so insane. It says 10/10 speed but that might as well be 11/10. My usual strategy was to have him as the lead off hitter and bunt him to first and then proceed to steal every base. But the thing is, his stats were good enough in other places so you didnt have to do that. He can hit bombs too. Plus in the original 1999 version he was a sick pitcher as well, so his pitching stat got nerfed in later games.
Console BYF Pete wheeler was a cheat code as the running back. You just needed to run straight up the middle and it was a guaranteed 5 yards. You could stack the box with every defender and it didn’t matter cause the blocking forced a gap. My dad and I named a play “up the gut” and we had to ban if from 2 point conversions (literally 100% success rate) and you could only use it once on a drive.
I love that almost each and every kid in backyard sports has a personality. A different look, attitude, everything. It really made the series very inclusive!
The best backyard athlete is Maria Luna, but only if she’s on a team with a pink uniform. Gets god tier stat buffs in every category when you fulfill that requirement
@JarrekAsF honestly, more than likely not. I've been part of competitive leagues before and in every generic is available too. There are not only generics who are better overall than Pablo but who don't also possess his weakness, lack of height. He's still usually an early (more mid actually. Memory was rusty) first rounder, but think more top 10-15
15th actually, out of 24 teams. They use mods to change the gameplay a little bit and it also unlocks the generic players which are used in single player seasons. Pablo is great but he is ridiculously inconsistent in fielding
The fact that backyard soccer wasn’t like “the primary game” to you just goes to show that what you were saying about these games being kind of a different experience for each of us is very accurate. I had backyard soccer and backyard baseball, probably purchased around the same time. Then I got football, but basketball, soccer, and skateboarding I never even saw
@@corbums3927 It really doesn't matter. The BB discord knows he's either like the number 1 or number 2 player in the game. He has a lot of attributes that are not immediately visible that make him op. He's insane he's an inside home run machine. He's a really good contact hitter in the game he don't miss. He does everything extremely well. He ends up being a lot better fielder than Pablo which is a huge deal.
I once did a "Worst Squad" in Brett Farve's Quarterback Club 2000 and Mcnown was my QB. Super Early Days before EA bought a fear small titles like that one and folded them into Madden before the exclusive license that forced out 2k
I've always loved the backyard sports games growing up. Played at least one game from each series for hours. Some of the easter eggs are pretty fun, but there's one in particular that will always stand out as being particularly unhinged. In Backyard soccer (2003 i think) you start out playing in the lowest of 3 leagues, with the ability to promote if you finish well in a given season. If you can manage to win all 3 leagues, you'll unlock the ability to play in the world cup. In this world cup you have the opportunity to play against different countries with custom teams, the countries can be identified by their flags next to their team names and logos. These names would almost always be related to the country. For instance, the Japanese flag shows up next to the logo for a team called "The Origami Tsunamis" Makes sense as Japan is an Island nation and is associated with Origami. Like every custom team in Backyard sports, there is an adjective before a noun for each of these teams, but unless you play against these world cup teams, you can't see their adjectives. Because of this, I don't know what adjectives go with the Netherlands (Windmills) or Peru (Alpacas) (again, both very fitting) The one outlier that had always confused me was Russia. The Russian flag was next to the team known as the Bees, which always seemed like such a strange connection to me. Why on earth would Russua be the Bees? Was Russia known for honey production or something? This bothered me for a long time, until finally, after grinding through a number of world cups, I played against the Bees... The Cagey Bees. The last thing I had expected to see in a kids game was a reference to the Russian KGB, and it still blows my mind that somebody threw that in the game
pablo in the 4 slot playing cf with kenny on the mound gg, no mom i really just need a minute to win this. amir is up there for me to. best ss and leadoff imo
@@michag4337 Keisha’s my go to leadoff, that raw power and busted speed is always good for a deep homer or double, but if I’m using the base running cheese I’ll have peet wheeler lead off, homie always gets on base with a bunt.
@@mauiwowiii8909 keisha was solid, and her height made her excellant 1b. this and freddy the fish were the only games i had from like 5 until i was out of elementary.
The thing is, the later games introduced pros, which was to the detriment of the series. Except for Pablo, the kids ended up being much worse so that the pros could be the better characters. It also seriously took away from the unique charm of the series when you were picking from actual players and teams. Also, for those who don't know, Humongous Entertainment also made the Freddy Fish, Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt and Spy Fox. This point-and-click mastery is because Humongous was formed by employees from LucasArts, namely Ron Gilbert, who worked on Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.
It's frankly a miracle that Backyard Baseball '97 works at all. It's a baseball game that's running on the friggin' SCUMM engine! That's the same point-and-click engine that powered all the great LucasArts and Humongous Entertainment games. You can kind of tell when you think about just how the game controls and how it struggles at times to run simultaneous actions, but it still manages to do its job, and Humongous' always-excellent character design and art style plasters over the cracks with raw charm.
Not all stats are created equally. Speed is king, in part because it's always relative to other players. Give Pete Wheeler the ball and congrats, you now only have to deal with players in front of you. Overalls in a game like Football manager have speed 2 or 3 times more valuable than other stats, and from my experience with Pablo and Pete this heuristic transfers over to Backyard games.
To illustrate this in another way, in motorsports, the difference between the fastest car on track and the slowest is sometimes less than 1%. A speed of 98 is a backmarker; 99 is a champion.
I’ve been asking for a Pablo Sanchez video for years. This is a dream come true! Also I wish they would bring back this series. I probably sunk hundreds of hours into backyard baseball, soccer, and skateboarding growing up.
God, I hope that's true. I don't care if it's a kid game; if a backyard sports game came back, odds are high I'd still get it, if just for the nostalgia bump.
@@MusicalMethuselah It'd be so much work, but these games would really do well with the Arc System Works (Guilty Gear, Dragon Ball FighterZ) approach of 3d models animated like 2d sprites.
I love this video because it just feels so...clean! The music choices are a standout. I really like the heavy use of jazz and bossa-nova pieces. Your voice is crisp and clear, some of the best voicework I've heard on the platform. The topic itself was presented in a very easy-to-digest manner that I was able to very easily understand even though I have little experience with the franchise. Fantastic analysis!
Thank you for the nostalgia trip. I forget what year, but Backyard Football was one of the earliest computer games I ever played and was one of my favorites for a long time.
Brings back a ton of memories. Pablo was a jack of all trades. Was definitely the kid you wanted on your team in baseball and football for sure. The young'ins really missed out.
shoutout to backyard baseball for the ds, ryan howard and pablo sanchez were the goats of my team. i still here the announcers “home run” whenever i go deep in the show now
love ya kofie great vid as always, im not from the us so i didnt have these games growing up but after watching another of your vids i actually tried playing the baseball one and its a blast lol.
Given the talk about versatility being arguably his greatest strength, it would be interesting to get a do-over of this where every kid has their weakest attribute removed. Pablo still probably ends up high on the list, but I wouldnt be shocked if he got passed.
My nephew grew up with this series and to this day he makes Pablo Sanchez in every sports game he plays. Pablo’s a quarterback in the latest Madden right now. Now that’s a memorable character there.
I'm glad knowledge of the three-point strat in Backyard Basketball has survived the test of time. I remember one of my friends teaching it to me at the time, and it completely broke the game.
This was awesome. I played all of these games when I was a kid, including 100% completion of Backyard Skateboarding - you're right, it's a hard game. I let my friends borrow it for a month after I finished it and they couldn't get past a certain level. God that game was so fun. Thanks for this blast from the past
Amazing this video drops just as I started streaming the OG Backyard Baseball. I'd love a deeper dive into that original 1997 game that started it all.
Backyard Skateboarding was a staple in my childhood. It was SO hard to finish some of the missions, and I get the feeling I’d struggle just as much now 😅
I've never played this game however had to watch the video. Just knowing that I was going to be entertained by awesome people that take these things semi-seriously. Thanks again SB
Dude I remember playing this game everyday of summer camp in from when I was 6-12 in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s because the computer lap at the camps were old Microsoft computers, that, pinball, pajama Sam, and backyard sports were the only things we played. Dang that brings back some good memories 😁
Surprised Dmitri is considered one of the worst baseball players, I always had him as a catcher on my teams because he could hit great and his low fielding didn't affect the game much with him behind the dish, he's pretty much Mike Piazza (except Piazza was actually a decent fielder statistically despite claims that he was bad behind the plate)
want more of this? well good news, Kofie put together his full interview with the Backyard Sports crew for your viewing pleasure over on patreon. if that ain't your thing, no worries, there's a ~5 min preview of the 75 minute interview over there either way: www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-full-109953059?Link&
Never clicked on a video faster. Pablo is the unquestioned GOAT
Nah that’s an opinion but Pete Wheeler was the GOAT
GOAT
@@WalterOFFWhite both are goated
Henri DeSchenes: I'm here to question you
Fr 🫡
His walk up song in backyard baseball is one of the most iconic ever. I think a pitcher used it down in the minors
We'll see it happen in the majors someday, no doubt. The generation of prospective MLB players who would have grown up with the Backyard Sports games (I'm using 1991/92 as a yardstick, for 5-/6-year-olds that would have played the original Baseball) and broken into the majors en masse has ended and some of them will no doubt have introduced those games to THEIR kids who go on to play in MLB.
Not sure if a pitcher did but Daniel Palka had it as his at-bat music.
Introducing a whole generation to the incredible allure of Spanish guitar!
Someone had a video ranking all the walk up songs and said Annie's was just the American version of Pablo's and now I have to spread the curse of this knowledge
thanks i went and checked it out from this comment and my life is now better for it
I remember people talking about multi sport athletes that changed the game, Bo Jackson, Jim Thorpe, Deion Sanders, Tim Tebow. All legends of the game, sure, but if you ask anyone from my generation who could translate their immense talent to succeed anywhere, it has to be Pablo Sanchez. Pablo's dominance in sports of all shapes simply was unmatched, the papers couldn't stop talking about it, and collecting all the baseball cards of Pablo from all his sports is a goal almost none have achieved. Listening to his exploits on the radio or looking through the window at the TV store to catch a glimpse of Pablo, a game on each TV. Pablo Sanchez changed American sports and this nation forever, an icon beyond names like "The Babe", "Say Hey Kid", "Dr. J", "Bear Bryant", "Satchel", no it was the "Secret Weapon" who was a weapon so secret, every man, woman and child in the world would know his name.
“Secret Weapon” was his nickname in backyard hockey which I think is very fitting, who would’ve guessed that his skills translated to the ice too
Pablo knows 🙌🙌
Tim Tebow lmao
Pablo was *that* kid we all knew IRL that excelled in nearly every sport that tried. The first pick of the team captain. My star running back in BYFB 2002, helped me win 106 to 3 in this one game. Nuts.
Pete Wheeler is most under-recognized stud in backyard sports history
Pete is actually so insane. It says 10/10 speed but that might as well be 11/10. My usual strategy was to have him as the lead off hitter and bunt him to first and then proceed to steal every base. But the thing is, his stats were good enough in other places so you didnt have to do that. He can hit bombs too. Plus in the original 1999 version he was a sick pitcher as well, so his pitching stat got nerfed in later games.
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Console BYF Pete wheeler was a cheat code as the running back. You just needed to run straight up the middle and it was a guaranteed 5 yards. You could stack the box with every defender and it didn’t matter cause the blocking forced a gap.
My dad and I named a play “up the gut” and we had to ban if from 2 point conversions (literally 100% success rate) and you could only use it once on a drive.
Keisha is also nuts
She is actually a better pure power hitter than Pablo
So fast! First base on a bunt is too easy
I love that almost each and every kid in backyard sports has a personality. A different look, attitude, everything.
It really made the series very inclusive!
this is the greatest sports documentary ive ever laid eyes on
The Bob Emergency is now in tears /j
THANKS FOR WATCHING THE VIDEO. WHAT SHOULD I DO NEXT?!
I knew u did this one just off how highly talk about backyard sports 😂😂
Tecmo Bowl - Bo Jackson or Christian Okoye
Wario's athletic career! Thank you!
Jordan mode in 2k11
Sports team in king of fighters
The best backyard athlete is Maria Luna, but only if she’s on a team with a pink uniform. Gets god tier stat buffs in every category when you fulfill that requirement
NOW THIS IS AN EASTER EGG
There’s actually competitive Backyard Baseball online leagues still going lol. Pablo was my first rounder
Sounds like you had a top three pick
@JarrekAsF honestly, more than likely not. I've been part of competitive leagues before and in every generic is available too. There are not only generics who are better overall than Pablo but who don't also possess his weakness, lack of height. He's still usually an early (more mid actually. Memory was rusty) first rounder, but think more top 10-15
@@matthewbless3335 Jay Green and Leah Wayne. If you know, you know.
15th actually, out of 24 teams. They use mods to change the gameplay a little bit and it also unlocks the generic players which are used in single player seasons. Pablo is great but he is ridiculously inconsistent in fielding
@@NathansMusicpitAy, Nathan! Assuming I'm not mistaken, I didn't expect to see you here!
The fact that backyard soccer wasn’t like “the primary game” to you just goes to show that what you were saying about these games being kind of a different experience for each of us is very accurate.
I had backyard soccer and backyard baseball, probably purchased around the same time. Then I got football, but basketball, soccer, and skateboarding I never even saw
Skateboarding was hilarious. There was like a strong Boston accent Andy Macdonald character
The Primary was Backyard Baseball. The other were Add On types based on the success of Backyard Baseball.
I also had soccer and baseball, but was personally in real life always more into soccer so that was my primary.
I only played Basketball. I did nothing but eat, sleep, and play backyard basketball for literal days when I was a kid lol.
i played football first and then baseball and basketball
Ichiro having a 2 pitching rating being the worst call in all sports games is a hill that I will still die on 20 years later
It’s even worse that he only had an 8 for batting, power be damned
@@corbums3927and it’s not like he didn’t have the power. He absolutely could have gone yard many, many more times than he did. He just CHOSE not to
@@mattgieseke8302 for REAL. If you look at his HR/AB rates for all other times vs bases loaded, it’s unreal
@@corbums3927 It really doesn't matter. The BB discord knows he's either like the number 1 or number 2 player in the game. He has a lot of attributes that are not immediately visible that make him op. He's insane he's an inside home run machine. He's a really good contact hitter in the game he don't miss. He does everything extremely well. He ends up being a lot better fielder than Pablo which is a huge deal.
The problem is he's a 10 in everything probably like 6 in pitching lol
Pablo Sanchez is so dominant that he taught Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl how to run laps around his opponents!
I am dying that Cade McNown was in Backyard Football. What an extremely specific moment in time.
I've seen Cade on a computer-controlled team and his ratings were low enough that he was on the bench on all four units.
I once did a "Worst Squad" in Brett Farve's Quarterback Club 2000 and Mcnown was my QB. Super Early Days before EA bought a fear small titles like that one and folded them into Madden before the exclusive license that forced out 2k
As someone who’s never played these games but has always heard of the legend of Pablo, thanks
You missed out on one of the best gaming series ever lol
Emulate them
Thank you so much for interviewing the developers!
Love the video Kofie but you forgot to take into account the secret “aura” stat in which Pablo is rated approximately 10^100,000
tied with tony
BACKYARD GAMES HAS RETURNED
KOFIE THE GOAT
Backyard sports content here is a dream come true
I can't believe that I remembered almost every single player name.
Bring out the CD-ROM binder. We must recreate Pablo Sanchez' 1998 World Series domination.
this may be kofie's most important work to date. 10/10
He’s the Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson of my generation
Pablo Sanchez the undisputed Hispanic GOAT for all backyard sports 🐐⚾️
I've always loved the backyard sports games growing up. Played at least one game from each series for hours. Some of the easter eggs are pretty fun, but there's one in particular that will always stand out as being particularly unhinged.
In Backyard soccer (2003 i think) you start out playing in the lowest of 3 leagues, with the ability to promote if you finish well in a given season. If you can manage to win all 3 leagues, you'll unlock the ability to play in the world cup. In this world cup you have the opportunity to play against different countries with custom teams, the countries can be identified by their flags next to their team names and logos. These names would almost always be related to the country. For instance, the Japanese flag shows up next to the logo for a team called "The Origami Tsunamis"
Makes sense as Japan is an Island nation and is associated with Origami.
Like every custom team in Backyard sports, there is an adjective before a noun for each of these teams, but unless you play against these world cup teams, you can't see their adjectives. Because of this, I don't know what adjectives go with the Netherlands (Windmills) or Peru (Alpacas) (again, both very fitting)
The one outlier that had always confused me was Russia. The Russian flag was next to the team known as the Bees, which always seemed like such a strange connection to me. Why on earth would Russua be the Bees? Was Russia known for honey production or something?
This bothered me for a long time, until finally, after grinding through a number of world cups, I played against the Bees... The Cagey Bees.
The last thing I had expected to see in a kids game was a reference to the Russian KGB, and it still blows my mind that somebody threw that in the game
20:30 Ok that’s it! Pablo is the GOAT, he needs a 10/10 deception rating
this kid is over here playing 3d chess on kids learning their times tables
THATS WHY HES THE GOAT!!! (Honorable mention obviously goes to the holy roller Kenny k)
pablo in the 4 slot playing cf with kenny on the mound gg, no mom i really just need a minute to win this. amir is up there for me to. best ss and leadoff imo
@@michag4337 Keisha’s my go to leadoff, that raw power and busted speed is always good for a deep homer or double, but if I’m using the base running cheese I’ll have peet wheeler lead off, homie always gets on base with a bunt.
@@mauiwowiii8909 keisha was solid, and her height made her excellant 1b. this and freddy the fish were the only games i had from like 5 until i was out of elementary.
kevin garnett being one of two pro players in backyard basketball is hilarious
The thing is, the later games introduced pros, which was to the detriment of the series. Except for Pablo, the kids ended up being much worse so that the pros could be the better characters. It also seriously took away from the unique charm of the series when you were picking from actual players and teams.
Also, for those who don't know, Humongous Entertainment also made the Freddy Fish, Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt and Spy Fox. This point-and-click mastery is because Humongous was formed by employees from LucasArts, namely Ron Gilbert, who worked on Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island.
It's frankly a miracle that Backyard Baseball '97 works at all. It's a baseball game that's running on the friggin' SCUMM engine! That's the same point-and-click engine that powered all the great LucasArts and Humongous Entertainment games. You can kind of tell when you think about just how the game controls and how it struggles at times to run simultaneous actions, but it still manages to do its job, and Humongous' always-excellent character design and art style plasters over the cracks with raw charm.
Not all stats are created equally. Speed is king, in part because it's always relative to other players. Give Pete Wheeler the ball and congrats, you now only have to deal with players in front of you.
Overalls in a game like Football manager have speed 2 or 3 times more valuable than other stats, and from my experience with Pablo and Pete this heuristic transfers over to Backyard games.
To illustrate this in another way, in motorsports, the difference between the fastest car on track and the slowest is sometimes less than 1%. A speed of 98 is a backmarker; 99 is a champion.
Perfect timing, Backyard is back!
I’ve been asking for a Pablo Sanchez video for years. This is a dream come true!
Also I wish they would bring back this series. I probably sunk hundreds of hours into backyard baseball, soccer, and skateboarding growing up.
6:22 I had uncontrollable laugher for about ten seconds after seeing this
Couldn't even stick the landing 🙂😁😆😂🤣💀☠️
Tidbit - it's rumored Jason Kelce is interested in bringing the series back
God, I hope that's true. I don't care if it's a kid game; if a backyard sports game came back, odds are high I'd still get it, if just for the nostalgia bump.
That would be awesome. Part of me wants them to go back to 2d sprites, though. The 3d models don't have the same charm.
@MusicalMethuselah just watching this makes me want to find an emulator!
@@jhov279 scumm! (The emulator name, not a pejorative lol)
@@MusicalMethuselah It'd be so much work, but these games would really do well with the Arc System Works (Guilty Gear, Dragon Ball FighterZ) approach of 3d models animated like 2d sprites.
Literally, as I’m watching this, my brother texts me a tweet saying that Backyard Sports is coming back! Let’s GOOOOOOOOO
I love this video because it just feels so...clean!
The music choices are a standout. I really like the heavy use of jazz and bossa-nova pieces.
Your voice is crisp and clear, some of the best voicework I've heard on the platform.
The topic itself was presented in a very easy-to-digest manner that I was able to very easily understand even though I have little experience with the franchise.
Fantastic analysis!
I love that you got the chance to speak to the devs!! We need more of this style of videos with inside perspective
Backyard hockey was one of my favs, never clicked on a video faster than
Every 90's kid knows Pablo is the true GOAT.
WE'RE GETTING MORE BACKYARD BASEBALL I'M SO HYPE
this is my dream kofie video. thank you kofie and secret base for this masterpiece of journalism
Thank you for the nostalgia trip. I forget what year, but Backyard Football was one of the earliest computer games I ever played and was one of my favorites for a long time.
I have never wanted to quit a family dinner harder than when this popped up in my notifications
Brings back a ton of memories. Pablo was a jack of all trades. Was definitely the kid you wanted on your team in baseball and football for sure.
The young'ins really missed out.
This is the kind of sports analysis we need more of. Excellent work
thanks for the fun video! I missed these games back in the day, but knew people that loved them
Kofie is the Pablo Sanchez of Secret Base🐐
This one hit me in the nostalgia real hard. Great job
I miss backyard sports so much and wish someone would bring em back!
Pablo simply couldnt be stopped. You could only hope to contain him. Gamebreaking talent
shoutout to backyard baseball for the ds, ryan howard and pablo sanchez were the goats of my team. i still here the announcers “home run” whenever i go deep in the show now
This video hits me right in the late 90s nostalgia. Pablo Sanchez for life
Society and human progress have been building to this moment
This is the content I subscribed for
This aged incredibly well.
I'm so excited this is coming back!!!
kofie's rise in sb nation is awesome to see, a great personality.
That Pablo Sanchez Easter egg at the end was icing on the cake for this video, incredible.
love ya kofie great vid as always, im not from the us so i didnt have these games growing up but after watching another of your vids i actually tried playing the baseball one and its a blast lol.
I had no idea Dimitri had Payton Pritchard's range lmao
THIS IS ART. BEEN WAITING ON THE BACK YARD RESPECT FOR PABLO 😤😤😤😤😤😤
Less, than ten days old and the series announced return is wild.
Backyard Sports is getting a new game
I feel like it speaks to childhood, there was always that classmate that was amazing at a bunch of sports.
Given the talk about versatility being arguably his greatest strength, it would be interesting to get a do-over of this where every kid has their weakest attribute removed. Pablo still probably ends up high on the list, but I wouldnt be shocked if he got passed.
Omfg , I miss Pablo , love yall for this
Love the nostalgia this brought me
This video was really cool! Thanks for making this
Always love seeing the Backyard series get some love. Great video, Kofie and Secret Base!
I remember coming home on the bus making routes for my wide receivers to run in Backyard Football. Those were the days.
Finally, we're asking the real questions here
My nephew grew up with this series and to this day he makes Pablo Sanchez in every sports game he plays. Pablo’s a quarterback in the latest Madden right now. Now that’s a memorable character there.
this is an absolutely incredible video! seriously this 10/10. This is the Pablo Sanchez of TH-cam videos!
Love seeing devs in the video!
Kofie drops another classic. Well done my good man
I'm glad knowledge of the three-point strat in Backyard Basketball has survived the test of time. I remember one of my friends teaching it to me at the time, and it completely broke the game.
This was awesome. I played all of these games when I was a kid, including 100% completion of Backyard Skateboarding - you're right, it's a hard game. I let my friends borrow it for a month after I finished it and they couldn't get past a certain level. God that game was so fun. Thanks for this blast from the past
Thank you ! This is the kind of content And Absolutely nostalgia I’m on TH-cam for
Pablo Sanchez is a grown ass man name, you gotta be at least 40 to be Pablo Sanchez
Yeah I mean he was playing Backyard Baseball in 1997. So bro is definitely pushin 40 rn
This is nothing short of wonderful kofie
the greatest video and the interviews are amazing to have
THAT LIL SNEAK! After all of these years. Great deep dive as always Kofie.
God damn you brought all the dudes who made my childhood into a zoom call
Amazing this video drops just as I started streaming the OG Backyard Baseball. I'd love a deeper dive into that original 1997 game that started it all.
great video. always need more kofie
The music is this is so incredible
this was such a blast from the past
Seeing this title brought back some serious memories
Backyard Skateboarding was a staple in my childhood. It was SO hard to finish some of the missions, and I get the feeling I’d struggle just as much now 😅
Pablo was the GO TO in Baseball on computer and Gameboy. Also having the Khan brothers was the key to a championship.
I've never played this game however had to watch the video. Just knowing that I was going to be entertained by awesome people that take these things semi-seriously. Thanks again SB
Great video Kofie, content has been top notch brother
We are so back
This is awesome Pablo is the goat I played so much backyard baseball
kofi is so goated man. feels like a homie that you never met
Oh cool, youtube unsubbed me at some point.
Glad they put this on my feed, thank you for this one, it was a real treat Kofie
Backyard soccer is where i first experienced Pablo's greatness
Dude I remember playing this game everyday of summer camp in from when I was 6-12 in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s because the computer lap at the camps were old Microsoft computers, that, pinball, pajama Sam, and backyard sports were the only things we played. Dang that brings back some good memories 😁
Yes. That opening is super true
Surprised Dmitri is considered one of the worst baseball players, I always had him as a catcher on my teams because he could hit great and his low fielding didn't affect the game much with him behind the dish, he's pretty much Mike Piazza (except Piazza was actually a decent fielder statistically despite claims that he was bad behind the plate)