Editing Backyard Basketball (section)

{{short description|Video game series}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Backyard Basketball
| developer = [[Humongous Entertainment]] (original) <br> [[Mega Cat Studios]] (remaster)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Backyard Sports Continues Comeback With Five More Titles On The Way |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/backyard-sports-continues-comeback-with-five-more-titles-on-the-way/1100-6527118/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=GameSpot |language=en-US}}</ref>
| publisher = [[Atari, Inc. (1993–present)|Infogrames]] <br> Playground Productions (remaster)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schomer |first=Matthew |date=2024-10-10 |title=Even More Backyard Sports Games Are Getting Remasters |url=https://gamerant.com/backyard-sports-5-games-remasters-football-soccer-basketball-hockey/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>
| series = ''[[Backyard Sports series|Backyard Sports]]''
| engine = [[SCUMM]]
| platforms = [[Windows]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]
| released = '''Original''' ('''Windows''', '''Mac''')<br>{{vgrelease|NA|October 30, 2001}}<hr/>'''''{{'}}01'' remaster''' ('''Windows'''){{Video game release|WW|TBA}}
| genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| alt = 
}}

'''''Backyard Basketball''''' is a series of entries into the ''[[Backyard Sports series|Backyard Sports]]'' franchise of video games. The first game was developed by [[Humongous Entertainment]] and published by [[Infogrames]] for [[Windows|Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] in 2001. Additional games have been released on a variety of consoles, each with different characters and slightly altered gameplay mechanics.

As with the other ''Backyard Sports'' games, ''Backyard Basketball'' includes professional players as playable characters. The first incarnation included [[Kevin Garnett]] and [[Lisa Leslie]]. The most recent release includes [[Stephen Curry]] as its mascot.<ref name=":0">Backyard Sports. Web. <https://www.backyardsports.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411082818/http://www.backyardsports.com/|date=2015-04-11}}>.</ref>