Editing Backyard Basketball (section)

==Reception==
In the United States, the debut version of ''Backyard Basketball'' sold 780,000 copies and earned $13.2 million by August 2006, after its release in October 2001. It was the country's 15th best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006. Combined sales of all ''Backyard Sports'' games released between January 2000 and August 2006, including ''Backyard Basketball'', had reached 5.3 million units in the United States by the latter date.<ref name=edgesales>{{cite magazine|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017165955/http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/ |url=http://www.edge-online.com/features/top-100-pc-games-21st-century/ |title=The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century |author=''Edge'' Staff |date=August 25, 2006 |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |archivedate=October 17, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Backyard Basketball'' has received low to mixed reviews throughout its multiple releases. Ivan Sulic of ''[[IGN]]'' awarded the original version a score of 6.5 out of 10, complimenting the simplistic gameplay and colorful graphics while lamenting the amount of crashes that the game is susceptible to encountering.<ref>Sulic, Ivan. "Backyard Basketball". IGN, 10 Jan. 2002. Web. 16 Apr. 2015. <http://www.ign.com/articles/2002/01/11/backyard-basketball-2></ref> Chris Adams of ''IGN'' awarded the 2007 [[Nintendo DS]] version the same score, commenting that the addition of new gameplay modes offered more variety.<ref>Adams, Chris. "Backyard Basketball 2007 Review – IGN". IGN, 18 Oct. 2007. Web. 16 Apr. 2015. <http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/18/backyard-basketball-2007-review>.</ref>