Backyard Basketball '01

Play on medium and you get a decent gameplay experience reminiscent of the original computer game. Very easy to win by 100 points+ but gameplay feels right. Play on hard and all bets are off. What do you mean my team of elite shooters is hitting 10% from the free throw line??? Why is every other possession a turnover?? But these quirks also hold true for the CPU team so it’s kind of balanced and imo ultimately the best way to play. For even more fun: turn “out of bounds on” and keep “violations” off and you can run around with the ball and shoot from your own bench, behind the basket etc (and get stuck in some crazy glitches). PS i know Pablo is the face franchise but true heads know Basketball’s true OP is Dimitri (and in football it’s Pete)!

Backyard Basketball ’01 is a classic PC game and it shows in both good and bad ways. The charm, characters, and backyard atmosphere are all still here and bring back a lot of nostalgia. However, the controls on mobile are rough and clearly weren’t designed with touch screens in mind. Movement feels awkward, timing shots is inconsistent, and the virtual buttons don’t translate well from the original keyboard and mouse design. It’s fun in short bursts, but the controls can be frustrating enough to take away from the experience. If you grew up with the PC version, it’s still worth trying for nostalgia. Just don’t expect a smooth or modern mobile control experience.

Would make the game a lot easier and simpler to control and there’s a lot of open space on screen so why not