Backyard Football '99

Backyard Football '99 is an accessible football game enhanced to run on modern systems. You choose players for your team, then use simple controls to play, with hosts Sunny Day and Chuck Downfield providing witty banter. The roster includes 30 Backyard Sports characters and legendary pros such as Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, John Elway, Dan Marino, Randall Cunningham, Drew Bledsoe and Steve Young.

Game modes

In Single Game, you choose a team, design its logo and play a pickup game on one of five backyard fields, with unique weather condition settings. Season Mode lets you draft seven players and compete in the Backyard Football League against 15 other teams. Each team plays a 14-game season; the four division champions and four wild card teams advance to the playoffs for the Super Colossal Cereal Bowl.

Power-ups

You earn power-ups by completing passes on offense and sacking the opposing quarterback on defense. Offensive power-ups include:

• Hocus Pocus: a pass play that teleports a receiver downfield.
• Sonic Boom: a run play that causes an earthquake to knock over the opposing team.
• Leap Frog: a run play that lets your running back leap downfield.
• Super Punt: a very powerful punt.

Defensive power-ups include:

• Cough Drop: a play that makes the opponent fumble when tackled.
• Chameleon: a trick play that dresses your team in the other team's colors to cause confusion.
• Spring Loaded: a play that lets your player leap over the line of scrimmage to sack the quarterback.

Additional features

The game includes Steam achievements and a new installation intended for digital preservation within the Backyard Sports catalog.