The Backyard Sports series' resurgence began a few years ago with a re-release of the classic 1997 game Backyard Baseball , but this month's launch of Backyard Baseball--an all-new entry--is a monumental step for a franchise that had been on ice for years. But getting there wasn't easy, requiring years of work (and the help of a private investigator) to even acquire the rights, let alone find a development partner who could revive such a legendary franchise. Playground Productions CEO Lindsay Barnett was up to the challenge, ultimately pivoting from her job as an elementary-school teacher when it became clear she was capable of bringing Backyard Baseball to a new generation of baseball fans. We don't have any source code.' And they were like, 'No, we'll reverse-engineer and CD-ROM hack it and we can do it.'" That led to a number of re-releases of classic Backyard Sports games to test the waters, including the original Backyard Baseball '97 and its follow-up, Backyard Baseball 2001.
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