Atari Releases Backyard Sports

[spyker3292]

Just saw two Backyard Sports titles on AppShopper. Really cheap too, each at $0.99.

Backyard Baseball
Dmitri built a batting simulation in his back yard! Join him in some Backyard Baseball as you attempt to hit the coded targets. Each one will earn you a different hit: a single, double, triple or a home run. You have three innings to get as many runs and points as possible. To keep your skills sharp, the targets will reset as you work your way through the innings and doing well brings up fewer and fewer to aim at -- just to keep you on your toes! Keep your high scores and hand the game off to your friends to see if they can put up more points than you!

Backyard Soccer
Welcome to Backyard Soccer! Joey is ready to play some soccer. In three rounds of exciting soccer action, help Joey pass the ball to his open teammates and score as many points as possible. Use the touch pad to pass the ball to the three teammates as the defenders attempt to stop you from scoring. Careful though! A missed pass or goal costs you as many points as you could have gained. Keep your high scores and hand off the game to your friends to see if they can put up more points than you!

It sound's like they might be more mini-game-ish, but I don't know... could be good. But doesn't look good enough to convince me to spend $1 now.

http://appshopper.com/games/backyard-soccer
http://appshopper.com/games/backyard-baseball

 

[eplchamps0304]

Poor

 

[rendez2k]

Whats poor? Have you tried them? The soccer one looks a bit simple but I fancy the baseball one if its any good!

Edit: First bad reviews! http://toucharcade.com/2008/11/06/atari-releases-backyard-soccer-and-backyard-baseball/