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Backyard Hockey gba Game Reviews
Backyard Hockey
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8.0 out of 10
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Skate, shoot and score with the Backyard Kids and kid versions of the hottest NHL pros! You can control all of the action in this hockey favorite. Build your own talented team, choose an awesome rink and zoom down the ice! With zany power-ups and that one-of-a-kind Backyard Sports excitement, Backyard Hockey provides fun, speedy, end-to-end action - now that it's on the Game Boy Advance system you can hit the game-winning slapshot anywhere! [Atari]

PUBLISHER: Atari
DEVELOPER: Mistic - Humongous Entertainment
GENRE(S): Sports
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: October 7, 2003

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60
IGN
There's a lot of decent ideas and implementations in this kids' based hockey title...it just needs to be fleshed out in a true hockey experience for the pros.
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60
GameZone
This is a game that does not translate well to the tiny screen of the GBA, simply because shortcuts had to be made graphically that took out a big reason to play the Backyard titles – personality.
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52
Nintendo Power
The overhead view lets you see clearly and control the action easily, but it doesn't give you a great look at the characters. [Nov 2003, p.152]

What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Patu N. gave it a 7:
Funny game,but it doesn't have anything that makes you like it.

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