Backyard Football 2006

Backyard Football 2006

Developers
	Humongous Entertainment
Publishers
	Atari
Engines
	RenderWare
Release dates
Windows	September 20, 2005
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control, Point and select
Genres	Sports
Sports	Rugby
Art styles	Cartoon
Series	Backyard Football

Backyard Football
Subseries of Backyard Sports
Backyard Football	1999
Backyard Football 2002	2001
Backyard Football 2004	2003
Backyard Football 2006	2005
Backyard Football '08	2007
Backyard Football '09	2008
Backyard Football '99	2025

Warnings

RenderWare games may not work on Windows 11 24H2 or later without using a DirectSound wrapper (see the engine page for details).

Backyard Football 2006 is a singleplayer cinematic camera and third-person sports game in the Backyard Football series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Simple disc check.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Atari\Backyard Football 2006\GlobalSetings

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Atari\Backyard Football 2006\<user-id>.pro

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		640x480 only by default. For widescreen support, use this Widescreen & FOV Fix.
Multi-monitor		Use this Widescreen & FOV Fix.
Ultra-widescreen		Use this Widescreen & FOV Fix.
4K Ultra HD		Use this Widescreen & FOV Fix.
Field of view (FOV)		Use this Widescreen & FOV Fix to set a custom FOV value.
Windowed		Run the game's shortcut with the -window startup parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

Nintendo controllers
Nintendo button prompts
Face button layout support
Motion sensors support
Connection modes

Other controller(s)
Peripheral devices support
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Menu music, SFX, commentary, kid chatter, background sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1, 9	Separate executables for each

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 733 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB (256 MB for 2000 and XP)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA-compatible 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible
Other	8x-speed CD-ROM drive