How a Highland Park woman revived a beloved baseball video game
- Posted on July 14, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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In brief
A Highland Park entrepreneur successfully restored Backyard Baseball '97, a nostalgic classic from the 1990s, bringing it back to modern platforms in 2024. Following this successful revival, the team expanded their mission by reconstructing and relaunching five additional titles from the beloved Backyard Sports franchise. This digital preservation project demonstrates the growing demand for classic gaming experiences and the technical expertise required to revive legacy software for contemporary audiences.
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How a Highland Park woman revived a beloved baseball video game
Backyard Baseball ’97 was reconstructed and released in 2024. Over the next year, Lindsay Barnett and her team brought back five more Backyard video games.
