Backyard Football 2002 Is the Greatest Sports Game of All-Time

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug

The year is 2040: Video games are fully immersive simulators. In this virtual world, you are Kanye West. You’re putting on a show for millions of other users, who include Jedis, Wizards, and Kardashians, to name a few. In your spare time, you drive DeLoreans in between solar systems and listen to podcasts starring former POTUS, Elon Musk.

I can’t wait for 2040, not because of this Orwellian future, but because the young gamers of today will look back on games like Fortnite and Call of Duty with a sense of nostalgia:

“The kids of today didn’t know how good we had it,” they’ll say to their friends.

Well, kids of today, here’s to your future moment. However, you’ll never know how good it was when I was growing up. Back when I was a young buck, we had the best sports video game ever created — we had Backyard Football 2002.

It’s one of those titles where you either throw your hands in the air like: “Yes! This guy gets it!!” Or you’re scratching your head wondering what you’re missing out on.

So, in case you’re ignorant of the awesomeness that is Backyard Football 2002, here are 3 reasons why it’s is the greatest sports game of all time.