The Backyard (video game)

The Backyard
Cover art
Developer(s)Presage Software[1]
Publisher(s)Broderbund
Designer(s)Leslie Grimm[2]
Lynn Kirkpatrick
Composer(s)Bob Marshall
Jonelle Adkisson
Tom Rettig
SeriesEarly Learning Family
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Macintosh
Release1993
Genre(s)Educational
Mode(s)Single-player

The Backyard is a video game created by Broderbund in 1993 for MS-DOS and Macintosh. It is a sequel to its predecessor The Playroom[3] and the third game of the "Early Learning Family" series. It was designed for ages 3 to 6 (preschool through first grade).

  1. ^ "Presage Products - The Backyard". presage.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 1997. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Leslie Grimm Ph.D." (PDF). Talking Fingers Inc. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. ^ Sunila, Joyce (August 5, 1994). "Software Review -Filling Summer Days: A variety of well-designed computer games and adventures can educate and entertain children and give their parents a break". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.