<s>
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
is	O
an	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
video	O
games	O
series	O
created	O
by	O
Humongous	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Mistic	O
Software	O
that	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
and	O
Infogrames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2002	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
titles	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
total	O
of	O
four	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
games	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
these	O
include	O
the	O
original	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
,	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
for	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
for	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
and	O
updated	O
computer	O
releases	O
of	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
were	O
developed	O
solely	O
by	O
Humongous	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
two	O
Hockey	O
games	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
handhelds	B-Application
were	O
co-developed	O
with	O
Mistic	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fourth	O
and	O
final	O
installment	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
is	O
regarded	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
hockey	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
such	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
players	O
control	O
their	O
character	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unique	O
from	O
most	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
games	O
,	O
fighting	O
is	O
not	O
allowed	O
in	O
Backyard	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
and	O
very	O
few	O
penalties	O
are	O
called	O
.	O
</s>
