NBA Live (video game series)













NBA Live

Logo of EA Sports NBA Live.png

NBA Live video game series logo

Developer(s)
EA Canada (1994–2010)
EA Tiburon (2013–present)
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Platform(s)
Game Boy
GameCube
iPhone
iPod Touch
Android
Microsoft Windows
MS-DOS
Nintendo 64
PC
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Portable
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Wii
Xbox
Xbox 360
Xbox One
First release
NBA Live 95
October 1994
Latest release
NBA Live 19
September 7, 2018

NBA Live is a series of basketball video games published by EA Sports. The series, which has had releases annually from 1994 to 2009 and 2013 to the present, is the successor to EA's previous NBA Playoffs and NBA Showdown series. Live primarily competes with the NBA 2K series and formerly NBA ShootOut.




Contents





  • 1 NBA Playoff


  • 2 NBA Live

    • 2.1 History


    • 2.2 Games



  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




NBA Playoff


The predecessor of the NBA Live series was the NBA Playoffs series, which featured Lakers vs. Celtics, released first in 1989 for MS-DOS-compatible PCs and later adapted for consoles in early 1990 for the Sega Mega Drive. This game was played from a horizontal view (while later versions moved to an isometric view before ultimately moving to 3D on newer consoles). The game was one of the first to feature an NBA license, containing both real NBA teams and player likenesses and signature moves. Details such as Horace Grant's goggles are clearly visible, and Michael Jordan's "Air Reverse Layup" is animated with very high accuracy. Player numbers were also visible. The game featured only eight of the sixteen teams that qualified for the NBA playoffs that year, as well as both NBA All-Star teams.


The next game in the series was Bulls vs. Lakers, released in 1991, followed by Bulls vs. Blazers in 1992. Unlike the first game, these two releases were titled after the two teams who were in the NBA Finals the previous season, while the original release apparently chose the Lakers and Celtics due to both teams' historical success, in particular their rivalry in the 1980s. Each revision added more teams and players, as well as more signature moves. The series also included an Olympic basketball spinoff game, Team USA Basketball (1992) which uses the same engine. The final game in the series was NBA Showdown 94 for the Sega Genesis before the transition to the NBA Live series.




















Year
Game Title
Features
1989Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA PlayoffsNBA team and players, signature moves in team game.
1991Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs
Co-operative play, instant replay in team game.
1992Team USA BasketballInternational player licenses.
1992Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA PlayoffsBasketball game officially by EA Sports, custom team
1993NBA ShowdownMultiple custom team, 3rd party in game advertisement, white box cover, all NBA teams.


NBA Live



History


In the fall of 1994, the annual EA basketball release received a simpler title of NBA Live 95. This naming pattern using the forthcoming year has continued, except for varying to use of all 4 digits of the year from 2000 to 2005. Each version's initial release was in the fall near the start of the NBA campaign, though additional ports were sometimes delayed until as late as January or February. After 16 consecutive seasons of releases, an effort to retool the game as NBA Elite 11 met with development troubles, and put the game on hiatus for three years. The series returned with NBA Live 14 in November 2013.


The pioneer NBA Live 95 release was for fourth generation video game systems Sega Genesis and SNES, as well as the MS-DOS operating system. NBA Live 96 included the first fifth generation version, with the PlayStation, and also the first handheld games version, on the Game Boy. Sixth generation production started with NBA Live 2001 and continued all the way through NBA Live 2009 on the high selling PlayStation 2. NBA Live 06 was the first to hit seventh generation consoles, after its release to the Xbox 360. Finally, with the release of NBA Live 14 for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, EA continued its run on into eighth generation machines. The game was released on PC each season until support was pulled after the NBA Live 08 season.


The Create-A-Player feature was not available in the 1995 versions of the game, but has been a mainstay since NBA Live 96.


NBA Live 99 was the first to feature Practice Mode and Multi-season play.


Starting in NBA Live 2000, the series featured NBA Live Legend All-Stars Teams, that included some biggest names from five decades (50s to 90s). These teams could be used instantly, but to use the players as regular players (e.g. traded, played on regular NBA Teams) they needed to be unlocked. Through the series, some of the Legend rosters were changed for various reasons. Michael Jordan was on the 90s' team through 2004 before being removed due to licensing in later versions. Spud Webb, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Tom Chambers were added to the rosters in NBA Live 06.


NBA Live 2005 brought the addition of the Freestyle Air, NBA All-Star Weekend which includes the Rookie Challenge, Three Point Shootout, Slam Dunk Contest, and the NBA All-Star Game, and Freestyle Challenge which 2 players or more can play the Three Point Shootout or the Slam Dunk Contest.


In NBA Live 08 a limited number of international teams were added under FIBA's license.


NBA Live 09 added a feature called Dynamic DNA, the first concept of daily updates changing tendencies, rosters, and hot-cold streaks.


After the release of NBA Live 10, EA attempted to retool the series under a new name with NBA Elite 11. However, the game was met with bad publicity and development problems before release and was cancelled (though a playable demo was released for download, and several copies of the full release found their way to customers). In November 2010, development of the franchise was moved from EA Canada studio to Florida-based Tiburon studio. It was eventually announced that the series' next installment would be released in Fall 2012 and would return to the NBA Live name as NBA Live 13,[1] but it would later be announced, on September 27, 2012, that they would cancel the release.[2] It wasn't until the fall of 2013, that the next game, NBA Live 14, would be released. NBA Live 16 was released on September 29, 2015. NBA Live Mobile was released on July 6, 2016 and it is currently about to undergo its first ever refresh. NBA Live 18 was released on September 15, 2017 and features players of the WNBA.



Games




































































































Game Title
Release date
Platforms
Cover

NBA Live 95
December 16, 1994
Super NES, Genesis, DOS
Seven player action shot from 1994 NBA Finals, Knicks vs. Rockets

NBA Live 96
December 31, 1995
Super NES, Genesis, DOS, PlayStation, Game Boy
Tip-off before Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals, Rockets vs. Magic (SNES and Genesis)
United States Shaquille O'Neal (PC and PlayStation)

NBA Live 97
October 31, 1996
Super NES, Genesis, DOS, PlayStation, Saturn

United States Mitch Richmond

NBA Live 98
June 17, 1997
Super NES, Genesis, Windows, PlayStation, Saturn

United States Tim Hardaway

NBA Live 99
October 31, 1998
Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64

United States Antoine Walker

NBA Live 2000
October 31, 1999
Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64

United States Tim Duncan

NBA Live 2001
October 16, 2000
Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation

United States Kevin Garnett
Lithuania Arvydas Sabonis

NBA Live 2002
October 29, 2001
PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Xbox

United States Steve Francis

NBA Live 2003
October 8, 2002
PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube, Windows

United States Jason Kidd

NBA Live 2004
October 14, 2003
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows

United States Vince Carter
Spain Raül López
France Tony Parker

NBA Live 2005
September 28, 2004
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows

United States Carmelo Anthony
France Tony Parker
Spain Pau Gasol

NBA Live 06
September 26, 2005
PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows, PlayStation Portable, Mobile, Xbox 360

United States Dwyane Wade
Japan Yuta Tabuse
France Tony Parker
Spain Pau Gasol

NBA Live 07
September 25, 2006
PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, PlayStation Portable, Mobile, Xbox 360

United States Tracy McGrady
Germany Dirk Nowitzki
France Tony Parker
France Boris Diaw[3]
Spain Pau Gasol

NBA Live 08
October 1, 2007
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows

United States Gilbert Arenas[4]
Germany Dirk Nowitzki
Italy Andrea Bargnani, Spain Pau Gasol
France Tony Parker
France Boris Diaw

NBA Live 09
October 7, 2008
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Mobile

United States Tony Parker[5]
United Kingdom Luol Deng
Italy Andrea Bargnani
Spain Pau Gasol

NBA Live 10
October 6, 2009
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, iOS

United States Dwight Howard
Spain Pau Gasol
United Kingdom Luol Deng

NBA Elite 11
November 5, 2010
iOS

United States Kevin Durant

NBA Live 13
Cancelled in 2012

NBA Live 14
November 19, 2013
PlayStation 4, Xbox One

United States Kyrie Irving

NBA Live 15
October 28, 2014
PlayStation 4, Xbox One

United States Damian Lillard

NBA Live 16
September 29, 2015
PlayStation 4, Xbox One

United States Russell Westbrook

NBA Live Mobile
July 6, 2016
Android, iOS

United States Joel Embiid

NBA Live 18
September 15, 2017
PlayStation 4, Xbox One

United States James Harden

NBA Live 19
September 7, 2018
PlayStation 4, Xbox One

United States Joel Embiid


References




  1. ^ Hinkle, David (2012-02-23). "EA's next basketball sim is NBA Live13". Joystiq. Retrieved 2012-10-30..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Suszek, Mike (2012-09-27). "NBA Live 13 canceled by EA". Joystiq. Retrieved 2012-10-30.


  3. ^ August 23, 2006 4:55PM PDT (2006-09-25). "Dirk leads European NBA Live covers". GameSpot.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.


  4. ^ April 30, 2007 9:14AM PDT (2007-10-01). "Gilbert Arenas nets NBA Live 08 cover". GameSpot.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.


  5. ^ Bailey, W. Scott (June 25, 2008). "EA Sports puts Spurs' Parker on its cover".




External links


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