NBA Live 97

Moby ID: 3112

Released

1996 on Windows

Credits

99 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Electronic Arts, Inc.

Developers

Moby Score

7.2

#10,625 of 23.6K

Critics

83% (33)

Players

(37)

Ranking

#246 on SEGA Saturn
#278 on Genesis
#324 on DOS
#520 on PlayStation
#904 on Windows

Collected By

54 players

Genre: Sports
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Interface: Direct control
Sport: Basketball
Misc: Licensed

Windows Specs

ESRB Rating: Kids to Adults

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM
Input Devices Supported: Keyboard, Mouse
Multiplayer Options: LAN, Modem
Number of Online Players: 2-8 Players

Add-on (unofficial)

Superfun II

Description official descriptions

NBA Live 97 is a basketball game with an emphasis on realism. You can choose from all of the NBA teams, create a team with players you create yourself, or choose a team formed by the All-Star players of the east or West coasts. When you create a player yourself you can customize the player to a high degree. There are over 60 offensive and 10 defensive set-ups. Match options include an exhibition match, a whole season or the playoffs.

Spellings

篮球九七 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Credits (Windows version)

99 People (96 developers, 3 thanks) · View all

Lead Programmer	Rod Reddekopp
Programming	Ken Lam Andrew Jinks Darren Schueller Brian Chan Robert White Weng-Keen Wong
AI Programming	Amory Wong
Animations / Motion Capture Director	Michael Vanaselja
Menu Graphics Art Director	Cindy Green
Menu Graphics	Darrell Olthuis Kim S. Gill Giovanni Sasso
Ingame Graphics Director	Sheila Nash
Artwork 2D/3D-Players	Ken Thurston
Artwork 2D/3D-Arena	Daryl Anselmo
Additional Graphics / Artwork	Gregory Allen Mark Soderwall
Video and 3D-Graphics	David Laviolette
Video Edit	William Morrison
Video Compression	Adam MacKay-Smith
Virtual Stadium Technology	Jay MacDonald
Music	Traz Damji
Sound Effects	Traz Damji Jeff Mair
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 83% (based on 33 ratings)

Players

Average score: 2.6 out of 5 (based on 37 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Cover

The cover features shooting guard Mitch Richmond, at the time playing for the Sacramento Kings.

Cut content

The "shot control" feature detailed on page 10 of the manual is not featured in the game. It was stated by Electronic Arts that this was removed from the final version but the reason remains unknown.

Awards

Computer Gaming World
- May 1997 (Issue #154) – Sports Game of the Year
Electronic Gaming Monthly
- November 1997 (Issue 100) - ranked #33 (Best 100 Games of All Time) (PSX version)

Information also contributed by Jeanne and Roedie.