NBA Live 97

See Ultimate Sports II

Publisher: EA Sports

Game: Sports

Difficulty Level: Easy

Ratings:

9 out of 10 from boot

4 1/2 stars from Computer Gaming World

The Soul of Hoops Gets a New School Look

The award winning NBA Live series goes to the next level in '97. Proven gameplay collides with state of the art technology. Real NBA motion-captured moves. Real NBA skills and strategy make it the most realistic basketbal game on the PC.

Virtually Live:

Texture-mapped polygon players

"Player Card" portraits and Cool Facts

Individual team uniforms and player heads

3-D rendered Virtual Stadium home arenas for all 29 teams

Motion Capture technology

Reverse layups 'n' dunks, jump hooks, and finger rolls

Plus crossover dribbles, alley-oops, tip slams, and behind-the-back passes

Real NBA Basketball:

Over 60 offensive and 10 defensive sets

All 29 NBA teams plus 2 NBA All-Star and 4 custom teams

1996-97 updated rosters

Animated play diagrams

On-the-fly playcalling

NBA PA announcer

Music, sound and video

Exhibition, Playoffs, and full 1996-97 NBA schedule season play

1 to 5 Competitive or Cooperative Gameplay

Required: Windows 95 or MS DOS 5.0 or higher, Pentium 75 MHz (P133MHz or higher recommended), 16MB RAM, 30MB free hard disk space for DOS/40MB for Win95 (80MB recommended for DOS/90MB for Win95), double speed (MPC-2 compliant) CD-ROM drive with MSCDEX 2.21 or higher /32-bit Win95 driver (4x MPC3 compliant recommended), mouse using Microsoft Mouse driver 7.04 or higher (or 100% compatible). Graphics card for DOS: high color (65,536 color) capable 1MB PCI/VLB SVGA video card (VESA compatible). Graphics card for Windows 95: DirectX supported high color capable 1MB PCI/VLB SVGA video card.

For Multiplayer Option: Network - IPX compliant network, Network interface card. Modem - 100% Hayes compatible 9600 bps or faster modem with high speed (16550 UART) serial port. Direct Link - Null modem adapter.

Supported: DOS audio - Sound Blaster 2.0 and higher, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, and 100% compatibles, Gravis Ultrasound, Ensoniq SoundScape, and Microsoft Windows Sound System and 100% compatibles. Windows 95 audio - DirectSound supported audio card. Input devices - Joystick, Gravis GamePad, Gravis GrIP 4-player adaptor, Gravis GamePad Pro.

Reviews:

boot, February 1997

"Of all the basketball games available for the PC, NBA Live '97 is the best. EA successfully combines sim-style options and arcade action into one game. This game is, no doubt, the game."

"EA really focused on stats, graphics, and most importantly - gameplay. Even though the game speed is on the slow side, the overwhelming amount of options compensate. Not only can you trade dead wood bench riders and draft the free agents that'll be the difference between a ring or a ride home, but you can also create custom players down to the smallest detail.

"Even if you master the superstar difficulty, modem and LAN gameplay make it possible to play against the best. That would be me...just kidding.

"Nothing competes with NBA Live '97. The dunks, the three-point fadeaway, the announcer... This game simply has it all. In fact, it should be mandatory that you own this game."

Computer Gaming World, April 1997

"...With new graphics and sound, better AI, and (finally!) modem and network support, NBA Live 97 is an incredible sequel, a quantum leap over the previous version, and a game that, once again, redefines the entire genre."

"...The appeal of this game is simply undeniable. It's not perfect (not yet, anyway), but NBA Live 97 is still an outstanding achievement - the best version yet of the best graphically oriented PC basketball game on the planet. It's flashy, immersive, and totally addicting. I highly recommend it."

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