NBA Live PC Games
NBA Live 95 PC DOS 1995
Hitmen Productions of Canada released NBA Live 95 for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 in 1995. NBA Live 95 was ported to PC from the original Sega Genesis version of 1994. However, the PC version of NBA Live 95 features high resolution graphics and a General Manager feature that is absent from the console versions.
The NBA Live 95 engine is based on the FIFA International Soccer engine of December 1993.
NBA Live 95 was the first NBA Live game to appear on PC DOS, but Lakers versus Celtics and The NBA Playoffs of 1989 was the first official NBA game to appear on any computer or console.
NBA Live 95 displays in 256-color VGA 320x200 or SVGA 640x480, but the SVGA active isometric drawspace is "only" 640x400.
The PC version of NBA Live 95 was lead-programmed by Robert White, and the lead artist was Mike Smith.
NBA Live 95 requires an i80486DX 33 MHz CPU, 409,600 bytes of free conventional memory, 7,274,496 bytes of XMS memory and VESA SVGA graphics card with 512K of vRAM. NBA Live 95 is a Rational Systems' DOS/4GW Protected mode run-time v1.97.
NBA Live 95 supports two-button joystick, Gravis Gamepad or keyboard control. NBA Live 95 audio supports Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro and Gravis UltraSound.
NBA Live 95 was distributed on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via NBA Live 95 Install. The install size is 200 megs and consists of 700 files.
NBA Live 95 Features
- 1994-95 NBA schedule
- 27 regular teams, 2 All-star teams and 4 custom teams
- 46 offensive plays and 4 defensive sets
- 1-4 players
- Free-throw shooting, jump-shots, lay-ups, three-point shots, dunks, blocks, mid-air passes, alley-oops, steals
- Fast-breaks: on-the-run passing and Turbo mode
- General Manager feature for Trades
- Save / Load facility
- Digitized sound effects and spoken commentary
NBA Live 96 PC DOS 1995
Hitmen Productions of Canada released NBA Live 96 for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 on December 31 of 1995.
NBA Live 96 displays its menus & 3D texture-mapped playfield in 256-color VGA 320x200 or SVGA 640x480.
NBA Live 96 employs reflections, anti-aliasing and Virtual Stadium Technology that allows for 16 different camera angles, switchable on-the-fly.
The PC version of NBA Live 96 was lead-programmed by Robert White, and the lead artist was Cindy Green.
NBA Live 96 requires an i80486DX2-66 MHz CPU, 460,800 bytes of free conventional memory, 7,424,000 bytes of XMS memory and VESA SVGA graphics card with 512K of vRAM. NBA Live 96 is a Rational Systems' DOS/4GW Protected mode run-time v1.97.
NBA Live 96 supports joystick, Gravis Gamepad or keyboard control.
NBA Live 96 audio supports Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro, Windows Sound System, Gravis UltraSound and Ensoniq SoundScape.
NBA Live 96 was distributed on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via NBA Live 96 Install. The install size is 200 megs and consists of 900 files.
NBA Live 96 Features
- 1995-96 NBA schedule
- 29 regular teams, 2 expansion teams, 2 All-star teams and 4 custom teams
- 46 offensive plays and 4 defensive sets
- Create 24 custom players and edit stats
- Free Agent Pool and Trades
- 1-4 players
- Free-throw shooting, jump-shots, lay-ups, three-point shots, dunks, blocks, mid-air passes, alley-oops, steals, spin-moves, tip-ins, behind-the-back passes, crossover dribbles and two-foot take off power-slams
- Save / Load facility
- Digitized sound effects and spoken commentary
NBA Live 97 PC DOS
Hitmen Productions of Canada released NBA Live 97 for IBM PC MS-DOS 5.0 and Windows 95 DirectX 3.0 in December of 1996.
In the above image-assembly note the ugly and unprofessional presentation of NBA Live 97 in comparison to NBA Live 96: tying too hard to be cool.
NBA Live 97 displays in 256-color or High-Color (65,535-color) VESA 1.2 SVGA 640x480. NBA Live 97 employs 3D texture-mapped playfields and actors. In addition, NBA Live 97 allows for 8 different camera angles, switchable on-the-fly, with tailorable zoom levels.
The PC version of NBA Live 97 was lead-programmed by Rod Reddekopp.
NBA Live 97 requires an Intel Pentium 75 MHz CPU, 400K of free conventional memory, 12 megs of XMS memory (16 megs of RAM) and PCI/VLB SVGA graphics card with 1 meg of vRAM. NBA Live 97 is a Rational Systems' DOS/4GW Protected mode run-time v1.97.
NBA Live 97 supports joystick, Gravis Gamepad, Gravis Gamepad Pro, Gravis GrIP 4-player adapter or keyboard control.
NBA Live 97 audio supports Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 2.0, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster Pro 2.0, Sound Blaster AWE-32, Pro Audio Spectrum, Pro Audio Studio, Logitech SoundMan Wave, ESS Audio Drive, Reveal SoundFX Wave 32, Aztech Sound Galaxy, Media Magic ISP-16, Turtle Beach Tropez, Oak Technologies Mozart, Windows Sound System, Gravis UltraSound, Gravis UltraSound MAX and Ensoniq SoundScape.
NBA Live 97 was distributed on 1x CD-ROM and extracts and installs to hard disk drive via NBA Live 97 Install. The install size is 470 megs and consists of 1,500 files.
NBA Live 97 Features
- 1996-97 NBA schedule accurate to Sept. 25, 1996
- 29 regular teams, 2 All-star teams and 4 custom teams
- 60 offensive plays and 10 defensive sets
- Create 100 custom players and edit stats
- 1-4 players
- Free-throw shooting, jump-shots, lay-ups, three-point shots, dunks, blocks, mid-air passes, alley-oops, steals, spin-moves, tip-ins, behind-the-back passes, crossover dribbles, put-back slams and two-foot take off power-slams
- Fast-breaks: on-the-run passing and Turbo mode
- Free Agent Pool and Trades
- Save / Load facility
- Digitized sound effects and spoken commentary
- IPX multi-player network play
List of NBA Live PC Games
- NBA Live 95 PC DOS Hitmen Productions 1995
- NBA Live 96 PC DOS Hitmen Productions 1995
- NBA Live 97 PC DOS Hitmen Productions 1996
- NBA Live 97 Windows PC Hitmen Productions 1996
- NBA Live 98 Windows PC EA Canada 1997
- NBA Live 99 Windows PC EA Canada 1998
- NBA Live 2000 Windows PC EA Canada 1999
- NBA Live 2001 Windows PC EA Canada 2001
- NBA Live 2002 not released on PC
- NBA Live 2003 Windows PC EA Canada 2002
- NBA Live 2004 Windows PC EA Canada 2003
- NBA Live 2005 Windows PC EA Canada 2004
- NBA Live 06 Windows PC EA Canada 2005
- NBA Live 07 Windows PC EA Canada 2006
- NBA Live 08 Windows PC HB Studios 2007
List of NBA 2K PC Games
- NBA 2K9 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2008
- NBA 2K10 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2009
- NBA 2K11 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2010
- NBA 2K12 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2011
- NBA 2K13 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2012
- NBA 2K14 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2013
- NBA 2K15 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2014
- NBA 2K16 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2015
- NBA 2K17 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2016
- NBA 2K18 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2017
- NBA 2K19 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2018
- NBA 2K20 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2019
- NBA 2K21 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2020
- NBA 2K22 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2021
- NBA 2K23 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2022
- NBA 2K24 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2023
- NBA 2K25 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2024
- NBA 2K26 Windows PC Visual Concepts 2025
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