Andrew wrote:That's a fine collection over the years. How many of them do you still own? (Actually, that's really another thread altogether.)
What was Slam City like? I've only seen snippets from the Angry Video Game Nerd review, and it looked pretty underwhelming.
Andrew wrote:So it was basically Quick Time Events? That's the impression that I got.
Is NBA Fastbreak '98 actually part of 2K's lineage? It was published by Visual Concepts, but it was actually developed by Midway, the studio that did NBA Jam. Visual Concepts developed NBA Action '98 (which was published by Sega Sports), so as far as I was aware, it's the one that's part of 2K's lineage.
Andrew wrote:The thing is, Visual Concepts wasn't actually the developer on Fastbreak '98; Midway was. Visual Concepts did develop NBA Action '98, so I'm pretty sure that's the one that's part of the lineage. I guess either way, they were involved with a couple of games during the 1998 season. One could perhaps say that in some respects, the 2K series traces its history to both games.
Those QTE games were definitely popular on the Sega CD. I guess it was kind of a novel gimmick for the time, and made use of the extra storage space of CDs.
Andrew wrote:They're listed as the publisher, so they were definitely involved.
Anyway, I've played NBA Action '98, but not NBA Fastbreak '98. I still feel that NBA Live 98 was the best all around product from that season based on my comparisons to Action, but I wouldn't mind tracking down Fastbreak for the collection, to see what it's like as well.
Andrew wrote:I just play them on my PS2, though I picked up a couple of PS1 memory cards so that I can save games.
Andrew wrote:Good idea!
PC: NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NES: Tecmo NBA Basketball*
SNES: NBA Live 95
N64: NBA Hangtime
PS1: Total NBA '96**
PS2: NBA Live 2002
PS3: NBA Live 09***
360: NBA Live 07****
PS4: NBA Live 14
* Many, many years after it came out.
** Only recently, actually, since I added it to my collection via eBay and played it on my PS2. I didn't have a PS1, I was strictly Nintendo and PC back then.
*** I bought it for my cousin for his birthday, and we played it on his PS3. I had a 360 that generation.
**** I actually played NBA Live 07 on 360 before I owned a 360, and before the game even came out, as I got some hands on time with it at the NBA Live 07 community event in Vancouver.
Andrew wrote:That was the name of the NBA ShootOut series in PAL regions. The NBA In The Zone series was actually also renamed NBA Pro here in Australia.
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