2005 · San Diego Studio · Basketball · Simulation

NBA 06

PlayStation exclusive

NBA 06 deviates from other traditional NBA titles with the addition of the Life Mode. While it does include classic features such as exhibition, season, franchise, and multiplayer modes, the life mode is a take similar to the MLB: The Show.

Released: 4 October 2005
Platforms: PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
Genres: Basketball Simulation Sports
Developers: San Diego Studio
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Series: NBA
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

NBA 06 is a 2005 basketball video game developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. It is the first NBA video game published by Sony to have no involvement from 989 Sports.

Keywords

basketball
box art - real photos
year in the title
national basketball association

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In The Life, the players take role of an NBA rookie. First, you must create your player and then go to pre-draft training camp of the team. After that the draft starts, and the character get picked. During the games, the player has to complete goals like scoring a certain number of points or holding their star to no steals. If there is a failure of at least one of the goals, the event will start all over again.