1995 · Basketball · Sports

NBA Action '95

Sega exclusive

It's time once again to hit the hardwood with The Admiral and the rest of the NBA in NBA ACTION '95 STARRING DAVID ROBINSON. You'll find 27 teams with full rosters at your service, so you can throw down with your favorite NBA superstars. The game is played from a unique Fast-Breaking View, so you won't miss a second of the high-flying action as you make a coast-to-coast run for an easy lay-up. You can play a Full Season, go straight to the Playoffs, or even jump right to the NBA Finals and see if you've got the goods to bring home the championship.

Released: 1995
Platforms: Sega Genesis
Genres: Basketball Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric Side view
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English

About

NBA Action '95: Starring David Robinson is a sports video game developed by American studio Double Diamond Sports and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis in 1995.

Keywords

basketball
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Media

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Gameplay

NBA Action '95 is a basketball game featuring complete player rosters for all 27 NBA teams, and allows for playing the full season with playoffs and finals, and includes a trade option.

Development

NBA Action '95 was developed by Double Diamond Sports with production being led by the studio's co-founder Michael Brook. A former designer at EA Sports and creative assistant to Electronic Arts founder and president Trip Hawkins, Brook left his former company to give himself a better opportunity to create his own Sega Genesis basketball game. Double Diamond was formed with programmer Mark Lesser to develop sports titles for both EA and its competitor Sega and to challenge EA's then-upcoming basketball release NBA Live 95. The new developer quickly acquired contracts for NHL '95, NFL '95, and NBA Action '95, all with similar deadlines.

Wishing the project to be a fresh take on home basketball simulation, Brook had numerous ideas in mind for NBA Action '95. It was not meant to be a direct continuation of NBA Action '94, though both games did feature the voice of New York Knicks broadcaster Marv Albert for play-by-play commentary. The initial in-house design team consisted of programmer Steven L. Cox and artists Doug Wike and Lori Champney.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "the small players and generic animation leave this game more than just a bucket short of the playoffs."