NBA Live 2000

The NBA Live series of basketball video games, published by EA Sports, is currently one of the leading National Basketball Association simulations on the market.

Released: 2 November 1999
Platforms: Nintendo 64 PlayStation Windows
Genres: Basketball Simulation Sports
Developers: EA Sports
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Series: NBA Live
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish (Spain)

About

NBA Live 2000 is the 2000 installment of the NBA Live video game series. The cover features Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs. The game was developed by EA Sports and released in 1999. Don Poier is the play-by-play announcer with Reggie Theus on color commentary.

The game features Michael Jordan in his first official appearance in the series. The PC version of the game introduced EA's "Face in the Game" feature, allowing players to use custom facial photographs on created players. It was the second and final NBA Live game released for Nintendo 64. NBA Live 2000 is followed by NBA Live 2001.

Keywords

basketball
artificial intelligence
instant replay
non-player character
san antonio spurs
penalties

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Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator GameRankings. Rob Smolka of NextGen said of the PlayStation version, "This is as good as a basketball game gets on the PlayStation." In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by Electronic Arts Square on February 24, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.

Brett Alan Weiss of AllGame gave the PlayStation version four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "the most complete and most fun basketball game to ever grace the PlayStation." However, Anthony Baize of the same website gave the Nintendo 64 version three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying, "NBA Live 2000 is probably the best basketball simulation to hit the N64 in the late 1990s. If you like hard-driving basketball action, then NBA Live 2000 is a game you want in your collection." William Abner of Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the same PC version four stars out of five, saying, "NBA Live 2000 is a fun basketball game even with the quirks.