NBA Live 99

NBA Live 99 is EA Sports' NBA release for the 1998–99 NBA season. Some of the major additions in Live 99 include Practice Mode and multi-season play featuring player development between seasons. Although it did not feature free agency or generated rookies, it would turn out to be the forerunner to Franchise Mode. Live 99 shipped with 1997-98 season rosters due to the NBA lockout of 1998–99 putting a hold on player movements and rookie signings during the summer of 1998.

Released: 31 October 1998
Platforms: Nintendo 64 PlayStation Windows
Genres: Basketball Simulation Sports
Developers: EA Vancouver
Publishers: Electronic Arts
Series: NBA Live
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Non-fiction
Country: Canada
Age ratings: ESRB E
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)

About

NBA Live 99 is the fifth installment of the NBA Live video games series. The cover features Antoine Walker of the Boston Celtics. The game was developed by EA Sports and released on November 4, 1998, for the Nintendo 64, and then on November 10, 1998, for the Windows and PlayStation. Don Poier is the play-by-play announcer.

It was the first NBA Live game released for Nintendo 64. NBA Live 99 was followed by NBA Live 2000.

Keywords

basketball
artificial intelligence
non-player character
penalties

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator GameRankings. AllGame gave the PC version four stars out of five, saying that the game delivers "a full basketball experience. Multiple seasons could literally keep a player busy for years which makes one wonder if anyone will really need the next version." Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the same PC version three stars out of five, however, saying, "there's little compelling reason to choose NBA Live 99 over its previous version.

Unlike the amazing FIFA games, the pressure to deliver an all-new game on a yearly basis is causing the NBA Live franchise to spin its wheels." In Japan, where the PlayStation version was ported for release on April 28, 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 28 out of 40.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Windows	31 October 1998	North America · Europe 31 December 1998
PlayStation	31 October 1998	North America · Europe 31 December 1998 · Japan 28 April 1999
Nintendo 64	4 November 1998	North America · Europe 1 December 1998