NBA Live 2000

NBA Live 2000
NBA Live 2000
PlayStation cover art featuring San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan and the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan (top right)
Developer(s)Playstation/Windows: EA Canada
Nintendo 64: NuFX
Publisher(s)EA Sports
SeriesNBA Live
EngineVirtual Stadium
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64
ReleaseWindows, Nintendo 64
  • NA: October 29, 1999[1]
  • EU: 1999 (PC)
  • EU: December 1999 (N64)
PlayStation
Genre(s)Sports (Basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

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 also the final NBA Live game released for Nintendo 64. NBA Live 2000 is followed by NBA Live 2001. A canceled Game Boy Color version was in development by Handheld Games for THQ, but it was scrapped during testing.

  1. ^ Abner, William (October 29, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 in stores". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 24, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Sam (November 16, 1999). "PlayStation NBA Live 2000 Ships [date mislabeled as "April 27, 2000"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on October 21, 2000. Retrieved February 12, 2021.