NBA Live 96

NBA Live 96
Cover art featuring Orlando Magic's Shaquille O' Neal
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts, THQ
Composer(s)
  • Traz Damji
  • Steve Royea (Genesis)
  • Jeff van Dyck (SNES)
SeriesNBA Live
EngineVirtual Stadium
Platform(s)PC, PlayStation, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Game Boy
Release
  • DOS[1]
    • NA: December 31, 1995
  • PlayStation[2]
    • NA: March 27, 1996[3]
    • EU: May 1996
    • JP: June 14, 1996
  • SNES[4]
    • NA: October, 1995
    • EU: November 23, 1995
  • Sega Genesis[5]
    • NA: 1995
    • EU: November 30, 1995
  • Game Boy[6]
    • EU: January 22, 1996
    • NA: March 1996
Genre(s)Sports (Basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer (Head to Head or Cooperative)

NBA Live 96 is the second installment of the NBA Live video game series published by EA Sports and released on November 30, 1995. The PC and PlayStation covers feature Shaquille O'Neal of the Orlando Magic, while the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis and European PlayStation box covers feature a photo of the tip-off to Game 1 of the 1995 NBA Finals. PlayStation and PC versions are the first games in the series to feature 3D-rendered courts, allowing for multiple camera angles using EA's "Virtual Stadium" technology, which is also used for FIFA Soccer 96. On-court player graphics remain 2D sprites. It is also the first NBA Live game released for the PlayStation and the only game for the Game Boy. NBA Live 96 is followed by NBA Live 97.

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  2. ^ "NBA Live '96 (PSX) at GameFaqs.com".
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  5. ^ "NBA Live '96 (Genesis) at GameFaqs.com".
  6. ^ "NBA Live '96 (Game Boy) at GameFaqs.com".