NBA Live 98

NBA Live 98
PlayStation cover art featuring Miami Heat's Tim Hardaway.
Developer(s)EA Canada (PC, PS)[5]
Tiertex (Genesis, SNES)
Realtime Associates (Saturn)
Publisher(s)EA Sports[a]
Composer(s)
SeriesNBA Live
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Super NES, Genesis
Release
October 28, 1997
  • Windows
  • PlayStation
    • NA: November 12, 1997[2]
    • EU: December 1997
    Genesis
  • Sega Saturn
    • NA: December 17, 1997
    • EU: 1997
  • Super NES
Genre(s)Sports (Basketball)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NBA Live 98 is a basketball video game based on the National Basketball Association and the fourth installment of the NBA Live series. Its cover art features Tim Hardaway of the Miami Heat. The game was developed by EA Sports in 1997 for Windows, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn, while also being the final NBA Live game released for the Super NES, Genesis, and Sega Saturn.

The game introduced the now-standard feature of passing to any teammate with a single button press. Its graphical improvements included new player designs modeled after actual player photographs. The PC version introduced support for 3D acceleration, utilizing 3dfx's Glide API. The PlayStation, PC, and Saturn versions feature Ernie Johnson Jr. as studio announcer. Play-by-play commentary is performed by TNT/TBS color analyst Verne Lundquist in the PlayStation and PC versions. NBA Live 98 is followed by NBA Live 99.

  1. ^ "Electronic Arts - News Room, Electronic Arts Ships NBA LIVE 98 for the PC". 1998-02-07. Archived from the original on 1998-02-07. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  2. ^ "Game Informer News". Game Informer. 1999-02-24. Archived from the original on 1999-02-24. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  3. ^ "THQ Ships Fab Five [date mislabeled "December 3, 1997"]". 1998-02-04. Archived from the original on 1998-02-04. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  4. ^ "Product Release Schedule". THQ. Archived from the original on January 17, 1998. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  5. ^ "E3 Showstoppers!". GamePro. No. 108. IDG. September 1997. p. 39.


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