NBA Showdown 94

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NBA Showdown

Developer(s)	Electronic Arts
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release date(s)	1993,1994
Genre(s)	Sports game
Mode(s)	Single player, Multi player
Platform(s)	Super NES, Sega Mega Drive

NBA Showdown is a 1993 video game for the Super NES game console. The is the sequel to Bulls versus Blazers video game. The same title was re-released for the Sega Mega Drive as NBA Showdown 94.

1 Play mode
2 History
3 Related Games
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Play mode

The game could be played in various ways: players could play against each other, or against the computer. Games against the computer were divided into two levels, "exhibition" or "playoffs". Players could pick from any of the NBA teams for the first time, including non-playoff teams. Games could be configured for 2, 5, 8 or 12 minute quarters.

[edit] History

It was one of the first basketball games to feature every NBA team in the league. Tecmo NBA Basketball, which was released in 1991, was the very first game to feature every single team.
It was the first game to feature multiple generic custom teams like skyers and flyers.
It was the first basketball game to feature in-game 3rd party advertisements for companies like Starter or Topps stadium.
It was the first game to deviate from the traditional Eastern Conference finals team vs Western Conference finals team naming convention. Sequentially this title should have been called "Bulls versus Suns" following the 1993 finals. There were controversies as to whether star players like Charles Barkley opting out of the players licensing had a profound effect on EA changing to a more generic name like "NBA Showdown".
It was the first basketball game in which EA sports, the entity, within EA officially took over the game.