NBA Showdown 94

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NBA Showdown
NBA Showdown 94 screenshot
Developer(s) Electronic Arts
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) Super NES, Sega Mega Drive
Release date 1993, 1994
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single player, Multi player

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.

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[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 first game to do so.
  • 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 and 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.
  • The first EA sports game to have the tenths of a second rule in the last minute.

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Preceded by
Bulls vs. Blazers		 EA Sports basketball series
NBA Showdown 94		 Succeeded by
NBA Live 95