NBA Live 2000

NBA Live 2000

Cover art (PlayStation version)
Developer(s) EA Sports
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts, EA Sports
Series NBA Live
Platform(s) Windows, PlayStation, Nintendo 64
Release date(s) Windows
  • NA October 31, 1999
PlayStation
  • NA October 31, 1999
  • EU 1999
  • JP February 24, 2000
Nintendo 64
  • NA October 31, 1999
  • EU December 1999
Genre(s) Sports (Basketball)
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Distribution CD, Cartridge

NBA Live 2000 is the 2000 installment of the NBA Live video games series. The cover features Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs. The game was developed by EA Sports and released on October 31, 1999. Don Poier is the play-by-play announcer with Reggie Theus on color commentary. A release of the game for the Game Boy Color was cancelled. 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.

Features

Music

The PlayStation and PC versions of the game featured several licensed songs:

Notes

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(PC) 88%[1]
(PS) 84.95%[2]
(N64) 79.62%[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame(PS) [4]
(N64) [5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly9/10[6]
GameFan89%[7]
Game Informer8.5/10[8]
GamePro(PS) [9]
(PC) [10]
(N64) [11]
Game RevolutionC+[12]
GameSpot(PS) 8.2/10[13]
(PC) 8.1/10[14]
(N64) 7.4/10[15]
GameSpy90%[16]
IGN(PC) 9.2/10[17]
(PS) 8.8/10[18]
(N64) 7.1/10[19]
Nintendo Power7.9/10[20]
Official PlayStation Magazine (US)[21]
PC Gamer (US)90%[22]

The game was met with positive reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 88% for the PC version,[1] 84.95% for the PlayStation version,[2] and 79.62% for the Nintendo 64 version.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NBA Live 2000 for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NBA Live 2000 for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "NBA Live 2000 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Weiss, Brett Alan. "NBA Live 2000 (PS) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Baize, Anthony. "NBA Live 2000 (N64) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  6. ↑ "NBA Live 2000 (N64)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 2000.
  7. ↑ Boor, Jay "Doctor J" (December 7, 1999). "REVIEW for NBA Live 2000 (PS)". GameFan. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ McNamara, Andy; Anderson, Paul; Reiner, Andrew (January 28, 2000). "NBA Live 2000 (PS)". Game Informer. Archived from the original on May 22, 2000. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  9. ↑ Uncle Dust (November 18, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 15, 2005. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ Bub, Andrew S. (November 24, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ iBot (November 16, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review for N64 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on February 16, 2005. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ Dr. Moo (December 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review (PS)". Game Revolution. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  13. ↑ MacDonald, Ryan (November 22, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review (PS)". GameSpot. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  14. ↑ Chin, Elliott (November 23, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review (PC)". GameSpot. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  15. ↑ MacDonald, Ryan (November 18, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 Review (N64)". GameSpot. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  16. ↑ Accardo, Sal (November 15, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 (PC)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  17. ↑ Saltzman, Marc (December 8, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 (PC)". IGN. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ Zydrko, David (December 6, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 (PS)". IGN. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  19. ↑ Boulding, Aaron (November 19, 1999). "NBA Live 2000 (N64)". IGN. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  20. ↑ "NBA Live 2000". Nintendo Power 127: 156. December 1999.
  21. ↑ "NBA Live 2000". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. 2000.
  22. ↑ Smolka, Rob (August 2000). "NBA Live 2000". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2015.

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