NBA Live 99

by N64 Nintendo 64

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• NBA Live 99 for N64

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• ASIN: B00000J6GS
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Release Date: November 10, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,038 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo 64

GameSpot Review

The NBA Live series has produced basketball's proverbial "game to beat" since the days of the SNES and Genesis. While the 32-bit offerings have been good, they haven't really captured the fun of the old 16-bit versions. This is EA's first N64 version of Live, and the result is a pretty good game with a lot of options.

Like previous Lives, you can customize just about every feature, right down to which fouls get called and which are ignored. So you can make the game as complex as the real thing or strip it down to the basics and play it like a five-on-five version of NBA Jam. An arcade setting turns on superhuman dunks, burning hoops, and incredibly stupid cartoon noises to accompany gameplay. Aside from the usual exhibition, season, and play-off games, there is also a three-point shooting contest, reminiscent of the one found in EA's classic Jordan vs. Bird: One on One. On the managerial side, you can trade and release players, making them free agents, to build your own superteam. You can also create players at will to place on your modified teams.

The gameplay is standard for the genre. You can play it with two or three buttons, but every single button on the controller does something. So if you want to pull off advanced maneuvers, they're reasonably easy to execute. Icon passing and defensive player selection are in the game, and you can call different offensive and defensive sets. You can, of course, leave the play calling to the computer if you wish. The AI of your teammates is pretty good. They'll shuffle around the court in an attempt to get open, and they'll defend the basket pretty well, though they aren't aggressive enough to get many steals. The opposing team AI ranges from moronic (rookie) to "just set the controller down, because you don't have a chance" (superstar).

The graphics in Live are nice, although the animation looks a little jerky. Sound-wise, Live is great, with the exception of the (thankfully) easily disabled arcade mode sounds. The cartoon running and bouncing noises are incredibly lame. The commentary is sparse, but well timed, and is about par for the course considering the limitations of the cartridge format.

NBA Live 99 has enough options and tweaks to allow anyone to play it. New players can pick it up, learn a couple of buttons, and do reasonably well against the computer, while longtime fans of Live can pick this one up and fall right into their old ways. The NBA season may be in jeopardy, but Live is open for business and always ready for a game. --Jeff Gerstmann
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I still say '96 on the SNES is the best, March 29, 2005

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Micheal Hunt (Hellbourne) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NBA Live 99 (Game Cartridge)

I picked this game up cheap recently in hope that it would be as good as my fav. B.Ball game on the SNES, NBA Live '96. (97 sucked)

I owned 3 versions on the SNES and one for the PC, and even after 10 years, I still say "NBA Live '96" on the Super Nintendo is the best NBA Live game, ever.

This game has much better graphics, of coarse a 16 bit system isnt going to compete against 64 bit graphics. But just because it looks better, doesnt neserserely make it a better game.

The graphics are ok in this, tho I think they could have done much better. There are a few new dunks in this, but there is this new option to play with "superdunks" where the player will guide 15 feet through the air to dunk the ball. Plus, when you shoot you burn the net up like in your on fire... EA have to understand that NBA LIVE is not NBA JAM. I love playing NBA jam, but when I want realisim basketball, I go to Live.

The controls are not good at all. I hate the fact that you can't change the controller settings to use the shoulder buttons. I am so used to the SNES way of holding down the L or R button to sprint in turbo, but this one on the 64 controllers is stupid.. you have to keep moving your wrist around to hit shoot, but then to press down the turbo and pass button you have to make sure you dont hit whats in between... you can change 6 of the buttons around, but you cant do it with your shoulder or Z trigger buttons.

The camera angles can be a pain to get right. It zooms in and out, I was constantly changing it around trying to get the best angle for me.. there is an option to have a random display.. but for some reason I preffer the old SNES one veiw mode where you see the whole court on an angle... that angle is there called "Classic". But it's a bit different with zooms etc..

The menu both sucks and blows... you have to figure out that you press Z to choose a roster change, options mode.. there is no direct create a player... you have to go to one thing, then press ok on them to customise a player... then, I might be wrong, there is no way to edit them after you are done with them. And the Create a player blows even harder then the sucking of the sucks part... you basicly can choose the same options and things in any other NBA Live game (except '95) like height, perectages etc... but you cant do much with the face... I have long hair, so naturaly i'd like to mke a create a player with long hair... there is none. The closet to long hair is a stupid grunge look that I think is supposed to be dread locks... but everything is short, shaved or bald. Why couldnt they make more hair styles? Or even an option to select the hair and then choose what color it is? Also, you cant choose a face, you have to take the one that comes with the skin tone. Now can you choose a body type, from boney, skinny, bulky, muscley, fat, obesce... nope, just the same all around. But most importantly... why are they only men??? Is it too hard to bear the thought of maybe letting us create female players???

I've never been able to find a better NBA LIVE game then '96 on the SNES. They have all been disapointing since... for some reason ever since, when you say you want your player to have 99% on there 3 point shooting, that transfers into 74%.... this game is not much fun unless you've sat around all day working out the controls and trying to get used to them, then inviting some friends over to play it, because the computer is a stupid and just stands there waiting for a chance to shoot when there a thousand points behind.

I don't think I will ever try the NBA LIVE games developed after this. I've tried so many, and none compete with '96 (snes) Maybe I expect too much, but I at least expect the ball to go in more often then it does in this game.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, February 6, 2010

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Teniola Uthman Sulaiman "stace6407e" - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: NBA Live 99 (Game Cartridge)

I really only play the game for the awesome dunks in arcade, but the rest of the game is pretty cool. Random thoughts-There's a create-your-own character feature, and the game refers to MJ as "Player."

Overall fun game to bring back memories of hoopin at the end of the last millennium.

4.0 out of 5 stars NBA Live 99, August 5, 2004

A Kid's Review

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: NBA Live 99 (Game Cartridge)

Woooo! This game has 21 Century graphics that will knock your socks off. I was desperate for an action packed NBA game since I'm a huge B-ball fan. Get ready be blown back on your tailfin!

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