Best Basketball Games

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Dave1
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Best Basketball Games

Postby Dave1 » March 9th, 2015, 10:46 pm

White Men Can't Jump (Jaguar) - Probably the best game ever.

Other than that, I've always liked the 2K series. I used to be a big NBA live fan in the PS1 era, but that series went down the crapper pretty quick after that.

Herschie1
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Best Basketball Games

Postby Herschie1 » March 9th, 2015, 11:04 pm

I LOVE that Tecmo NBA Basketball game on the NES:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DP5PGN4cY0


I
 was also mighty delighted with NBA 2K11, finding out that I didn't have to settle for an 8-bit rendering of Patrick Ewing anymore, since they had all the old rosters in it. Both of these are terrific games. Also, NBA Live '95. 

Jon1
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Best Basketball Games

Postby Jon1 » March 10th, 2015, 12:32 am

I used to like the NBA Live series too. When the 95 version came out the graphics and realism were incredible for the time. The last one I played, 97, was fun for a while but then it got too easy. The funny thing with basketball games is that every game I've ever played against a friend was really fun. Even games like Bulls vs. Lakers or whatever, they've gotten bad reviews, but if you hit a game winning layup, all of a sudden it's great.

Teddybear1
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Best Basketball Games

Postby Teddybear1 » March 10th, 2015, 7:00 am

I really agree with Tecmo NBA Basketball for the NES.  I am still surprised that the VGC hasn't reviewed this yet.  Great play, all the NBAer's from the early 1990's and stats too make this one worthwhile.

JustLikeHeaven1
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Best Basketball Games

Postby JustLikeHeaven1 » March 10th, 2015, 10:40 am

Yeah Tecmo was rock solid for pretty much all the sports on the NES.  My neighbor had Tecmo NBA Basketball and we played it all the time.  

Tron1
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Best Basketball Games

Postby Tron1 » March 28th, 2015, 8:51 pm

Playing NBA 2k12 on PSP. It's not great, but is playable. In some ways I prefer it over the console versions. There aren't as many animations and no shooting with the analog. It feels more like an old NBA Live game then a current 2K game. That's a plus as far as I'm concerned. The animations are pretty ugly, but at least I feel like I'm controlling my actions and knowing what I'm doing.

Here's my dream team on this game:
Pg - J. Critteneton
Sg - A. Morrison
Sf - M. Beasley
Pf - D. Milicic
C - G. Oden

I also have the awesomeness of R. Swift and Y. Sun off the bench.

So I have no love for the Vita. So I thought, "oh my gosh. I forgot about basketball on the Vita. That would be cool." Guess what? Basketball on the Vita doesn't exist.


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