NBA Live 98
| NBA Live 98 | |
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PlayStation cover art featuring Miami Heat's Tim Hardaway. | |
| Developer(s) | EA Canada (PC, PS) Tiertex (Genesis, SNES) Realtime Associates (Saturn) |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
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| Series | NBA Live |
| Platform(s) | Windows, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Super NES, Genesis |
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| Genre(s) | Sports (Basketball) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
NBA Live 98 is a basketball video game based on the National Basketball Association and the fourth installment of the NBA Live series. Its cover art features Tim Hardaway of the Miami Heat. The game was developed by EA Sports in 1997 for Windows, PlayStation, and Sega Saturn, while also being the final NBA Live game released for the Super NES, Genesis, and Sega Saturn.
The game introduced the now-standard feature of passing to any teammate with a single button press. Its graphical improvements included new player designs modeled after actual player photographs. The PC version introduced support for 3D acceleration, utilizing 3dfx's Glide API. The PlayStation, PC, and Saturn versions feature Ernie Johnson Jr. as studio announcer. Play-by-play commentary is performed by TNT/TBS color analyst Verne Lundquist in the PlayStation and PC versions. The game was met with generally positive reviews, with praise for its graphics and new gameplay features, though the Saturn port was criticized as being a slipshod conversion. NBA Live 98 is followed by NBA Live 99.