NBA Live 99

Overview

NBA Live 99 is EA Sports' NBA release for the 1998–99 NBA season. Some of the major additions in Live 99 include Practice Mode and multi-season play featuring player development between seasons. Although it did not feature free agency or generated rookies, it would turn out to be the forerunner to Franchise Mode. Live 99 shipped with 1997-98 season rosters due to the NBA lockout of 1998–99 putting a hold on player movements and rookie signings during the summer of 1998.

Developed by

HB Studios, EA Canada, NuFX

Published by

Electronic Arts

Facts

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Player perspectives

Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Themes

Non-fiction

Franchise

NBA

Series

NBA Live

Release dates

• PC (Microsoft Windows): Oct 31, 1998
• PlayStation: Oct 31, 1998
• Nintendo 64: Nov 4, 1998