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Instruction booklet · October 1994

NBA Live 95

Sport1 playerESRB E

The story

The first of the NBA Live video games series. The cover featured an action shot of the 1994 NBA Finals. It introduced many elements of that would become standard in the series, including the isometric on-court perspective, the "T-meter" for shooting free throws and the turbo button used to give players a temporary burst of speed.

Specifications

Released
October 1994
Developer
Electronic Arts
Publisher
EA Sports
Players
1
Genre
Sport
Rating
ESRB E
Series
NBA
Themes
Action · Non-fiction
View
Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
70/100 (11 ratings)
Next Generation
5/5
Famitsu
8/10
AllGame
4.5/5
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