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Instruction booklet · November 1997

NBA Live 98

SimulatorSport1 playerESRB E

The story

NBA Live 98 is a basketball video game based on the NBA and the fourth installment of the NBA Live series. The cover features Tim Hardaway of the Miami Heat. The game was developed by EA Sports and released on November 30, 1997 for the PlayStation, October 31, 1997 for the PC and December 31, 1997 for the Sega Saturn.

Specifications

Released
November 1997
Developers
EA Sports, Tiertex Design Studios
Publisher
EA Sports
Players
1
Genre
Simulator · Sport
Rating
ESRB E
Series
NBA
View
Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
60/100 (17 ratings)
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