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NBA Live 2006 |  | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $9.99
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Seller: inetvideo
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 8721
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: Basketball Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
MPN: 100722
Model: 14953
UPC: 014633149531
EAN: 0014633149531
ASIN: B000AO3FN0
Release Date: September 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Perform like real NBA stars in this exciting basketball experience | | • | All-new animation system for authentic 5-on-5 gameplay | | • | New graphics engine provides striking detail and realism | | • | Commentators include voice of Marv Albert and former NBA star Steve Kerr | | • | NBA All-Star Weekend available as stand-alone game mode or within Dynasty mode |
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Product Description
EA Sports Freestyle AirProduct InformationThe NBA Live 06 gameplay is more authentic than it has ever been. Every aspectof NBA basketball has been captured in this version. Players will play more liketheir real life counterparts users will have the ability to lead fast breaksdunk over top of defenders fake out defenders with passes shoot runners andfloaters run authentic NBA offensive sets preserve their momentum whenmaneuvering around the court and the mid range game is back. TheFreestyle Superstars feature has opened up the game so users now have morecontrol over what their in-game experience is. Freestyle Superstars means betterlooking players who play like their real-life counter parts and have the abilityto express emotion. Activities Include Freestyle Superstars: You are in control of the top NBA stars performing like their real-life counterparts based on distinct character types including Power Playmaker Stopper and more. Authentic 5-on-5 Gameplay: The all-new animation system helps to visually present the up-tempo fast-break brand of basketball that makes the NBA thrive. Also featured is an improved transition game and a more physical brand of play with collisions and dunked-on scenarios. New Player Visuals: A new graphics engine now has player models not only playing and acting like their real life counterparts but looking the part with striking detail and realism. The Voices of the NBA: Joining Marv Albert is new color commentator and former NBA star Steve Kerr. The on-air TV partners call the 5-on-5 action while Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith bring their own unique flavor to the Slam Dunk Contest and 3-Point Shootout. NBA All-Star Weekend: NBA All-Star Weekend is better than ever as it allows users to create new jaw-dropping dunks in the Slam Dunk Contest. Also featuring the 3-Point Shootout Rookie Challenge and NBA All-Star Game All-Star Weekend is available as a stand-alone game mode as
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 Ummm..... November 23, 2008
LinXX MiDoups
I'm not sure if I really like this game. Don't get me wrong I love B-Ball and almost every other B-Ball game I've played on consoles b4, but the graphics in this game is one pixel short of wack. The players look like half done polygons and are sooo stiff.
I can hardly make a shot (in easy mode) while the opponent makes EVERY single one. But all in all after getting over the less than acceptable polygon rendering and you (I) really get entrenched in the game you kinda forget that your playing with stiff expressionless half-baked polygons.
I can't make a free throw...how do you make a freethrow in this game???
Purchase at your own leisure...I'll still play it (not that I'll really enjoy it) afterall I already bought it.
 awesome game! March 9, 2007
Michael Davis
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This game has very nice graphics and is a lot of fun to play.
 Got a basketball Jones December 24, 2006
Micheal Hunt (Hellbourne)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I haven't followed the NBA since Jordan retired from the Bulls.... again, and I have mostly just played the NBA Live series on the Super Nintendo, because even tho each year the graphics get better and more is added, I still prefer NBA Live 96 on snes over them all.
I recently purchased Michael Jordan's 20th anniversary DVD and it re sparked a bit of interest in me to play some basketball after that DVD provided me with a demo of NBA LIVE 01. I started to kinda enjoy it, even tho it was only 1 on 1 in the demo and I also got NBA Live 03's demo and thought they weren't bad at all, so i thought id get a full version at long last and the only one available was 06.
Keep in mind I've only played Coach K, 95,96,97,98 on snes and a few on Sega gen. and 99 and 00 on n64 and I used to have 96 on PC years ago... and well, the new versions are a lot more updated, the graphics have improved a hell of a lot, you can actually just about tell who anyone is now on the court without just looking at there number, the dunks have improved a lot, the extra modes have come along way, but I dunno what it is, I still think they haven't captured the fun of the originals, and I still prefer 96 on snes over them all.
But that's not to say I haven't enjoyed 06... I've heard a lot of reviews saying it isn't as good as the past few years versions, but I wouldn't know, I never played them... I'm not sorry i bought this version.
As usual the first thing I did after a brief run on the court was edit the rosters, but I find that you cant really create the exact face you want, its all pretty much the same looks with them all, and I was disappointed that it does include a legends roster that you can sign a few of those players to your actual teams, but the big stars like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar are not signable, you can only play as them on the legends roster... then there is missing legends such as Karl Malone, John Stockton and of coarse, his airiness Michael Jordan. but yet there is a 100 pair of MJ shoes you can put on your players.
But, the good thing is you can go to the EA sports website and go to the NBA LIVE section and people have actually made patches for you to download and just place in the folders it says to and instantly you have the legends of the game, depending on what you download and install will depend on weather the legends become available for any team or if you just want to add a whole historic team to the game as an added on team.. So what happens is say you want Chicago, there is your normal 06 team, then you scroll through and you have another Chicago team from 1992 and another of 1996 complete team with complete players that weren't in the game before the patch, and it also includes there stats, pictures and voice overs so that it doesn't just say "number 23 bulls" like a custom player, it does actually say "Michael Jordan" and they have created there actual faces to go with it. And it can be pretty funny when playing with Steve Kerr in the 96 Bulls team and you hear the commentary of Steve Kerr say, "he reminds me a lot of myself when I used to play"
So I'm happy I have those guys in the game now looking as best as possible without having to waste time creating them and not having them look right.
There is the regular season mode, playoffs and exhibitions. There is also an all-star weekend where you can compete in the 3 point contest or the slam dunk contest... in an exhibition the all star team is those of the all-stars of 06, but i think you can get your own player into it in season mode, tho don't quote me on that, I haven't bothered to play a full season yet. (All-star game I'm talking about, you can pick whomever you want at anytime in the 3 point or dunk contests)
The 3-point shootout isn't much; I manage to knock every shot in with ease. but the dunk contest is not easy... it's not just running to the ring and pressing dunk, it involved a lot more where you choose your position on the court, run or move or whatever and choose 1 of 4 buttons to execute a jump style, then you press 1 of the 4 buttons again to choose a dunk style, and there is many combinations to do, and then you do the same as above holding 1 button or another and you end up with different dunks, then don't hold it, then hold it and so on and so on ... but the dunks you do in the slam dunk contest are not the ones you do in a game... you can even throw the ball, or bounce it off the back board or even the jumbo-trons and do cartwheels and hang off the ring, do 720 spinning dunks... but it does take a lot of practice to master these things and that's why there is a dunk school mode where you can practice these dunks and tricks.
Also included is the usual 1 on 1 match, seemed to be more fun in 2001's version.
I also recommend you download some court patches of the NBA-LIVE site, there is a great patch that lets you use a lot of outdoor courts in the regular games (5 on 5) instead of just having every game inside a stadium. It adds a lot more replay value to the game when you play different teams and the only thing that seems to change is the floor colour and jerseys.
There is a lot more options as well inside the game, and a dynasty mode that is basically a season mode, but you have to draft the team, use salary caps and blah-blah-blah... but after you complete the season, it doesn't end, you come back the next year and from what I've heard it goes up to about 10 years of seasons.
Now, the CONS.
- Cant turn fouls completely off
- There is about 5 different camera views you can use and none of them are the one you really want. it would be nice if theyd let you use an option to rotate and spin the camera around and zoom it in or out to where you want it to be, I'm pretty sure NBA LIVE 96 on PC had that option, if it didn't, it certainly had better camera views so why the hell did they take it away? When you do a replay in this game you can change the angle to wherever you want, but not in regular cam position! They need to replay camera option to be useable as your regular view cam option.
- It was easier to dunk in NBA LIVE 2001... the demo version anyway; the in game dunks seem to be less powerful now.
- The dunk contest can be annoying because it takes so damn long for it become your turn again. It needs a skip there dunk option, like it has in the 3 point shootout, plus, you only get one camera view in the dunk contest (during the match, not the replay) and it's annoying when you practice on one angle and then you cant see it head on in the match.
- It isn't as easy to block opponents anymore like in 01... or hell, any versions before that.
- There is no intentional foul anymore (push/shove) to knock them down.
- Listening to Steve Kerr's commentary gets way too repetitive each game, and so does whatsernames in the dunk contest, funny at first, but annoying one you've heard it 100 times.
Overall: for the price of the game at the moment, its ok, I have heard 07 isn't as good as this version, so I wont be bothering with the next few NBA LIVE releases, this one will satisfy me for a while until they make something 100 times better and not just update one small thing.
The main reason I still prefer NBA LIVE 96 (snes) over any version is because when you make a players 3 point shooting a 99, the highest it can be, you only have a 1% chance of missing a shot from within the half court range... it was a reason I didn't like 97 up to 00 and stopped playing these NBA LIVE games. At least in 06, when you select there 3 point range to 99, they do go in as long as your close enough to the 3 point line. They wont go in every time from half court, but about a feet away from the 3 point line is about a 90% average... ya still miss a few shots from time to time, but it's a big improvement over the other ones I've played before. But still not as accurate or as far away as the ol' snes fav'
nba live 06 November 9, 2006
Jonathan M. Woolsey (hollywood, florida)
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
the game does not work properley, some menus don't apper as thay should
Awesome Game!! October 1, 2006
Amazon Reviewer29
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the best basketball game I have ever played on PC....graphics are just mind blowing...game play...and features....not to mention the price...EA really knows how to make games. Download the demo to give it a try first.
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