I remember one of teh first games I owned for my PSX was NBA Shootout. It was a pretty amazing basketball game for its time.
I remember before I bought it I was looking in the window of Babbages. There was a Sega Saturn and a PSX in the window playing demo games, I cannot remember what was playing on Saturn but on the PSX was NBA Shootout. I remember being amazed by the players being reflected off the 'shine' of the parquet floor and squeak of sneakers going up and down the court. I was not much of a console gamer, but I remembering being impressed by the game's attempt to make the game seem like a TV broadcast. Back then people could still buy a sports game and just play it...it is hard to do that today.
There is a wiki page that say the last game was Shootout 2004, but it doesn't explain why. I wonder if Sony lost the licence or if the game just stopped selling as well as EA's Live game? I do recall the 989 Studios has a lot of trouble competing with EA on football, and maybe the studios failure was due to that more than NBA not selling. If Sony could get back the licences they should make a new NBA Shootout game, and for old times sake I'd buy a copy.
Anyone else have any fond memories of the first NBA Shootout game?
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