Or there is the arcade mode, where the players can play all game without rest, and you can never foul out. There is the option to play in either simulation mode, where the players will get tired, the coaches have to make substitutions, the refs' will call penalties normally, and all the normal rules apply. You can even play the all-star game, as they have included last years all-star rosters, or make up your own dream teams using the four custom teams included, which you can fill with any of the players from any of the teams for your ultimate hoops fantasy match-up. While the default match-ups are the same as the real 93-94 playoffs, you can choose to play any team in the league, regardless of their 93/94 standings, and you can swap any team with any other team to create the same match-ups as the current '95 playoffs, or create any combination you can think up. Then there are the playoffs, this is the full 16 team playoff format used by the NBA, except that you can choose between playing a full 5-7-7-7 game format, or a quicker series like a 1-3-3-3 game option. You have the option to play a full 82 game schedule or play shorter seasons of either 52 or 26 games, this will let you play every other team either two times or only once, respectively. The season play option lets you take over total control of a NBA team for a season, with all the excitement of the race for a playoff spot and the run to the finals. The exhibition games are good for practice, or just a quick game, as they don't count towards league standings. After the introduction (which is skipable) you'll find yourself at the main menu, where you can set-up what type of game to play, either an exhibition match, play games during a season or start up a new playoff series. The music here is first rate, as it is right through the entire game, more on this later. The game begins with a very nice full motion video of some nice plays made by real live NBA players, as well as all the NBA teams logos flashing by. If you have 8 meg and know how to manage your memory, as most gamers have had to learn, you'll have no problems. One thing though, you MUST have 8 meg of ram, and use a clean boot to get the needed amount of XMS memory (7,104k). The whole thing took only minutes to install, and it works fine with my compressed hard disk, so no problems here. ![]() It had no problems at all finding my sound card and identifying my type of video card, and it conveniently lets you test the sound and video before it saves the information. The install program is very slick, with crisp SVGA screens giving a taste of things to come. The game comes on one CD-Rom, and requires at least 3 meg of hard drive space, and 15 meg for the recommended installation, which makes for smoother game play. It promises true 5 on 5 play, an NBA license, authentic rules, SVGA graphics, digital sound, full motion video and tons more. Now NBA Live '95 hits the scene, and it looks like the runaway favorite for the title of best basketball game on the PC. Only a few are currently available, some of the best actually being text based games as the various graphic attempts at the game have fallen short on almost every try. EA Sports is looking to clinch the Championship of basketball games, which is not that hard to do given the lack of decent hoops games for the PC.
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