Thank you to everyone who has been following along with our 25th Anniversary of NBA Live content! We tipped off the celebrations in 2019 and continued them through 2020, marking the 25th Anniversary of both the original release in 1994, and the PC version in 1995.
It was my goal to wrap up the retrospectives by the end of 2020. One of the main reasons for that – aside from chronological accuracy, of course – was to avoid what happened with the 20th Anniversary celebrations five years earlier. Unfortunately I didn’t produce all of the content that I had planned, in particular the game-by-game retrospectives. That’s why I burned through the 25th Anniversary retrospectives so quickly last month, as I wanted to make sure that I got them done. I also wanted to give everyone some fresh content to enjoy over the holiday season.
The end of the retrospectives also marks the end of our main celebrations. However, there are a few other odds and ends to share, including republishing articles from the 20th Anniversary, a couple of other features, and if we can line them up, further interviews with people involved with NBA Live during the early days. You can consider this “overtime” content, and it’ll run through the early stages of 2021. Some other ideas will likely instead be repurposed for Wayback Wednesday features, and possibly March Modness.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the retrospectives and other throwback content! It was definitely fun to revisit every game in the series, reminisce about the good times, and put the series’ struggles in perspective. Stay tuned for the overtime content, and in the meantime, I invite you to check out all of our 25th Anniversary of NBA Live features that have been posted so far! I’ve compiled all of the links below, or you can browse the archive. Here’s to getting some good news about the future of the NBA Live series at some point in 2021!
25th Anniversary of NBA Live Retrospectives
- NBA Live 95
- NBA Live 96
- NBA Live 97
- NBA Live 98
- NBA Live 99
- NBA Live 2000
- NBA Live 2001
- NBA Live 2002
- NBA Live 2003
- NBA Live 2004
- NBA Live 2005
- NBA Live 06
- NBA Live 07
- NBA Live 08
- NBA Live 09
- NBA Live 10
- NBA Elite 11 & NBA Live 13
- NBA Live 14
- NBA Live 15
- NBA Live 16
- NBA Live 18
- NBA Live 19
Other Features
- Fond NBA Live 95 Memories
- My NBA Live 96 Rosters
- Exploring the NBA Live 96 EXE File
- The Fake NBA Live 2002 PC
- NBA Live 2000 & NBA Live 10 Trivia
- Bug Hunting in NBA Live 96 PC
NLSC Podcast: 25th Anniversary of NBA Live
Interviews
Thank you once again for joining me on this trip down memory lane, and I hope that you’ll return to these features whenever you feel like reminiscing about the NBA Live series! If you have any reactions to the retrospectives and other content, or just want to share fond memories of NBA Live and thoughts on its future, feel free to comment on any of the features, as well as join in the discussion here in the NLSC Forum.
Wow Andrew, mate… when you look at the list there it remains us of how much content you provide for us all and GOOD content at that!
We have all said it before but you would make one hell of a community manager and hopefully one day soon EA gets back in touch with you.
We appreciate you brother!
Thanks, I appreciate all of you as well! It’s good to know there’s interest in the content.
Please share the post with EA. EA is gonna bestow you a honorary diploma at least, maybe more things of recognition for the outstanding work on fortifying the legacy of the NBA Live.
They haven’t been that receptive lately, so I don’t think anything like that will happen. I appreciate the kind words, though!
I hope in near future we would be able to see a retrospective of NBA Live 22 and beyond versions. We all need new good Live even 2k need that.
Agreed! I want to be able to cover that game.