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NBA Live Fixes: Camera Enabler & Widescreen Intros

NBA Live Fixes: Camera Enabler & Widescreen Intros

Even more good news for retro basketball gamers, as we’ve got some new fixes for NBA Live 2005, 06, 07, and 08 PC, courtesy of Murat and iceman! Murat has uploaded a mod that allows the Press Box camera to be used in Practice and One-on-One modes in NBA Live 06, while iceman has corrected the resolution of the intro videos when using Murat’s Widescreen Fix for NBA Live 2005-08. Download them at the links below!

You can download Murat’s Camera Enabler for NBA Live 06 here. Pick up iceman’s Widescreen Intro fix here. If you need the latest version of the Widescreen fix, you can find that here, along with the Windowed Mode fix here.

A big thanks once again to Murat and iceman for contributing these fixes for the last four NBA Live games on PC! We’re certainly advocates of retro basketball gaming around these parts, so mods for old favourites and enhancements to get them working better than ever on modern systems are most welcome. If you have the knowledge and enthusiasm to contribute to retro basketball gaming and modding in any way, please feel free to share your work with our community! The upload facilities  in our Downloads database are free for all to use, and only require an NLSC Forum account (which again, is 100% free). For more information on using our upload facilities, please see this video tutorial.

NBA 2K24 Mod Releases: First Updates, Explorer Tool

NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition Cover Art

Congratulations to SexCurryBeats and Looyh on having the first NBA 2K24 mod releases in our Downloads database! SexCurryBeats has released an assortment of mods including a custom net, basketball, Blacktop court, and menu, while Looyh has released a File Explorer tool to aid in modding. Pick up all of these fantastic NBA 2K24 mod and tool releases at the links below!

SexCurryBeats
Red White and Blue Net
Red White and Blue Ball
Sack Wern Houses Court for Blacktop
Space Court Main Menu

Looyh
NBA2K24 File Explorer

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Wayback Wednesday: Loading Screens in Basketball Games

Wayback Wednesday: Loading Screens in Basketball Games

This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! From retrospectives of basketball games and their interesting features, to republished articles and looking at NBA history through the lens of the virtual hardwood, Wednesdays at the NLSC are for going back in time. This week, I’m taking a look back at loading screens in basketball video games.

While catching up on some Zero Punctuation and Extra Punctuation videos, the one in which Yahtzee is reminiscing about loading screens really spoke to me. And so, once again, I’m shamelessly jumping on a topic that was brought up by a far, far more well-known content creator! It’s a topic that I undoubtedly relate to, though. In the video, Yahtzee notes the nostalgia at play here, acknowledging that faster loading times are obviously an improvement. However, for gamers of our generation, they’re not just a reminder of youthful excitement, but also examples of creative design.

In particular, Yahtzee notes the use of mini-games and interactive elements on loading screens. This got me thinking about how basketball games have tried to keep us entertained while they load, notably the approach that NBA Live took during the seventh generation. Needless to say, lengthy loading times are not something I want to see return, and they can be an annoyance while retro gaming. There’s nevertheless nostalgia there however, and it’s interesting that some ideas were dropped before loading times were shortened. Let’s take a look back…way back…

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NBA Live 2005 Mod Releases: Updated Loading Screen

NBA Live 2005 Cover Art

Today’s NBA Live 2005 mod releases feature another frontend update, specifically a 2023 season loading screen. Download it at the link below!

mrjea99
2023 Loading Screen Logos

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NBA Live 2005 Mod Releases: New NBA Logo Bootup Screen

NBA Live 2005 Cover Art

Continuing the mod releases for classic games, Swishnet has uploaded a new NBA logo bootup screen for NBA Live 2005. Download it at the link below!

Swishnet
NBA Logo Bootup Screen

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NBA 2K23 Mod Releases: Hook Tool, First Mods!

NBA 2K23 Cover Art

We have our first mod releases for NBA 2K23! This is thanks to looyh releasing an updated version NBA2K_Hook, which is essential for creating and installing mods. Other releases include a Next Gen Edit Player Menu, a list of CF IDs in NBA 2K23, a San Antonio Spurs jersey pack, and an updated Mobile watermark and wipe. Check out all of the NBA 2K23 mod and resource releases at the links below, and welcome to a new season of NBA 2K modding!

Water Way
Next Gen Edit Player Menu

Shuajota
NBA 2K23 CF ID List

Pinoy21
San Antonio Spurs Jersey (Pinoy21)

bongo88
Mobile Watermark and Wipe V2

looyh
NBA2K_Hook For NBA2K23

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File Additions for NBA 2K22

NBA 2K22 Cover Art

Today’s NBA 2K22 file additions feature face updates for Mark Cuban and Anthony Gill, and custom frontend presentation. Check them out at the links below!

DoctahTobogganMD
Mark Cuban Face

sonansu
NBA 2K22 NBA Logo UI Part 1
NBA 2K22 NBA Logo UI Part 2

Shuajota
Anthony Gill Face
Markus Howard Face

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Wayback Wednesday: The Glorious Menus of NBA Live 97

Wayback Wednesday: The Glorious Menus of NBA Live 97

This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! In this feature, we dig into the archives, look back at the history of basketball gaming, and indulge in some nostalgia. Check in every Wednesday for retrospectives and other features on older versions of NBA Live, NBA 2K, and old school basketball video games in general. You’ll also find old NLSC editorials re-published with added commentary, and other flashback content. This week, I’m taking a look back at the truly glorious menus found in the PC version of NBA Live 97.

The nostalgic rush you get from a beloved old basketball video game begins long before you hit the virtual hardwood. It’s there upon the first glimpse of the boot-up screens and introduction videos. The first notes of the soundtrack will take you back to all the hours you spent with a game when it was brand new. And then, there are the menus. For many of us, our memories of our favourite basketball games also include spending a sizeable chunk of time in the menus: setting up games, creating players, updating the rosters, and sometimes just enjoying listening to the music.

As such, there are some frontends that stick in our minds. If we vividly remember the menu from a particular game, it’s either because it was visually appealing and easy to navigate, or incredibly ugly and clunky. When it comes to the menus in NBA Live 97, I’d definitely describe them as the former. I know I’ve touched on the menus in NBA Live 97 PC in my retrospective of the game, but I believe that they’re worthy of their own article. Let’s take a look back…way back…

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The Friday Five: 5 Details That Aged Quickly

The Friday Five

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! The Friday Five is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to NBA Live, NBA 2K, and other basketball video games, as well as the real NBA, and other areas of interest to our community. The feature is presented as either a list of five items, or in the form of a Top 5 countdown. This week’s Five is a list of five details found in various basketball games that aged rather quickly.

It’s impossible for basketball video games to completely avoid being outdated in their content. Obviously there are benefits to this – as I’ve discussed on many occasions, I love the way hoops games can act as interactive NBA almanacs – but the point is that certain aspects of basketball titles will have already aged by the time we get our hands on them. If nothing else, the rosters need to be locked by a certain date, which gives us fun oddities such as players only appearing on a particular team in video games, players who ultimately never played in the NBA being included in games, and so on.

Of course, now that official roster updates are the norm, it doesn’t matter that a game’s roster has aged by its release. An abundance of content updates and patches ensure that modern games can evolve and stay current far more easily than their much older predecessors could. Of course, there are elements that aren’t updated, and although their outdated nature may not ruin a game, they nevertheless stand out. Some of the examples I’m discussing today aged quickly because of events that occurred after their release, while others were already outdated before the game hit shelves. Either way they’re fun to look back at, especially when a major event is involved.

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File Additions for NBA 2K11

NBA 2K11 Cover Art

A few dedicated modders are still making updates for NBA 2K11 PC, as you can see from today’s file additions. Download an ESPN Presentation update by Jere2K at the link below!

Jere2K
ESPN Presentation for 2K11

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File Additions for NBA Live 2005

NBA Live 2005 Cover Art

NBA Live 2005 is a true classic, and it’s always great to see some new file additions for the game. Our own Q has uploaded a wordmark update, while Swishnet has released a crowd update and new NBA logo bootup screen. Download them all at the links below!

[Q]
2021 Wordmark Update

Swishnet
NBA Colorful Crowd Update
NBA Logo Bootup Screen

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The Friday Five: 5 Divisive Artistic Choices

The Friday Five

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! The Friday Five is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to NBA Live, NBA 2K, and other basketball video games, as well as the real NBA, and other areas of interest to our community. The feature is presented as either a list of five items, or in the form of a Top 5 countdown. This week’s Five is a list of five artistic choices in basketball video games that proved to be divisive.

It’s likely that at some point, you’ve heard the fable of “The miller, his son, and the donkey.” It’s the go-to fable whenever you want to illustrate that you can’t please everyone; or, to use the wording of the moral that’s appended to certain versions of the fable, “if you try to please all, you please none.” The fable is talking about actions, but the message holds true for art and entertainment as well. Whether it’s a video game, tabletop game, film, TV series (or an individual episode thereof), album, song, poem, drawing, painting, or whatever…nothing receives universal acclaim.

After all, it’s impossible for a single work to cater to everyone’s individual taste with its artistic choices. Of course, some artistic choices tend to evoke more extreme responses and opinions than others. They’re the proverbial “love it or hate it” artistic choices, with very little in between. It’s also interesting that some of the most divisive aspects of basketball games are generally inconsequential artistic choices that don’t inhibit the core gameplay experience. Atmosphere is still important though, and a gaudy art style can be off-putting. With that in mind, here are five of the most divisive artistic choices that we’ve seen in various aspects of basketball video games.

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File Additions for NBA 2K10

NBA 2K10 Cover Art

We’ve had difficulty tracking down and preserving a lot of mods for NBA 2K10 PC, but today’s file additions have helped to fill up our archives. nba2kiraq has uploaded over 70 mods from an assortment of authors, which can now be found in our database for safekeeping. Pick up all of today’s file additions for NBA 2K10 at the links below!

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File Additions for NBA 2K21

NBA 2K21 Cover Art (Current Gen)

The latest file additions for NBA 2K21 PC include a Next Gen Reshade, Blacktop jersey and presentation update, Marko Guduric face, and a new version of the MyCAREER Modifier. Pick them up at the links below.

LennyYao
Next Gen Reshade

2KGod
2KGod NBA 2K21 Blacktop Jersey Mod+

Shuajota
Marko Guduric Face

Flytheon Team FLS
MyCAREER Modifier (Updated to v3.0)

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File Additions for NBA 2K14

NBA 2K14 Cover Art

Today’s file additions for NBA 2K14 PC include jerseys and frontend/menu updates. Check them out at the links below!

ARIES 2kMC
20-21 MLK City Edition Jersey

Clutch2K & 2KGod
2KGodXClutch2K 2K14 HD Frontend

2KGod
Loading Flow HD for NBA 2K14

Pep
NBA Nike Toronto Raptors 2020 Uniforms

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