Let's Play Some Sports...Games - NBA Live 2000

Описание: This installment of 'playing some sports games' features a game that I played countless hours...NBA Live 2000. This game was the first of many in the Live series, featuring the legends of the sport from 1950s to 90s heyday, 1 on 1 challenge mode, Michael Jordan, and still remains the last NBA Live game where you could save mid-game. Why is saving during mid-game important? I don't really know, but why did EA see it necessary to take it away in subsequent games, it is like an itch that refuses to go away! The game really did so many good things in kindling my interest in basketball and remained so until my Voodoo 3dfx card got broken.

More than a decade later, installing this game on a modern computer wasn't easy, and running it even less so. I had a WinXP machine specifically prepared for older games, but the game's default OS of choice back then was Windows 98. My goodness! Has it been that long already? Numerous crashes involving possibly a damaged disc, safedisc DRM issues, NTFS file system, multi-core processor, modern graphics driver by the game's standards, or a combination of any of these factors all seem to conspire against me recording this game. But I was undeterred and managed to glean a few hours' worth of footage, and pared its length down to under an hour.

I hope you enjoy this LP, it means very much to me, and I apologize in advance for my spotty and sometimes meandering commentary. All I wanted to do was share my enthusiasm for this fantastic game and there is still so much about it I didn't show that I love.

Here are links to the songs that I muted during making this episode due to copyright available elsewhere on Youtube:

George Clinton - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
watch?v=Knx8PrFhMPk

Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
/watch?v=vr-klwxKhow

Razhel - All I Know (warning, a naked baby!)
/watch?v=SOHDAuHHhws

Rahzel & The NBA Live Orchestra - Shak'n the Floor
/watch?v=YXnzbA0ULRw

Run-D.M.C. - Don't Stop
/watch?v=WLAkfyk5Kak