NBA Live 97 (Genesis)

NBA Live 97 is the penultimate Genesis installment in EA's series of basketball games. If you were young, and you had an older brother that played this front and back, then you might have a faint idea of what this game is about.

Compilation Date#

A compile date can be found in the ROM at 18442:

Thu, Aug 29, 1996
9:07:14 PM

Debug Text#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Is this still accessible?

At 2C6B0, there is some text that seems to be associated with a debug menu.

ram queue
view globals
screens
scroll table
jersey nums
smgr vram
blank char
cmap
NBAart.shp
shotclock
overlay graphics
graphic

There's also text for an animation test menu, similar to the one featured in Coach K College Basketball at 2FDA0.