BASKETBALL VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION [1974 - 2023]

The evolution of basketball games between 1974 and 2023. Find in this video all the basketball games released since 1974

#basketball #nbavideogames #VideoGamesEvolution

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0:03 1974
0:14 1978
0:35 1979
0:56 1982
1:06 1983
1:17 1984
1:38 1986
1:59 1987
2:51 1988
3:33 1989
4:26 1990
5:39 1991
6:11 1992
7:24 1993
8:38 1994
10:23 1995
12:28 1996
14:03 1997
14:55 1998
16:19 1999
17:43 2000
19:39 2001
20:31 2002
22:47 2003
24:12 2004
25:15 2005
26:28 2006
28:02 2007
29:16 2008
30:08 2009
30:50 2010
31:22 2011
31:32 2012
31:43 2013
32:04 2014
32:25 2015
32:46 2016
32:56 2017
33:28 2018
33:59 2019
34:10 2020
34:20 2021
34:31 2022

[ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

I'm proud to say I played every incarnation of these games. And yes... I was impressed by the very first ones. Although some stood out more than others.

Dr J vs Larry Bird I paid .50 cents for at a Big Lots in the late 90s. I can't imagine how much it would go for now. It was actually a different version of what you see here. It was very smooth & played well on my Atari 7600. Way ahead of it's time & more in line with Double Dribble or NBA live 95.

Double Dribble was the first game to have cutaway scenes when you dunked. You could dunk from the 3 point line if you did it from the bottom or top of the screen. Otherwise free throw dunks were possible from the foul line. This game was PEAK basketball when it dropped.

Bulls vs Lakers/Blazers & the NBA Playoffs Series - This started the "modern" basketball trend. The way I saw it was the programmers who went to EA started putting stars on the players so you could control them. The "B" button became standard to switch players. All the things that ended up in "Madden", Live, MVP Baseball, etc, & then ended up in the 2K series - started here in what was called "EASN."

NBA Jam: Still to this day the greatest basketball Arcade game ever made. We spent many hours at Tony's deli playing this. Also I used to know all the codes, JOR, or would unlock certain things in the game. If you had Tournament Edition on the SNES you had to beat all the teams once, & then after that, things got MUCH harder. You had to play a PERFECT game - or else you lost. This was the era of the game cheating to win at all times. At my peak I don't think anyone could have beaten me at this game.

Run & Gun: I loved this game at the time but it had a short shelf life. It played hard in the Arcades but the SNES port was weaker. I still played it a lot - however it lost popularity due to the weak port & died on the vine. I still miss those days & played it as recently as last month on emulators.

NBA Live 95: This was THE GAME. Ask anyone. You'll see it in the comments. Basketball had ARRIVED in all it's glory. I played it for hundreds of hours. All my players were custom, from whatever school I said so. I averaged 200 points a game & had 6'10'' Behemoth pounding the Power Forward glass. I had a 5'7'' white haired guy with a 99 slam dunk as a PG. Jordan rode the bench as my 2 alter egos (1 all 99's & 1 with more realistic stats) dropped tons of points - 1 averaging 60 points a game. This was the beginning of the end for me though as other games just all started to look alike.

NBA Street: This game kept the spirit of NBA Jam alive with updated Playstation graphics. We played this for a little bit but by this time all the games were starting to merge & there were too many brands doing too little things.

NBA 06: The PS2 was on top of the world & I remember having MVP 05 & NBA 06. Some would call this the golden era of sports games because even Madden 06 is remembered as a great year. MVP Baseball was the best game ever (All due respect to the Griffey's). Then you had NBA 06. A masterpiece that basically every game is based off of today. You could call plays, use special abilities, make trades, draft players. I had a lot of fun with that game. Steve Kerr saying "That shot is unconscionable - only a young Jon Starks would take that." when you would pull up to the line on a fast break would kill me. Starks is my favorite player - but for Kerr to then turn the Golden State warriors into a logo shooting fast break team would prove him a hypocrite.

You'll notice every other game after this is pretty much a carbon copy of each other with zero innovation. I had a ton of hope for video games in the late 90s. Now they all look the same. I guess we were spoiled.

[mr.bond]

im 40 years old and played many of these games when they came out and let me tell you young ppl something funny, these games look horrible to you now but back when a lot of these games first came out, they looked so realistic to us. 🤣 im laughing so hard looking at the graphics of these games. you guys have it made today. this was a great trip down memory lane

[Zaib]

Fun fact: Everytime these games were released we used to say “the graphics are amazing!”

[hismajesty]

NBA Live 95 will always have a place in my heart

[VGE]

Have you played all these games? Which one is your favorite? Do you know any other basketball games that are not in the video? Like if you want more videos like that. Thanks.

[matteZ]

2k2 for Dreamcast had the most fluidity of gameplay in that era. Both Dreamcast Football and Basketball were cutting edge, such a highly underrated system.

[alfredjones]

The miraculous thing is at the time each of these games came out they were the ish

[hugflor]

I remember playing Jordan v Bird, Lakers v Celtics, NBA live and NBA shootout 98. Then I stopped playing games and went back in 08 with 2k and still playing 2k to this day. Such great memories and the games today are unbelievable.

[symboltherapper]

I remember seeing Run and Gun 2 in arcades. I use to think that spin move was the realest thing in the world

[drainosplash]

I just love seeing games from the past. Some are better than the newer ones ngl. Great video!!👏🙂

[high-defRJ]

As a part Japanese guy, thank you for including Slam Dunk (9:10, 9:30, 10:33, 11:36) as I played two of the four listed. But regardless, if anybody doesn't know Slam Dunk, it is the best and most popular anime in the history, coinciding with the Bulls dynasty and popularizing the sport in Japan. That anime/illustrator needs to be enshrined to Basketball Hall of Fame.

[sbcj]

I like how some games in the 70's and early 80's looked better than some games in the late 80's and 90's

[ceeal]

Man I remember playing a lot of the old games but I was in love with NBA Jam T.E. and NBA Live '95 - '97

[KiddAlways]

i'm 45 and remember most of these game. everytime a new game caneout i thought this is as good as it gets. my favorite was techmo super nba basketball for super nintendo. thanks for making this video, this old man felt like a teenager again

[neilsimmons]

Yo!! What a trip down memory lane. Friend's use to go at it in Coach K College Basketball, had soo many of these. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!

[MDAce]

Live 95 was the game changer for me. It was the first game I could remember that had the full NBA roster and they introduced that unique camera view and the spin move. We wore our Sega Genesis out. 😂

[livechrist]

Man I cant lie...the 90s were the golden years of basketball game innovation. Wish it could go back to that level of progress 🤦‍♂️

[karambakarambita]

Ultimate Basketball and Street Hoops my favorites...

[IamJdTrent]

I'll never forget the first time I played NBA street. It was the first PS2 game I ever played and it BLEW my mind. I miss being amazed/excited by things.

[mikenoface]

NBA Street Vol 2. was damn near perfect. I was an NBA Live guy, but I worked at 2k Games during the development of 2k4 and 2k5. The shot stick, the crossover on the stick, a lot of the stuff we put in the game then is still there today. :)