NBA 2K

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NBA 2K
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Visual Concepts
Supporting companies: House of Moves (motion capture)
Brand: Sega Sports (US, EU, AU, BR)
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: NBA Properties
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Super Real Sports (スーパーリアルスポーツ), Sports (basketball)
Number of players: 1-4
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Español
Release Date RRP Code JP 2000-03-23 ¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e HDR-0069 US 1999-11-10 $49.9549.95 51004 US (Sega All Stars) 2000-08-22 $19.9919.99 EU 2000-03-17 MK-51004-53 DE 2000-03-17 MK-51004-53 ES 2000-03-14 MK-51004-53 FR 2000-03-17 MK-51004-53 UK 2000-03-17 £39.9939.99 MK-51004-53 AU 2000-03-24 $89.9589.95 BR xxxx 197206

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NBA 2K is a basketball game for the Sega Dreamcast. During development it was known simply as NBA Basketball, and then later, NBA 2000.

Teams

• Atlanta Hawks
• Boston Celtics
• Charlotte Hornets
• Chicago Bulls
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Dallas Mavericks
• Denver Nuggets
• Detroit Pistons
• Golden State Warriors
• Houston Rockets
• Indiana Pacers
• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Miami Heat
• Milwaukee Bucks
• Minnesota Timberwolves
• New Jersey Nets
• New York Knicks
• Orlando Magic
• Philadelphia 76ers
• Phoenix Suns
• Portland Trailblazers
• Sacramento Kings
• San Antonio Spurs
• Seattle Supersonics
• Toronto Raptors
• Utah Jazz
• Vancouver Grizzlies
• Washington Wizards
• All-Stars East
• All-Stars West

Production credits

Visual Concepts Credits

• Lead Engineer: Aki Rimpiläinen
• Director of Technology: Tim Walter
• Art Director: Matthew Crysdale
• Lead Library Engineer: Chuck Batson
• Audio Director: Brian Luzietti
• Lead Tools Engineer: Audrey Seymour
• Programming: Bob Alexander, Trevor Stricker, Johnnie Yang
• Additional Programming: Gary Arnold, Wolff Dobson, Matthew Hamre, Nich Jones, Chris Larson, Shawn Lee, Scott Patterson
• Artists: Eric Apel, Desha Chanhdara, Cameron Chun, David Dame, Avril Harrison, Quinn Kaneko, Kurt Lai-Fatt, David Lee, Steve Paris, Leandro Penaloza, Joyce Rietveld, Kaj Swift, Nelson Wang, Ray Wong
• Sound Designer: Larry Peacock
• Tools Engineers: Brian K. Hughes, Joshua Lee, Nick Verne
• Executive Producer: Greg Thomas
• Project Manager: Asif Chaudhri
• Assistant Project Manager: Rustin Lee
• Quality Assurance: Rick Andraschko
• Special Thanks: Alice Crysdale, Wayne Herman, Tim Meekins, Jeff Thomas, Richard Yee, Solano College Players, Jerry Miller - Coach, Elvis Assemlan, Columbus Bender, Mike Dial, Ricky Franklin, Marshaun Jourdan, Lukas Kennedy, Kevin Lucia, Patrick McCoy, Maurice McLemore, Wes Miller, John Ojo, Gabriel Rench, Omar Sanchez, Damon Smith, Kris Thomas

Sega Credits

• Senior Producer: Marcus Matthews
• Producer: Tracy Johnson
• Assistant Producer: Derrick Aynaga
• Sega Sports Team: Lorne Asuncion, Kirby Fong, David Perkinson, Matt Underwood
• Director / Sports Marketing: Martha Hill
• Special Consultant: Rod Higgins (Golden State Warriors)
• Motion Capture Talent: Saif Abdur-Rahim, Waliyy "Hook" Abdur-Rahim, Roy Byrd, Tony Delk, Ward Farris, Charles "Bo" Outlaw, David Paniagua, Kuwan Roach, Seth Sundberg
• Motion Capture: House of Moves, Jarrod Phillips, James Scanlon, Tom Tolles
• Goal Line Productions: Cheryl Levine, Paul Levine, Joe Madden
• Audio Script Writing: Robert Thomas
• Voice Over: Rod Brooks (as "The Color Announcer"), Dick Callahan (as "The PA Announcer"), Bob Fitzgerald (as "The Play By Play Commentator")
• Recording Studio: Conscious Sound Studios, Benjamin Grant DePauw
• Playbook Design: Derrick Aynaga, Rod Higgins (Golden State Warriors)
• Player Rating and Stat Database: Lorne Asuncion, Derrick Aynaga, Matt Underwood
• Lead Testers: Ed Brady, David Paniagua
• Assistant Lead: Willie Wareham
• Testers: Richard Allard, Jat Armstrong, Roger Becker, Gabrielle Brown, Joey Edwards, B.J. Enriquez, Scott Etkin, David Fischer, Benjie Galvez, Howard Gipson, Joe Gora, Aaron Guardamuz, Keehwan Her, Jason Hill, Brian Ivanhoe, Michael King, Schiloh Kleep, Matt Luich, Mike Mansourian, Chris Meyer, Abe Navarro, Jermaine Ong, Patrick Pendergast, Mike Rhinehart, Rick Ribble, Jonas Robledo, Jeff Sideno, Todd Slepian, Dan Windrem
• Special Thanks - Sega of America: John Amirkhan, Roxana Armour, Charlie Bellfield, Sandy Castagnola, John Cheng, Sean Doidge, Joanne Eastman, Eric Hammond, Scott Hartin, Teri Higgins, Sheri Hockaday, Fred Huey, Cindy Jenney, Judy Jette, Kathleen Joyce, Makoto Kaneshiro, Dave Karraker, Stacey Keff, Karen Kress, Gary Lake, Mike McCollum, Tom Miley, Peter Moore, Toshi Morita, Lynne Poirier, Mitzi Reagan, Neal Robison, Karen Schachter, Undyne Stafford, Andrew Stein, Bernie Stolar, Jane Thompson, Shinobu Toyoda, Alex Villagran, Jennifer Walker, Jim Yamashita
• Special Thanks - Sega of Japan: Shoichiro Irimajiri, Kenichi Iwanaga, Masaki Kawahori, Shoji Nishikawa, Keiko Terashima, Shuji Utsumi
• Special Thanks ‑ NEC: M. Imanishi
• NBA Entertainment, Inc.: Shana Hoernke, Greg Lassen
• Allsport Photography: Peter Orlowsky, Justin Weiss
• Player Headshots: (C)NBA Entertainment
• Arena Reference Material: Allsport Photography
• European Producer: Matt O'Driscoll
• Localisation Co-ordinator: Roberto Prraga-Snchez
• Localisation Team: Angelika Michitsch, Dave Thompson, Roberto Prraga-Snchez

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: NBA 2K/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

GR print advert

Print advert in Gamers' Republic (US) #19: "December 1999" (1999-11-15)
also published in:

• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #125: "December 1999" (1999-11-09)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #127: "February 2000" (2000-01-11)

Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2000-09: "2000-09 (2000-03-17)" (2000-03-03)
also published in:

• Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2000-12: "2000-12 (2000-04-07)" (2000-03-24)

Print advert in Playmag (FR) #45: "Mars 2000" (2000-0x-xx)

Print advert in Neo Plus (PL) #30: "Marzec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Neo Plus (PL) #31: "Kwiecień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #32: "Maj 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #33: "Czerwiec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #34: "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
• Neo Plus (PL) #35: "Wrzesień 2001" (2001-xx-xx)

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US Television advert

File:NBA2K Commercial.mp4

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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
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Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 576 Konzol (HU) 75 Arcade (UK) PAL 75 Consoles + (FR) PAL 93 Computer & Video Games (UK) 100 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) NTSC 80 DC-UK (UK) PAL 80 Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL 90 Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 83 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 89 Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J 90 Dreamzone (FR) NTSC-U 92 Dreamzone (FR) PAL 92 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 85 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 83 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 93 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 91 Game Informer (US) NTSC-U 89 Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U 100 Incite Video Gaming (US) NTSC-U 100 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 87 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U 94 Neo Plus (PL) 90 Next Generation (US) NTSC-U 75 Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 80 Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U 80 Playbox (FR) 90 Playmag (FR) PAL 85 PSX Extreme (PL) 87 Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL 90

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Based on 29 reviews

NBA 2K

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, US (Sega All Stars)
Cover

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, AU
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, BR
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: NBA 2K/Technical information.

External links

• Sega of America webpage: Dreamcast
• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast