NBA Action 98

n/a

Saturn
Windows PC

NBA Action 98

System(s): Sega Saturn, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega

Sega Entertainment Inc. (US)

Sega PC

Developer: Visual Concepts

Supporting companies: BioVision (motion capture)

Brand:

Sega Sports

Sega Sports (US, EU, BR, TW)

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Expert Software (US, rerelease)

Worldwise Enterprise (TW)

Licensor: NBA Properties

Peripherals supported:

6Player, Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Sports^[1] (basketball)

Number of players:

1-10

1-5

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1997-10-28^[2]^[3]	$49.9949.99^[4]	81124
EU	1997-11^[5]		MK81124-50
DE	1997-11		MK81124-50
ES	1998-02-03^[7]		MK81124-50
UK	1998-01-29^[6]		MK81124-50
PL	1998
AU	199x		FNBA05SSC
BR	199x		191406
JP	1998-03-06^[1]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[1]	HCJ-0136
US	1997-10-29^[8]	$49.9949.99^[4]	85066
US (Expert Software)	1998		T-6811-01
EU	1998-01-29^[9]		MK 85066-50
DE	1998
UK	1998-01-29^[9]		MK 85066-50
PL	1998
BR	199x		503836
KR	199x
TW	199x

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NBA Action 98 (NBAアクション98) is a basketball game released as part of Sega's NBA Action series for the Sega Saturn and Windows PCs.

The Expert Software PC release was named simply NBA Action and had different cover art. Screenshots on the back cover confirm it to be the same game and not the earlier NBA Action.

Gameplay

Due to Michael Jordan pulling out of the NBA Players Accociation in favour of his own licensing deals, NBA Action 98 replaces Jordan with "1 Guard", who wears a 98 shirt.

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

History

Previews suggest this game was once titled NBA Action '97, with a planned release of September 1997. After a small delay, it was retitled to take into account the apporaching new year.

NBA Action 98 was developed prior to Visual Concepts being bought by Sega. As such, roughly the same game exists on the PlayStation as NBA Fastbreak '98, which was developed by Visual Concepts for Midway Home Entertainment.

Production credits

Saturn version

Producer: Mike Wallis
Assistant Producer: Tracy Johnson
Brand Manager: Brad Hogan
Lead Testers: Lorne Asuncion, Mark Paniagua
Assistant Lead Tester: Tony Lynch
Marketing Specialist: Mark Subotnick
Motion Capture Talent: DeWayne Lewis
Motion Capture by: BioVision
In‑Game Commentary by: Chick Hearn (Los Angeles Lakers)
Commentary Recording Facility: DB Productions (Los Angeles CA.)
Player Ratings & Team Playbooks by: Scott Pruneau (Golden State Warriors)
Additional Ratings by: Tracy Johnson
Playbook Assistance: Lorne Asuncion
Sega Additional Design: Lorne Asuncion, Tracy Johnson, Mark Paniagua
Manual: Curtis Clarkson, Richard Verdoni
Team Sega Sports: Geraldine Dessimoz, Brad Hogan, Tracy Johnson, Marcus Matthews, David Perkinson, Mike Wallis
Testers: Amy Albertson, Howard Gipson, Dave Paniagua, Bobby Amirkhan, Rick Greer, Jason Philyaw, Nicolas J. Azizian, Jeff Junio, Ken Robinson, Karen Brown, Lloyd Kinoshita, Matt Underwood, Don Carmichael, Dennis Lee, Fernando Valderrama, Joe Damon, Marcus Montgomery, Ferdinand Villar, Abe Navarro, Paulita Villatuya
Special Thanks: Sandy Castagnola, Angela Edwards, Sheri Hockaday, Jason Kuo, Bernard Stolar, Shuji Utsumi, Rick Wheeler, The Seedy Crew, Manny (Sega), Greg Lassen, Joe Amati, Shana Hoernke, Janie Buschman (NBA Entertaiment), Harry Abrams (Abrams Artists Agency), Shawn Bryant (NBA Properties), Kobe Bryant (Los Angels Lakers), Gail D'Agostino (Arn Tellem Assoc.), Ed Gregory (Golden State Warriors), Dick Davey (Santa Clara Univercity), Bango, Bucky, 'Ol Sparkey, Rafeki "the crazy raccoon"

Visual Concepts

Lead Engineer: Aki Rimpiläinen
Lead AI Engineer: Matthew Hamre
AI Engineer: Chris Larson
Win95 Engineer: Chuck Batson
Engineers: Mark Horsley, Johnnie Yang
Art Director: Alvin Cardona
Animations/Player Models/Textures: Han Cho (Lead), Mark A. Anderson, Cameron Chun
Movies, Logos, Screens, Player Textures/Faces, Arenas: David Lee, Kurt Lai-Fatt, Wayne Herman
Menus, Designs, Screens: Leandro Peñaloza, Fred Wong
Lead Library Engineer: Dave O'Connor
Lead Tools Engineer: Audrey Seymour
Director of Technology: Tim Walter
Library Engineer: Chuck Batson
Tools Engineers: Joshua Lee, Owen Brand
Sound and Music Director: Mark Chosak
Quality Assurance: Rick Andraschko
Project Manager: Jeffrey J. Thomas
Executive Producer: Gregory A. Thomas
Special Thanks: Scott L. Patterson, Ryan Plank, Alice Crysdale

Source:

Manual credits (US)^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: NBA Action 98/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #101: "December 1997" (1997-1x-xx)
also published in:

Ultra Game Players (US) #104: "December 1997" (1997-1x-xx)^[11]
Game Informer (US) #56: "December 1997" (1997-1x-xx)^[12]

Print advert in Player One (FR) #82: "Janvier 1998" (199x-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

85

^[13]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[14]

Fun Generation (DE)

90

^[15]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[16]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

76

^[17]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

81

^[18]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

88

^[19]

Level (TR)

88

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

80

^[21]

Mega Console (IT)

NTSC-U

60

^[22]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

88

^[23]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[24]

Neo (PL)

60

^[25]

Saturn Power (UK)

PAL

90

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

91

^[27]

	81
Based on 15 reviews

NBA Action 98

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

PC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

75

^[28]

Gameshow (TR)

92

^[29]

PC Jeux (FR)

64

^[30]

Riki (SK)

78

^[31]

Strana Igr (RU)

90

^[32]

	80
Based on 5 reviews

NBA Action 98

PC, JP
Cover

PC, US
Cover
Jewel Case

PC, US (Expert Software)

Jewel Case

PC, EU
Cover
Disc Jewel Case

PC, BR
Cover
Jewel Case

PC, KR

PC, TW

Disc

Technical information

Main article: NBA Action 98/Technical information.

External links

Sega of America webpage: Saturn, PC

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=10&pf=11 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-04 04:29)
↑ Game Informer, "October 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 40
↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Press release: 1997-10-20: Real Roundball Without The Elbow Jabs: NBA Action '98 For Sega Saturn And PC
↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-09-12), page 49
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1998-01-19), page 24
↑ http://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-05-12 20:07)
↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com:80/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-12-10 17:31)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 http://www.sega-europe.com:80/pc/pcgame.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-10 17:13)
↑ File:Nbaaction98 sat us manual.pdf, page 28
↑ Ultra Game Players, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 50
↑ Game Informer, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 64
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1998" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 105
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 161
↑ Fun Generation, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-17), page 111
↑ GamePro, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 116
↑ GamesMaster, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-26), page 83
↑ Game Informer, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1998" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 106
↑ Level, "3/98" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ MAN!AC, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 101
↑ Mega Console, "Dicembre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 81
↑ Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Mega Fun, "02/98" (DE; 1998-01-07), page 84
↑ Neo, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Saturn Power, "February 1998" (UK; 1997-12-31), page 84
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1998" (UK; 1998-01-14), page 74
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Gameshow, "Subat 1998" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1
↑ PC Jeux, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-01-28), page 84
↑ Riki, "Maj-Jun 1998" (SK; 1998-06-05), page 32
↑ Strana Igr, "Yanvar 1998" (RU; 1998-xx-xx), page 126

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[:File:CVG_UK_191.pdf_p49-5] Computer & Video Games, "October 1997" (UK; 1997-09-12), page 49

[6] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1998-01-19), page 24

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[:File:Nbaaction98_sat_us_manual.pdf_p28-10] File:Nbaaction98 sat us manual.pdf, page 28

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_104.pdf_p50-11] Ultra Game Players, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 50

[:File:GameInformer_US_056.pdf_p64-12] Game Informer, "December 1997" (US; 1997-1x-xx), page 64

[13] Consoles +, "Janvier 1998" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 105

[:File:EGM_US_102.pdf_p161-14] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 161

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1998-01.pdf_p111-15] Fun Generation, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-17), page 111

[:File:GamePro_US_112.pdf_p116-16] GamePro, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_066.pdf_p83-17] GamesMaster, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-26), page 83

[:File:GameInformer_US_057.pdf_p60-18] Game Informer, "January 1998" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 60

[:File:Joypad_FR_071.pdf_p106-19] Joypad, "Janvier 1998" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 106

[20] Level, "3/98" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-01.pdf_p101-21] MAN!AC, "01/98" (DE; 1997-12-10), page 101

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_43.pdf_p81-22] Mega Console, "Dicembre 1997" (IT; 1997-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:MegaForce_FR_62.pdf_p36-23] Mega Force, "Avril/Mai/Juin 1998" (FR; 1998-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1998-02.pdf_p84-24] Mega Fun, "02/98" (DE; 1998-01-07), page 84

[:File:Neo_5_PL.pdf_p23-25] Neo, "Kwiecień 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:SaturnPower_UK_10.pdf_p84-26] Saturn Power, "February 1998" (UK; 1997-12-31), page 84

[:File:SSM_UK_28.pdf_p74-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "February 1998" (UK; 1998-01-14), page 74

[28] Gry Komputerowe, "4/1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[29] Gameshow, "Subat 1998" (TR; 1998-xx-xx), page 1

[30] PC Jeux, "Février 1998" (FR; 1998-01-28), page 84

[31] Riki, "Maj-Jun 1998" (SK; 1998-06-05), page 32

[:File:Strana_igr_RU_20.pdf_p126-32] Strana Igr, "Yanvar 1998" (RU; 1998-xx-xx), page 126

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Contents

Gameplay

Teams

History

Production credits

Saturn version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Saturn version

PC version

Technical information

External links

References