NBA Action

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NBA Action
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
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Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-10
Release Date RRP Code

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NBA Action (reportedly once known as NBA Action '96) is a basketball game released for the Sega Saturn. It is part of the NBA Action franchise, though like its baseball counterpart, World Series Baseball, Sega chose not to give the first Saturn entry in the series a subtitle.

It is technically the fourth entry in the series, following NBA Action '94 and NBA Action '95 Starring David Robinson on the Sega Mega Drive, and NBA Action Starring David Robinson on the Sega Game Gear. Unlike previous iterations, the Saturn NBA Action is displayed entirely in 3D. It would later be followed by NBA Action 98.

NBA Action was once set to be released in the arcades, running on Sega Titan Video hardware. It was originally a Sega 32X game before being brought to the Saturn.

Production Credits

(US Manual)

Producer: Chris Cutliff
Assistant Producer: Tracy Johnson
Product Manager: Brad Hogan
Sega Sports: Scott Rohde, Chris Smith, Gerald DeYoung, John Gillin, Anne Moellering, Dave Perkinson, Lorne Asuncion, Mark Paniagua, Matt Underwood, Rosie Freeman, Christine Nunn

Gray Matter Team:

Chris Gray (President)
Paul Martin (Team Leader and User Interface)
Colin Reed (Technical Programmer)
Dave Forshaw (Low Level AI and Gameplay)
Mark Trochanowski (High Level AI and Gameplay)
Mike Upton (Lead Artist)
Mike D'Agnillo (Interface and Texture Design)
Adam Mock (Producer)
Glen Hamilton (Assistant Producer)
Eric Randall (Game Generation)
Bryce Cochrane (Animation)
Simon McGuire (3D Modeling)
Mark Kerr (Sound)
Dennis Mohr, Ian Mackenzie (Video and Image Processing)
Dave Duncan (Art Director)
Paulo Bugatto, Carolyn Cudmore (Textures)

Sega Creative Support: Dave Albert, Tom Miley, Brian Coburn
Music: John Baker
Commentary: Marv Albert
Manual: T.S. Flanagan
Lead Tester: Mark Dawson
Assistant Lead Testers: Dave Paniagua, Sean Potter, Todd Slepian, Dave Dunn
Testers: Lance Nelson, Matthew Ironside, Dave Dodge, Lloyd Kinoshita, Fernando Valderrama, Marcus Montomery, Zenon Thornton, Kenny Robinson, Howard Gipson, Ty Johnson, Matt Prescot, Tony Lynch
Special Thanks: Marv Albert, Helene Sheeler, NBA Properties, Greg Lassen, NBA Entertainment, Kevin Dobstaff, Adam Rosen, NBA Photos, Joe Amati, Shana Hoernke, Prototype Studios, Tyler Mckinley, John Carlucci, Adrian De Groot, Evan Bell, Clint Dyer, Marty Franz, Mark Lindstrom, Jef Fletman, Larry Loth, Willie Mancero, Iris Walker and Chuck, Pete Armstrong, Arch, Jay, Satin Lou, Erin, Willie

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
88 №47, p64/65
90 №67, p118
88 №11, p72/73
Sega Saturn
89
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[1]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
50
[2]
Gambler (PL)
82
[3]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
66
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[5]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
72
[6]
Joypad (FR)
85
[7]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
63
[8]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
76
[9]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
88
[10]
Player One (FR)
90
[11]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
89
[12]
Score (CZ)
80
[13]
Secret Service (PL)
75
[14]
Sega News (CZ)
90
[15]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
74
[16]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
85
[17]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
88
[18]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
80
[19]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
80
[20]
Video Games (DE) PAL
79
[21]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[22]
Sega Saturn
77
Based on
22 reviews

NBA Action

Saturn, US
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Cover
Nbaaction sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover



Games in the NBA Action Series
NBA Action '94 (1994) | NBA Action '95 Starring David Robinson (1995) | NBA Action Starring David Robinson (1995) | NBA Action (1996) | NBA Action 98 (1997)