Franchise file / National Basketball Association
NBA
The league on your console
Games carrying the NBA licence, from Mattel's Intellivision game in 1980 through NBA Live and NBA 2K to arcade spin-offs like NBA Street and NBA Jam.
- 1980
- First game
- 1
- Series
- National Basketball Association
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
NBA Live. NBA Live took over from EA's earlier NBA Playoffs and Showdown games in 1994. The main series ran until NBA Live 19 in 2018.
Start with NBA Live 06Your next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
Two rivals, one licence.
For decades, NBA games meant a straight fight. EA's NBA Live debuted in 1994, and Visual Concepts answered with NBA 2K on Dreamcast in 1999. Around them sit looser, louder takes on the league, from NBA Street to NBA Jam and NBA Playgrounds.
- 1994 to 2018
- NBA Live
- 1999 to 2025
- NBA 2K
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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