NBA Live 95

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NBA Live 95 is the first of the NBA Live video games series. The cover featured an action shot of the 1994 NBA Finals. The game was published by EA Sports and released in October 1994. It introduced many elements of that would become standard in the series, NBA Live 95 (SEGA Genesis) including the isometric on-court perspective, the 'T-meter' for shooting free throws and the turbo button used to give players a temporary burst of speed. The game was re-released with NBA Live 06 as part of the EA Retro Series. Game Players gave the Super NES version of this video game its 'best sports game award' in their Super NES division on the January 1995 issue of their magazine. NBA Live 95 is followed by NBA Live 96. The SNES version of the game featured the 1993-94 NBA rosters, while the Genesis version of the game featured the up-to-date 1994-95 rosters (minus most of the year's rookie class). Both versions featured limited roster management functions, however in the Genesis version, only players in the starting lineup could be traded. Additionally, there was no Create-a-Player function or a Free Agent pool to draw from. The PC release featured updated rosters accurate as of the 1994–95 season's trade deadline, and included the entire rookie class of 1994. The Sega Genesis version was included in the PlayStation 2 version of NBA Live 06. In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared the original NBA Live the 57th-best computer game ever released. The game's notable success helped launch EA's other sports games. Both Madden NFL '95 and Triple Play Baseball outsold their competitors, NFL '95 and World Series Baseball, respectively, for the first time following NBA Live's release.