NBA 2K12

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! This is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to basketball video games, the real NBA or another area of interest to our community, either as a list of five items or in the form of a Top 5 countdown.

In last week’s Friday Five, I talked about five players who suffered from the proverbial “cover curse” after gracing the covers of various basketball video games. It was definitely a fun topic to talk about, and I was reminded of one or two other “cursed” players in the comments section. If you can think of any other players who were hit by misfortune after appearing on the cover of a basketball game, be sure to check out last week’s article, and let me know.

I’m looking on the bright side this week, as I’m offering up a list of who I believe to be the best basketball video game cover players that we’ve had so far. I’ve made these picks according to a few factors: magnitude of stardom, their level of success around the time they appeared on the cover, and yes, there’s some personal bias in there as well. So, without any further ado, I present my choices for the five best basketball video game cover players!

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Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! This is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to basketball video games, the real NBA or another area of interest to our community, either as a list of five items or in the form of a Top 5 countdown.

It’s been a couple of years since I compiled a list of some of the cool things that we’ve found while playing basketball video games, as well as poking around in their files. Seeing as though Easter is upon us once again, I thought it’d only be appropriate to take a look at five more Easter Eggs that we’ve discovered over the years.

Secrets and Easter Eggs definitely add fun to video games, rewarding us for exploring every nook and cranny of the game world, going off the beaten track and trying something outlandish, or on a more meta level, hunting through the game’s data files. Sports games aren’t necessarily jam packed with them – or at least, their Easter Eggs aren’t usually as wild, wacky, or creative as other game genres – but there’s usually something interesting to find, be it dummied out content, leftover files, or something completely unexpected. Let’s take a look at another five basketball video game Easter Eggs that you may or may not be aware of.

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We don’t get as many uploads for NBA 2K12 these days, but we do have a new addition today from Laker_24_Kobe: a custom title screen, featuring Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James. You can pick it up at the link below!

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Shaq & LeBron Title Screen

If you’ve been wondering how to make high quality face updates for the NBA 2K series, wonder no longer! R4zoR has posted an in-depth tutorial explaining the process, along with a resource pack for Blender and Photoshop. You can check out the tutorial here and download the pack here; a huge thanks once again to R4zoR for his efforts, and willingness to share his knowledge with the modding community!

As a general reminder, we’re always keen to expand our resources for new people who wish to try their hand at patching NBA Live and NBA 2K, so if you’re an experienced modder we would greatly appreciate your assistance in creating tutorials and resources. Feel free to post any guides in the Forum, upload any template and resource packs to the Downloads section, and of course, create articles in our Wiki.

We’ve got a couple of new file additions for NBA 2K12 PC today: the Charlotte Hornets’ new jerseys, and a pack of basketball updates. Pick them both up at the links below!

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2014-2015 Charlotte Hornets Mod

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NBA Basketball Updates

This is Dumb Fact Monday, serving up random facts about basketball video games that you may or may not find interesting.

President Obama showing up in NBA 2K video games is something, I at least hope, most of us know about. 2K Sports touted his cameo when he debuted NBA 2K11’s Association Mode, showing up in a series of photo-op images with that year’s virtual NBA Champions. It is a great presentation addition, even if he continues to show up years after 2016. Since those photo-ops are rendered in-game, that means Obama has a cyberface file on-disc, which of course begs for unofficial mods, and even Obama getting into coaching with a bug in NBA 2K12.

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We have just one new file for NBA 2K12 PC today, an old school custom soundtrack by Erchamion. Download it at the link below.

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Old School Jukebox

RayHoops1 has released v6.0 of the College Hoops ’95 mod for NBA 2K12 PC. The mod, which features 30 ranked teams from the 1995 NCAA season and a handful of classic teams, now includes a custom soundtrack. For those who are unaware, all art is completely accurate and college fight songs have been added to the arena music.

Check out College Hoops ’95 here in our Downloads section. You can also drop by the release thread for additional information, previews and support.

We just have the one new file for NBA 2K12 PC today, a new face update for Kemba Walker by McBeastie. You can download it at the link below.

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Kemba Walker Face

Pick up some more custom teams from Smoove784439 in today’s file additions for NBA 2K12 PC! Check them all out at the links below.

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2K Sports Star Players
Team Jordan
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Chris Smoove’s NBA 2K13 MyTeam for NBA 2K12 (Updated to Final version)

We have a few new file additions for NBA 2K12 PC today, as Smoove784439 has updated his Team USA add-ons for the game. Check out updated versions of the 2008 Redeem Team, 1992 Dream Team and 2012 Team USA at the links below.

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2008 USA Redeem Team
1992 USA Dream Team (Updated to Final version)
2012 Team USA (Updated to Final version)

Chris Smoove has updated his NBA 2K13 MyTEAM inspired custom team for NBA 2K12 PC. Check it out at the link below!

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Chris Smoove’s NBA 2K13 MyTeam for NBA 2K12 (Updated to v4.0)

Ready for the latest file additions for NBA 2K12 PC? Today’s new files include a retro face for the recently retired Allen Iverson, along with some custom teams based on Chris Smoove’s NBA 2K13 MyTEAM lineups. Check them all out at the links below!

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1998 Allen Iverson Face

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Chris Smoove’s NBA 2K13 MyTeam (Magic Version) for NBA 2K12
Chris Smoove’s NBA 2K13 MyTeam (Raptors Version) for NBA 2K12
Chris Smoove’s NBA 2K13 MyTeam for NBA 2K12

RayHoops1 has released v4.0 of his NBA Live ’95 on NBA 2K12 mod, which adds complete 1994/1995 season rosters to NBA 2K12 PC. The latest release adds NBA on NBC presentation, in addition to the NBA on TNT presentation found in the previous version. Other key features include faces and portraits for all players, complete team art and custom arena music.

You can get the mod here in our Downloads section. For more information, previews and support, check out the release thread here.

RayHoops1 has released a new version (v5.0) of his College Hoops ’95 Mod for NBA 2K12 PC. For those who are unaware, the mod features 30 ranked teams from the 1995 college basketball season with correct faces for 95% of the players (some use generic faces due to a lack of suitable photographs) and complete team and presentation art updates. The latest release also adds the 1990 LSU Tigers to the selection of classic teams.

You can pick up College Hoops ’95 here in our Downloads section. For additional previews, information and support, check out the release thread.