The latest mod releases for NBA 2K13 include a new version (V1.2) of Sayantifico’s Mega Draft Class Project. Check it out at the link below!
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Sayantifico Mega Draft Class Project (Updated to V1.2)
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This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! From retrospectives of basketball games and their interesting features, to republished articles and looking at NBA history through the lens of the virtual hardwood, Wednesdays at the NLSC are for going back in time. This week, I’m reflecting on some retro modding, namely tinkering with rosters in the Xbox 360 version of NBA 2K6.
When I get hooked on a game – really hooked – it takes a while to get it out of my system. In fact, even then there’s a good chance that it’ll hang around in my rotation, if nothing else becoming a fallback option when I’m not sure what to play. If there’s any way that I can spice up those sessions with some modding – particularly minimalist modding – then that becomes part of my fascination with a game. Whether it’s putting together makeshift retro squads in NBA Live 10’s Fantasy Teams mode, or creating something more substantial, it prolongs my interest in a classic title.
That brings us to the Xbox 360 version of NBA 2K6. It’s a game that I’ve come to love long after it was released, as I noted when I covered it for Wayback Wednesday with a comprehensive retrospective. It’s been in and out of my rotation over the last couple of years, which eventually led me to tinker with its rosters. At first, it was just a way of getting more out of the game by setting up some fun scenarios, but I soon found myself dabbling with projects that I wanted to release publicly. It’s been a fun exercise so far, so let’s see how I’ve been going back…way back…to mod!
From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #645 of the NLSC Podcast!
It’s that time of the year again! The preview season is over, and NBA 2K27 is now available via Early Access for gamers who pre-ordered one of the special editions. We’re among those who have already played NBA 2K27 ahead of its full launch on September 4th, and to that end, this week we’re sharing our first hands-on impressions of the game. This includes an in-depth breakdown of all the positives and negatives about gameplay, rosters, and content that we’ve observed so far. Some of our listeners also pre-ordered NBA 2K27 in order to get their hands on it a bit earlier, and they weigh in with their thoughts on the game in this week’s community question.
Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:10:05 — 48.5MB)
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With NBA 2K27 already available via Early Access, Patch 1.3 has come through on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. As always, the patch should download automatically as long as you’re online. If it doesn’t, try restarting your console or Steam client, or checking for updates manually.
At this point, the developers are still taking note of feedback and a lot of people are yet to get their hands on NBA 2K27, so Patch 1.3 doesn’t include any major gameplay adjustments. It’s mostly fixing bugs such as a hang in The Rec, and an issue that prevented the MyCAREER story from advancing after disconnecting from co-op play. However, a couple of the Takeover Abilities have been tweaked, along with Crew XP and REP earn rates. An issue with mods causing performance issues on PC has also been addressed.
Check out the full notes for Patch 1.3 below, as well in the newly-created NBA 2K27 update history in our Wiki! If you have any thoughts on the patch or the game so far, feel free to share them in the comments below, as well as join in the discussion here in the Forum. Stay tuned for Episode #645 of the NLSC Podcast, in which Dee and I will share our first hands-on impressions of NBA 2K27.
We’re at midcourt, and the ball is about to go up…it’s Monday Tip-Off! Join me as I begin the week here at the NLSC with my opinions and commentary on basketball gaming topics, as well as tales of the fun I’ve been having on the virtual hardwood. This week, I’m tipping things off with some thoughts on the oddity of basketball gamers being anti-consumer consumers.
Look, I realise the folly of hitting back against the shills in basketball gaming. If nothing else, it’s amplifying the voices of an already loud contingent of gamers who make their hobby and favourite titles too much of their personality. It’s how you get baited into frustrating arguments by that one person with the terrible take. Mind you, when it comes to anti-consumer consumers, it’s not just a lone contrarian troll. Even if you want to argue that it’s a vocal minority, they’re not only driving the discourse, but emboldening studios to engage in anti-consumer practices.
The release of a new game is always a peak period of anti-consumer consumers. It’s the annual honeymoon phase; that roughly two-week period where there’ll be the most gushing praise and determined pushback on any criticism. When a title is new, it’s easier to blame gamers for any issues they have with it, since they can potentially be chalked up to the need to adjust to any changes to the mechanics and other aspects of the gameplay. Once we’re past the honeymoon phase and there’s more honesty about a game’s flaws, it becomes harder to dismiss criticisms out of hand. Of course, while it takes some of the wind out of their sails, it doesn’t stop the anti-consumer consumers.
Emulation continues to open up new modding possibilities, such as the latest release from wiscard_rush: a ROM hack for Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside for Nintendo 64, which rolls the game back to the 1996 season! This includes accurate player information and starting lineups, and as a fun touch, also changes the name to Nick Van Exel in NBA Courtside. Given that we did see some unexpected choices for cover players back in the mid 90s – such as Sam Cassell for the original NBA ShootOut – I definitely enjoy that detail!
Download the 1996 season ROM Hack for Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside at the link below. You can also check out a video preview of the project here. Shout out to wiscard_rush for the release, and further demonstrating the expanded modding possibilities that emulation is now facilitating. It’s fun to know that we can tinker with another game that’s an old favourite among long-time virtual hoop heads. If you’re in the mood for some more NBA Courtside content, you can also check out my old video retrospective, as well as a look at the game’s interesting midseason rosters.
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Nick Van Exel’s NBA Courtside (1995-96 Season ROM Hack of Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside)
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Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
NBA 2K27 is out now via Early Access, and as such, it’s making its first appearance in the NLSC Top 10 Plays thanks to a wild lob to Clyde Drexler! Plenty of other basketball games remain in the community’s rotations however, as we actually have ten different titles in the countdown this week. Not only that, but there’s a great assortment of plays including a no-look alley-oop in College Hoops 2K8, a fancy finish with finesse in NBA Live 15, trick shots in NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, and of course, rim-rocking poster dunks in multiple games. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
As you may have seen, Daex recently releasing a new editor for NBA 2K14, namely Sigil 2K14. With NBA 2K27 already available via Early Access, he’s started work on a similar modding tool for this year’s game. The initial version of Sigil 2K27 is available now, and can be downloaded at the link below!
It’s presently a file explorer with export functionality, but you can expect more features to be added moving forward. Shout out to Daex for getting the ball rolling on an NBA 2K27 modding tool, and making it freely available to one and all! Obviously there have been some changes in the modding community in recent years with modders taking their work elsewhere – usually in order to charge for it – so we definitely appreciate the folks who have stuck around and are committed to upholding the principles that our community was founded upon way back in 1996. Stay tuned for more release and updates!
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Sigil 2K27
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Welcome to another edition of The Friday Five! Every Friday I cover a topic related to basketball gaming, either as a list of five items, or a Top 5 countdown. The topics for these lists and countdowns include everything from fun facts and recollections to commentary and critique. This week’s Five is a list of five fun discoveries that I’ve made while manipulating cutscenes in basketball video games.
Compared to mechanics, controls, and other design choices and technical aspects, cutscenes aren’t vital to great gameplay on the virtual hardwood. Nevertheless, they’re still an important part of the presentation. If you go back and look at some of our early Wishlists for NBA Live, you’ll see that gamers wanted future titles to add on-court cutscenes for championship celebrations and so forth. Even with the more primitive graphics of the era, such cutscenes would be far more immersive than generic videos or a slightly fancier “A Winner Is You” type of screen upon winning a title.
That wish would ultimately be granted, and for the past couple of decades or so, basketball video games have featured a host of cutscenes from the starting lineup introductions and trophy presentations to cinematic career mode stories and other flavour content. Unsurprisingly, we’ve discovered ways of manipulating many of the cutscenes for greater immersion, content creation, or just our own amusement. I’ve certainly enjoyed dabbling with various titles’ cutscenes for those purposes, and all of the fun and interesting discoveries regarding how they’re assembled, odd bugs and restrictions, and workarounds to get the results that I want. Here are five examples!
We love to see people supporting retro basketball gaming and modding, especially through the release of new mods and tools. To that point, Daex has been working on a roster and career file editor for NBA 2K14 PC, titled Sigil 2K14. It’s still a work in progress, but it’s aiming to be an alternative to RED MC, which while extremely useful is obviously no longer being updated, and can also trigger false positives from security software due to remnants of its old licensing system.
If you’re keen to tinker with the roster and career files for NBA 2K14 PC, check out the Sigil 2K14 editor below! Be sure to hit up Daex with any feedback and bug reports. You can get in touch with him via the Forum, as well as in the NLSC Discord. A big thanks to Daex for his efforts so far, and hopefully this tool will inspire and facilitate some more fantastic (and freely-available) projects for NBA 2K14 in the near future!
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Sigil 2K14
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This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! From retrospectives of basketball games and their interesting features, to republished articles and looking at NBA history through the lens of the virtual hardwood, Wednesdays at the NLSC are for going back in time. This week, I’m taking a look back at the courts used in Street mode and 24/7: Road to the EBC in NBA 2K6 for Xbox 360.
Revisiting NBA 2K6 for Xbox 360 on a whim has retroactively made it one of my favourite basketball video games. Way back in 2006, I’d been unimpressed by the PlayStation 2 version, but since coming to enjoy the Xbox 360 release, I’ve greatly warmed up to its sixth generation counterpart as well. Fittingly for a game that I overlooked for so many years, NBA 2K6 has also allowed me to develop more of an affinity for a mode I seldom bothered to play, namely Street. Yes, after all these years, JaoSming’s love of Blacktop and its predecessor mode finally rubbed off on me!
It undoubtedly helps that Street mode in NBA 2K6 boasted some fantastic locations to hoop in. They were also a part of 24/7: Road to the EBC, providing great backdrops to a fun and challenging barnstorming mode. Of course, it’s just as fun to assemble a couple of squads and hit the virtual blacktop (and in some cases, hardwood) for once-off showdowns. And so, just as I once took a look back at the memorable one-on-one courts in NBA Live 2003, today I’m giving the same treatment to the Street courts in NBA 2K6 for Xbox 360. Let’s take a look back…way back…
From courtside of the virtual hardwood, it’s Episode #644 of the NLSC Podcast!
The big NBA 2K27 infodump has come and gone, which means it’s essentially a wrap on what has been one of the shortest (and honestly, underwhelming) preview seasons for a Triple-A basketball video game. Nevertheless, we do have some details to discuss, as well as some more gameplay footage courtesy of a recent event for content creators. As such, this week we join the community in reacting to what we’ve seen and learned, while also sharing a few thoughts on influencer culture and a disappointing lack of accountability for content creators nowadays. We also share some thoughts on the impending shutdown of NBA Live Mobile, and seemingly the end of NBA Live as a brand.
Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:03:32 — 44.0MB)
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To get involved with the mailbag or to provide any feedback on the show, hit us up in the comments, reach out on social media, or post here in the NLSC Forum! For more information on the NLSC Podcast including episode guides, check out this page in our Wiki. You can also find the show on our YouTube channel, along with the rest of our video content. As always, thanks for tuning in, and go get buckets!
We’re at midcourt, and the ball is about to go up…it’s Monday Tip-Off! Join me as I begin the week here at the NLSC with my opinions and commentary on basketball gaming topics, as well as tales of the fun I’ve been having on the virtual hardwood. This week, I’m tipping things off with some reflections (and a few untold stories) as I mark 25 years of running the NLSC.
On August 25th 2001, Tim officially announced that I’d be succeeding him as the NLSC’s webmaster. It was already August 26th here in Australia, so that’s the date of my first post on the site. Whichever date you want to use, this time of year marks my anniversary of taking the reins here at the NLSC. It’s mind-blowing to think that at this point, I’ve been running the site for more than half of my life! To that point, it’s truly surreal to be able to say that as of this week, I’ve been doing this for a quarter of a century now.
As the years have gone by, I’ve made it a point to mark my anniversary in some way, whether via a social media post or a feature here on the site. Just to be clear right out of the gate: this isn’t a retirement announcement! As I’ve said before, it’s tough to say how long I’ll do this, or to even consider the end of my involvement with the site and what will happen thereafter. It’s very much a “we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” situation, because as long as I’m willing and able to channel my enthusiasm for basketball gaming into content creation, I’m going to keep having fun doing so. That’s why as I celebrate 25 years at the helm of the NLSC, I believe I still have work to do.
Today’s mod releases for NBA 2K14 feature an assortment of jerseys from SlippyG, including 2013 season jerseys for the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers, as well as a fictional pink Lakers uniform. Check them all out at the links below!
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2012-2013 Phoenix Suns Jerseys
2012-2013 Phoenix Suns Latin Nights Jerseys
Los Angeles Lakers Noche Latina Jersey
Los Angeles Lakers Pink Jerseys
Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to our Downloads database! If you need help uploading files, be sure to check out this video tutorial. For more information about downloads, the modding community, and Mod Releases bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.
Get ready for more fantastic highlights from the basketball gaming community in the NLSC Top 10 Plays of the Week, curated by Dee! New and old games alike are featured in this celebration of spectacular moments on the virtual hardwood. To submit your clips, post them in this topic, send Dee a message, or hit him up on X.
NBA 2K27 will be available next week via Early Access for gamers who pre-ordered the special editions, so we should be seeing some highlights from it in the NLSC Top 10 Plays very soon! In the meantime however, people are still playing NBA 2K26, along with a selection of all-time classics and personal old favourites. To that end, there are nine different games in the countdown this week, from NBA Live 2001 all the way through to NBA 2K26. Whether you’re looking forward to NBA 2K27 or you intend to keep retro basketball gaming, as always these highlights will fire you up to hit the virtual hardwood this weekend. Let’s get to the action!
What was your favourite highlight this week? Sound off in the comments below, and once again, get in on the fun by sending us your best plays! Remember, as long as it’s a basketball game, it’s eligible for the countdown. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to us on YouTube for more basketball gaming videos.
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