Tag Archives: Retro

Even as NBA 2K22 looms, the NBA 2K21 modding community remains hard at work, as evident by the latest file additions! Today’s releases include new retro faces by mjk2000, and Shuajota’s updated offseason rosters, 2021 Draft Class, and Olympic Games roster demo. Check them all out at the links below!

mjk2000
1974 Utah Jazz Blue Re-Branding (2K77)
1978 Swen Nater Face
1976 Bob Dandridge Face
1977 Sam Lacey Face

Shuajota
PCBasket Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Demo
2021-22 Attention to Detail Roster
2021 Realistic Draft Class

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Today’s file additions for NBA 2K20 feature the latest retro courts from Bassman58. They’re also compatible with NBA 2K21 PC. Download them all at the links below!

Bassman58
Milwaukee Bucks 1970-71 Milwaukee Arena
New York Knicks 1994-95 Madison Square Garden
Portland Trail Blazers 1990-91 Memorial Coliseum
Golden State Warriors 1990-91 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Los Angeles Lakers 1970-71 Forum
New York Knicks Madison 1971-72 Square Garden

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Today’s file additions for NBA 2K21 PC include retro player faces, throwback jerseys for the New York Knicks, and ESPN and FOX scoreboards. Download them all at the links below!

NoXeMo
2013-2017 New York Knicks Jerseys
J.R. Smith Retro Face
LeBron James Heat Face
Tyson Chandler Retro Face
Tony Parker 2 Faces Pack
Derek Fisher 2 Faces Pack
Jason Kidd Old Face

mjk2000
1977 George McGinnis Face
1978 Henry Bibby Face
1977 Artis Gilmore Face
1978 Rich Kelley Face
1977 Otto Moore Face

Karinge
ESPN & FOX 2021 Scoreboard (Updated to Final version)

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If you’ve tuned in to the NLSC Podcast as of late, you will have heard Dee4Three and I talking about the Classic Seasons mods for NBA 2K19 PC, created by Stildo33 and company. With the server shutdown last year, it’s obviously been more difficult for the rosters to be distributed.

Fortunately, that’s no longer the case! Stildo33 has uploaded the rosters so that they can be downloaded the “old-fashioned” way, along with the necessary art packs. You can find all of the download links here in the NBA 2K19 Modding section.

Presently, the Classic Seasons mods for NBA 2K19 cover 1988-89 through to 1993-94. The releases that are currently available came out last December, but new versions are being worked on. Additionally, further seasons are also in the pipeline, with the 1995 mod already well under way.

If you’re still playing NBA 2K19 PC, and even if you’re not, I highly recommend checking out the mods. A lot of care and attention to detail has gone into them, and as you can see from the videos and screenshots users of the mod have been posting, it’s resulted in highly accurate performance. The mods have been put to good use in games being played over Parsec, and you can check out some highlights over on our YouTube channel. Congratulations and thanks to Stildo33 and company for all of their hard work so far!

Here are the latest file additions for NBA 2K13! Today’s releases include Pyromania1983’s fictional jerseys for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics, and Dallas Mavericks, and the latest version of PatTheHead’s retro roster pack featuring hundreds of new face updates by Oldstyle2k. Download all of today’s NBA 2K13 file additions at the links below!

Pyromania1983
Pyromania1983’s Fictional Oklahoma City Thunder Uniform Concepts
Pyromania1983’s Fictional Boston Celtics Uniform Concepts
Pyromania1983’s Fictional Dallas Mavericks Uniform Concepts

PatTheHead
1946/47 to 1989/90 ABA + NBA Seasons (Updated to v5.6)

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Today’s file additions for NBA 2K14 PC include a 1950s court for the Boston Celtics, as well as fictional jersey packs for the Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks. Download all of today’s NBA 2K14 file additions at the links below!

nbatak
1950s Boston Celtics Arena

Pyromania1983
Pyromania1983’s Fictional Oklahoma City Thunder Uniform Concepts
Pyromania1983’s Fictional Dallas Mavericks Uniform Concepts
Pyromania1983’s Fictional Boston Celtics Uniform Concepts

Ibano
Shakur Global

PandaGraphic
2021 30 Team Courts

ROMMEL2K
NBA 2K21 Presentation

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In today’s file additions for NBA 2K17, our own Dee4Three has released a face for Clyde Drexler, converted from NBA 2K21. Pick it up at the link below!

Dee4Three
Clyde Drexler Face From 2K21 Converted to 2K17

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Today’s file additions for NBA 2K20 PC feature the latest retro court releases from Bassman58. Check them all out at the links below!

Bassman58
Boston Celtics 1985-86 Boston Garden
Chicago Bulls 1995-96 United Center
Chicago Bulls 1997-98 United Center
Chicago Bulls 2010-11 United Center
Cleveland Cavaliers 1989-90 Richfield Coliseum
Denver Nuggets 1993-94 McNichols Sports Arena
Los Angeles Lakers 1990-91 Great Western Forum
Los Angeles Lakers 1964-65 LA Sports Memorial Arena

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The latest file additions for NBA 2K21 PC include current and retro faces, and a throwback jersey for the Denver Nuggets. Download them all at the links below!

NoXeMo
Chris Paul 2014 Face
Carmelo Anthony Nuggets Face
2008 Denver Nuggets Shining Jerseys

Shuajota
Mamadi Diakite Face
Devon Dotson Face
Jae´Sean Tate Face
Daquan Jeffries Face
Armoni Brooks Face
Sam Merrill Face

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Pick up Bassman58’s latest retro court updates in today’s file additions for NBA 2K20! Please see below for all the download links.

Bassman58
Chicago Bulls 1985-86 Court
Chicago Bulls 1987-94 Court
Boston Celtics 1964-65 Boston Garden
Los Angeles Lakers 1986-1987 The Forum

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Welcome to this week’s edition of The Friday Five! The Friday Five is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to NBA Live, NBA 2K, and other basketball video games, as well as the real NBA, and other areas of interest to our community. The feature is presented as either a list of five items, or in the form of a Top 5 countdown. This week’s Five is a breakdown of five decisions that have to be made when making retro season mods.

When I discovered the NLSC in August 1997 via an Altavista search – yes, before Googling was a thing! – I was enthralled by modding, or patching as it was called back then. As I’ve said before, the ability to give my created Michael Jordan actual bio data and edit the jersey numbers of original players was honestly mind-blowing. Like a lot of gamers, I’d tried to keep the rosters of my favourite game up to date, but the editors that our founders made opened up the possibility of creating detailed roster modifications and then sharing them with other people. I was hooked.

As the current roster update for NBA Live 96 also featured retro season rosters, I discovered that concept at the same time, and it likewise drew me in. I went on to create several current roster updates over the years, as well as a few retro season mods. With official updates handling the current rosters – quibbles with their quality aside – big retro projects are more in vogue these days. We’re seeing some fantastic retro rosters for recent NBA 2K titles, and I love it! Speaking from experience, there are a few decisions that you have to make when you’re preparing to make retro season mods, in order to have the best chance of success. Today, I’m outlining five of them.

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This is Wayback Wednesday, your midweek blast from the past! In this feature, we dig into the archives, look back at the history of basketball gaming, and indulge in some nostalgia. Check in every Wednesday for retrospectives and other features on older versions of NBA Live, NBA 2K, and old school basketball video games in general. You’ll also find old NLSC editorials re-published with added commentary, and other flashback content. This week, I’m sharing some screenshots of various players in NBA Live 10, sporting retro jerseys from their rookie seasons.

Among the many appealing features of NBA Live 10 was the reintroduction of retro jerseys. Every team had a home and away throwback from a significant era in their history (or a popular design as the case may be). It was a welcome sight after the jump to the seventh generation resulted in a loss of retro content, from jerseys to Legends teams. If you’re playing a season or franchise game, or even just an exhibition, it’s fun to be able to choose from a selection of uniforms past and present. To that end, NBA 2K currently does a great job in presenting a selection of retro jerseys.

NBA Live 10 has been my retro gaming jam as of late, and while browsing the game’s rosters, I had a fun idea. Although they were nearing the end of their career, a number of players from the 90s were still active as of NBA Live 10. Glancing at the selection of retro jerseys in the game, there are many that were sported by well-known 90s players in their rookie seasons. Almost all of those players had moved on to another team by the 2010 season, but I thought it’d be fun to place them back on their rookie teams, and outfit them in the relevant throwbacks. Let’s take a look back…way back…

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Episode #373 of the NLSC Podcast is out now! Derek (aka Dee4Three) and I are your hosts for this weekly podcast that’s all about basketball gaming.

Our first foray into playing NBA 2K17 head to head using Parsec and Steam Remote Play didn’t go as well as we hoped, but we’re not giving up just yet. Following up on the announcement that prompted our main discussion in Episode #368, the PlayStation 3 Store is remaining open, preserving NBA Jam: On Fire Edition a little longer. Although the preview season is still months away, we’ve been thinking about past innovations that changed basketball gaming, and what would excite us for NBA 2K22. Surprisingly, it’s still not shoelace physics! In this week’s mailbag, we’re taking a look back at NBA Live 09 on PlayStation 2, and discuss buying prior gen games after we’ve moved on to a new console.

Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:47:58 — 74.2MB)

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Join in the conversation in the comments below, or here in the Forum! Additionally, feel free to hit us up with any feedback on the episode, as well as mailbag questions and topic suggestions for future shows. For more information on the NLSC Podcast including episode guides, check out this page in our Wiki. The show also comes out on our YouTube channel, so be sure to subscribe for future episodes and other video content.

Episode #371 of the NLSC Podcast is out now! Derek (aka Dee4Three) and I are your hosts for this weekly podcast that’s all about basketball gaming.

We’ve both caught the modding bug, but one of us has been far more motivated and productive than the other. Of course, that doesn’t stop us from making lofty plans for roster projects! A recent Tweet by the EA Playtesting account offers a glimmer of hope for the future of NBA Live, though we’re wary about reading too much into it. Meanwhile, polls on Twitter and Reddit have made it clear how the community feels about the prospect of shot aiming in NBA 2K22…and invited toxic responses from the online elitists. In this week’s mailbag, we’re reminiscing about ESPN NBA 2K5 and NBA Live 2005, and discussing the idea of MyTEAM being released as a standalone game.

Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:46:34 — 73.3MB)

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Join in the conversation in the comments below, or here in the Forum! Additionally, feel free to hit us up with any feedback on the episode, as well as mailbag questions and topic suggestions for future shows. For more information on the NLSC Podcast including episode guides, check out this page in our Wiki. The show also comes out on our YouTube channel, so be sure to subscribe for future episodes and other video content.

Our own Dee4Three has been hard at work on faces for a variety of games recently, resulting in today’s file additions for NBA 2K19. Pick up a face for Charles Jones at the link below, and stay tuned for more retro season rosters for NBA 2K19, where this face can be put to use! Also be sure to check out this week’s episode of the NLSC Podcast, hosted by Dee4Three and myself.

Dee4Three
Charles Jones Face by Dee4Three

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 File Additions bulletins, please see this FAQ in our Wiki.