Was blown away by this game when it came out. Dreamcast was the system to own. The game looked great back then but most importantly the gameplay was very fun & challenging. The early days of 2K Sports games were something else.
Yeah I remember playing this on dreamcast at like a kb toys or whatever that store was called. Couldn't afford to buy it so that's the only time I could play it, but it was awesome.
This dropped when I was 5 and just had "borrowed" my sister's boyfriend's Dreamcast from him. I remember taking it to my grandparents house the same night I got it, and my grandma, completely seriously, asked me "Who's playing tonight"? The graphics were that good for the time. This game also started my love for the Dreamcast, which remains to this day, lol
It happened to me with my grandpa while i was playing winning eleven 2002 Also with my dad 2 years ago with f1, but at least the last one is understandable, the graphics from afar looks like real life racing
Happened w my step grandpa as well. He thought 2k football was a live game being broadcast. "Didn't know the 49ers were playing on Saturday. How are they doing?" Took a few plays for him to realize I was playing a game, and not watching one. 😆
To think that this game came out 22 years ago… While I know practically nothing about Basketball, I still love watching the history of the older sports games.
Fun fact: The roots of NBA 2K actually started on the Sega Saturn when Visual Concepts developed NBA Action 98, later ported to the PlayStation as NBA Fastbreak '98.
Also wasn't VC working with EA at some point? I don't remember on what exactly. I think it was either Tiger, NHL or Fifa. Edit: I've checked. They worked on Madden 94-95, NHL 95-97 for SNES and PlayStation.
This game was the reason I bought the Dreamcast. I remember seeing the advertisement in sports illustrated magazine and it said “actual gameplay” underneath the pictures and I knew it would be epic
Seeing videos like this seriously warms my heart. I personally feel anyone born in 81' we experienced the true golden age in American history. From the music, movies, cartoons , TV shows, and the evolution of video games we have witnessed is unmatched. I'm so thankful for the era I was born in. No joke it brings a tear to my eye how great times were back then.
Had this on the PS2 but it was called 2k2 and it was the best basketball I had ever played. You actually could use strategy! Perfect simulation. I played all the games coming up....from double dribble to lakers vs celtics, nba lives and this was easiest the most realistic for it's time. Fond memories😅
@@therealspikeflee Live never matched 2k from that point on. The end was near. 2k innovated so many features at that time it was mind blowing. Like I said it was the end or better put beginning of the end. Remember 2k was the first to implement real shot blocking. At the time that was a cold feature. Not to mention the playground option was crazy. Thanks for making dig deep to remember how cold the 2k series came up on the scene.
@@shoelessjoe5990 same. One of the 1st games I played on my Dreamcast. NFL 2K was why I wanted and got a Dreamcast. I loved NFL 2K, NHL 2K, and NBA 2K. Played them a lot
I can’t believe that NBA 2K and NBA2k1 aren’t more fondly remembered. Those games were so dope back in 99 and 2000. The gameplay was so sick and the dunks were ‘ohhh so satisfying
NBA live was ruling SUPREME talking about the popularity all the way till the late 2000s. That's why. I played NBA live since the NBA live 96 till NBA live 08. Started playing NBA 2K only since the 2K9. And never looked back.
You know, these retrospectives are interesting for someone like me who completely didn't try out sports games growing up. Makes me want to get these games and try them out. Thank you SoftdrinkTV.
This game was amazing. The second one on the Dreamcast was just as good if not better. But I had never seen graphics like this at the time. The instant replay function was so good. For the time, the facial models were great as well.
When it came time to shoot free throws at our house… we’d click the Left and Right triggers and bounce on the couch yelling “Miss It Miss It” like it’s a college game …. Man, the good ole days were great…
Hey I want to let you know that is because of your channel that I took out my GameCube and bought madden 07 and 08. Both of which are better than the past 10 most recent Madden. Thanks man keep up the videos
I remember being literally one of the only guys at my school playing 2k on the Dreamcast around 2000 and 2001. It just blows my mind how popular the game is today, because everyone was such NBA Live fans during that time. And those green arrows at the free throws 😂 brings back so many memories, not to mention the actual parks and gyms they had in the game like Rucker, The Cage, Venice Beach, Fonde, Franklin Park, etc… later in 2k1 and 2k2
The Sega Dreamcast was such a underrated system . A ton of those games still hold up to this day , some really do look beautiful still and just play great . Do u only do sports games ? Would like to see a Dreamcast library of games revisited if possible. You won't be disappointed that's for sure 😉
@@rastas_4221 Oh I absolutely agree , when I was a kid I ended up getting the PS2 over the Dreamcast myself . Wanted both so badly but Mom said pick 1 and it was the PS2 . I don't regret it , but do wish I had a Dreamcast as a kid that's for sure
I had the unofficial first 2k on Sega Saturn called NBA Action 98. I remember playing this on Dreamcast, I got it for Christmas. It's insane to see the change over time, you used to get made fun of for playing 2k over live lol God I'm old lmao
I can still vividly remember going over to my cousins house on Thanksgiving day of 1999. He had just gotten this. Aside from Thanksgiving dinner, we pretty much stayed up in his den the entire day playing this, going back-and-forth on competitive matches. That time is still to this day one of my favorite holiday memories.
Got to say that out of the 3 NBA2K games on dreamcast, the best one is probably either 2k1 or 2k2 2k1 has way more simulation based game play, while 2k2 is much more arcade like. 2k is almost like a middle ground kind of game that has simulation game play, but arcade-ish controls and speed
Like the Dreamcast itself, 2K Sports hit that generation with a bang. Those games were awesome for 1999. NFL 2K OBLITERATED Madden 2000. And yeah, NBA 2K was a step up from NBA Live...easily. They did what EA needed: Provided competition. And for a while, that company rose to the challenge. We know what eventually happened.
That Dreamcast was so ahead of its time. I remember I lived 2 blocks away from my cousin, and I used to walk to his house early in the mornings and play this and NFL 2k before he even woke up 😂😂
I can tell you as someone who was an early believer in the dreamcast. NBA 2K blew my 8 year old brain into little bits. The graphics and gameplay were amazing, second only to the NFL 2K game out around the same time. Allen Iverson being my favorite player at the time (now too) had to have the game and I was more than happy with the game. Seeing your character yelling while making a dunk or block was such a great detail... NBA 2K6 though, with that sweat renderer oooooooweeeeeeeeee
My mom bought a Dreamcast for me (yeah, I was 22 at the time, but still...mom!) back when the console was initiating discontinuation, and I was all-in with this series here. Yes, very realistic, very fundamental, nice to look at, and the free throw system I loved (my buddy Matt had problems with it though). Game really holds up, series continues to excel.
My friends and I put hundreds - maybe even thousands - of hours into this game as well as the 2 Dreamcast sequels after it. I hadn't touched a 2K game in several years, but just recently played 2K22, and honestly.....while it looks gorgeous, I think I enjoyed this game much more. One of the biggest reasons for me personally is that when we played this back in 99, we all created our own players and teams, we almost never used real life players, and we had a blast coming up with the most ridiculous creations possible. I remember I made the smallest player the game would allow, named him Flea, after the RHCP bass player, and of course I made him a center! lmao The level of freedom this game had for creativity was unmatched, and in 1999, felt like a dream come true. The more modern games seem to have stripped away that level of control. Like in 2K22, you can create your own players and teams still, but - unless I'm completely stupid about the game - it's significantly harder to just get the players you want on a team. In this game, you just selected the players you wanted for your team, and that's it. But in 2K22, you have to go through a million steps to get them on the team you want, and then you even have to mess with the myleague settings to KEEP them on that team, or else they might get drafted/traded by another team. I don't know, I guess I'm just frustrated with how the newer games always seem to overcomplicate things, but in its time, this game was absolutely mind blowing to me. And even though the graphics are obviously dated now, the game itself stands as one of the best sports games ever made.
I used to put in the code to unlock Wayne Gretzky and so many times in the game you would hear "number 99 passes the puck. Number 99 gets the puck. Number 99 shoots! Number 99 with the howitzer. Number 99 scores!"
You didn't have to cook NBA Live 95...that game was groundbreaking in its own right lmao. That game was almost as big an improvement as 2K was in 1994.
This video is special cloth, not many can say they were there at the start. So many memories🔥 I remember figuring out how to throw lobs off the glass being a proud moment for me. 🙏🏾
I remember when 2K first came out. I saw it at Tampa Bay Mall at Babbage's. They had a display TV that was directed outside and damn near the entire ground floor was frozen watching the demo. I never saw a game shut shit down like that and haven't seen it since and it's two decades plus later.
3:43 - As an owner of the original NBA 2K, can confirm. The Lakers jerseys weren't quite right, but to be fair, they had JUST had their first major change since 1986 and the biggest uniform change since 1966.
I remember being a kid and playing Live like it was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Then 2K came out. Turns out, THAT was the best thing that had ever happened to me. Sidebar, any plans to review 2K22?
2K Sports, especially NFL 2K is why I got the Dreamcast. Loved NFL 2K, NHL 2K and NBA 2K Shooting foul shots was such a challenge. Really had to get those sensitive triggers pushed just right to line up the arrows
NBA 2K - NBA 2K6 were amazing. NBA 2K1 is still my favorite of the series. Then NBA 2K7 came out and became way to realistic for it's own good. It was back to NBA Live for me starting with NBA Live 08.
Man, I was 15 when this game released lol. At first I honestly disliked it because it didn’t play like Live. It felt harder and more difficult to control. But once I got used to it being more simulation based, I loved it. And the free throw system was crazy but when you really learn it, it can become fun to use. But my all time favorite thing about the game at the time was the player creation. It allowed me to have certain accessories like leg sleeves and rubber bands. (I was heavy into rubber bands back then 😂) Great video! It really took me back. Definitely subbing.
Let's be real, no matter how great game they used to make, by now they would work only on Olympics. Judging from SEGA pulling out of sports games after VT4.
This game was a huge deal for me. Amazing in late 1999; the details that no other game had presented before were present here, from the design of individual arenas (believe it or not, this wasn't really done before 2K) to Stockton's short shorts to Shaq's free throw stance. The Dreamcast was a huge leap over N64 and PSX. And even presented a good jump over my Pentium III in 1999 (to be fair, in this case this wasn't because the PC hardware wasn't superior [at least off the CPU] but because the software standards, particularly for PC sports games, were often specc'd lower).
I have an idea for a next video. "How would a good football game look like" i think you have a great vision for that. And I feel like you about the old football games.
I actually picked up a Dreamcast a few days ago and I ordered nba2k1, nfl2k1, and a few other gems my favorite console growing up had this game back in 2000.
Greetings from Florida. I was fortunate enough to be in college living with 3 of my best friends to this day...we played this game endlessly. BTW the NFL 2K series was definitely fantastic
Nfl2k , Nhl2k ,nfl2k ... All absolutely incredible and mind blowing when they came out. They were just so smooth and so many little details that no game had .. heck even games now don't have. I used to love watching the players on the bench realistically watch and respond to the play.
Double dribble is by far the most realistic basketball game I've played. I mean the look the tank like control, Sprite flickering how can you not mention this classic.
Bro i was 15 working at McDonald’s just to save four checks to buy the Dreamcast and the game after 9/9/99….memories….the graphics was like playing an arcade game at home
Man I remember seeing this in the mall on a demo screen. Grabbed s dreamcast and been playing 2k ever since. It was always deeper than Live's arcadey gameplay....
I Remember 2k1 and 2k2 me n my cousins use to play those games faithfully the Dreamcast was lowkey ahead of its time. And better than the ps1 in my opinion
I actually like your voice like this!
I’ll get sick more often then!
@@SOFTDRINKTV please don’t it’s bad for your health 😀
@@SOFTDRINKTV Nice
Plz don’t get sick
It's like in season 4 of Friends when Phoebe got sick and got a new singing voice
Was blown away by this game when it came out. Dreamcast was the system to own. The game looked great back then but most importantly the gameplay was very fun & challenging. The early days of 2K Sports games were something else.
Yeah I remember playing this on dreamcast at like a kb toys or whatever that store was called. Couldn't afford to buy it so that's the only time I could play it, but it was awesome.
Going from Live 2000 on my PS1 to this blew my 10 year old mind in a way I still can't fully comprehend. It was such a grand leap at the time.
@@nigelhighlands3131 exactly i was an nba live fanatic since 97 but when this came out i couldnt believe the graphics and gameplay
I loved my dreamcast when it was out and I had nba 2k, 2k1, 2k2 and 3
Dreamcast was the best, 2k and power stone fueled so many middle school sleepovers. 2k3 is still the best, we still play it
This dropped when I was 5 and just had "borrowed" my sister's boyfriend's Dreamcast from him. I remember taking it to my grandparents house the same night I got it, and my grandma, completely seriously, asked me "Who's playing tonight"? The graphics were that good for the time.
This game also started my love for the Dreamcast, which remains to this day, lol
It happened to me with my grandpa while i was playing winning eleven 2002
Also with my dad 2 years ago with f1, but at least the last one is understandable, the graphics from afar looks like real life racing
Happened w my step grandpa as well. He thought 2k football was a live game being broadcast. "Didn't know the 49ers were playing on Saturday. How are they doing?" Took a few plays for him to realize I was playing a game, and not watching one. 😆
To think that this game came out 22 years ago… While I know practically nothing about Basketball, I still love watching the history of the older sports games.
I know about basketball but i feel the same way while watching a review of madden, mlb or nhl
Fun fact: The roots of NBA 2K actually started on the Sega Saturn when Visual Concepts developed NBA Action 98, later ported to the PlayStation as NBA Fastbreak '98.
I was waiting for someone to bring that up. Perhaps he is planning a video covering that fact.
Also wasn't VC working with EA at some point? I don't remember on what exactly. I think it was either Tiger, NHL or Fifa.
Edit: I've checked. They worked on Madden 94-95, NHL 95-97 for SNES and PlayStation.
I had NBA Action on PC. Game was FAR ahead of it time
Wikipedia is pretty cool huh?
I'll do you one better! Check out Virtua NBA. It was actually in between NBA Action and the original NBA 2K! Thank me later, youngin's!
NFL 2K and NBA 2K on the dreamcast BLEW ME AWAY as a kid. I had never seen a sports game that felt so real as these two.
This game was the reason I bought the Dreamcast. I remember seeing the advertisement in sports illustrated magazine and it said “actual gameplay” underneath the pictures and I knew it would be epic
That's why SEGA is a great company when it comes to video games. They know how to compete and push their competitors to the limits.
Nowadays not so much look at what they did with Sonic
@@SportsFan-vq9kk SEGA is an idiot, but I rather take an idiot over EA and 2K's greed
Seeing videos like this seriously warms my heart. I personally feel anyone born in 81' we experienced the true golden age in American history.
From the music, movies, cartoons , TV shows, and the evolution of video games we have witnessed is unmatched. I'm so thankful for the era I was born in. No joke it brings a tear to my eye how great times were back then.
People always forget that Sega that lay down the foundation of 2K this good old days. Good competition
Dreamcast was so awesome! 4 ports and some 2 vs 2 on NFL2K! Such amazing times. Thanks for this video, loved the start of the 2K era
Had this on the PS2 but it was called 2k2 and it was the best basketball I had ever played. You actually could use strategy! Perfect simulation. I played all the games coming up....from double dribble to lakers vs celtics, nba lives and this was easiest the most realistic for it's time. Fond memories😅
32 years old here.
When this came out we all knew it was the end of Live
I’m 31 and you just lied live ain’t die until 07
@@therealspikeflee Live never matched 2k from that point on. The end was near. 2k innovated so many features at that time it was mind blowing. Like I said it was the end or better put beginning of the end.
Remember 2k was the first to implement real shot blocking. At the time that was a cold feature. Not to mention the playground option was crazy. Thanks for making dig deep to remember how cold the 2k series came up on the scene.
Wrong
It died in 2006
@@therealspikeflee I'm 34 and you're wrong
@@therealspikeflee facts I’d say 06
I had this on the Sega Dreamcast. One of the best sports games I’ve ever played
I still have it on the Dreamcast 😁
@@shoelessjoe5990 same. One of the 1st games I played on my Dreamcast. NFL 2K was why I wanted and got a Dreamcast. I loved NFL 2K, NHL 2K, and NBA 2K. Played them a lot
@@shoelessjoe5990 man I hate I traded mine in
@@JabariStamps sorry to hear that 😞
3:52 as someone born in 1989 I can confirm this was a great looking game
Born the same year as you and I agree with you wholeheartedly!!!
I can’t believe that NBA 2K and NBA2k1 aren’t more fondly remembered. Those games were so dope back in 99 and 2000. The gameplay was so sick and the dunks were ‘ohhh so satisfying
Yep. Not even modern ones can.
NBA live was ruling SUPREME talking about the popularity all the way till the late 2000s. That's why. I played NBA live since the NBA live 96 till NBA live 08. Started playing NBA 2K only since the 2K9. And never looked back.
I played this game on my PC and it's fucking legendary with the players of the 99 season and the realism of NBA was awesome
Remember playing this on the old Sega Dreamcast their final console
I feel you with the cold, going through it rn as well. Get well soon!
You know, these retrospectives are interesting for someone like me who completely didn't try out sports games growing up. Makes me want to get these games and try them out. Thank you SoftdrinkTV.
This game was amazing. The second one on the Dreamcast was just as good if not better. But I had never seen graphics like this at the time. The instant replay function was so good. For the time, the facial models were great as well.
We would sometimes just sit back and watch the CPU play these on the Dreamcast.. insane how good it looked back then
I let the show 21 play on accident and first time since Dreamcast that I was like wow it looks real
When it came time to shoot free throws at our house… we’d click the Left and Right triggers and bounce on the couch yelling “Miss It Miss It” like it’s a college game …. Man, the good ole days were great…
I remember being blown away seeing the goal shake after you dunk this game and NFL 2k was the reason I got a Dreamcast as a kid
Hey I want to let you know that is because of your channel that I took out my GameCube and bought madden 07 and 08. Both of which are better than the past 10 most recent Madden. Thanks man keep up the videos
I remember being literally one of the only guys at my school playing 2k on the Dreamcast around 2000 and 2001. It just blows my mind how popular the game is today, because everyone was such NBA Live fans during that time. And those green arrows at the free throws 😂 brings back so many memories, not to mention the actual parks and gyms they had in the game like Rucker, The Cage, Venice Beach, Fonde, Franklin Park, etc… later in 2k1 and 2k2
I miss the 2K games from the PS2 era that had the ESPN license....especially NHL.
The Sega Dreamcast was such a underrated system . A ton of those games still hold up to this day , some really do look beautiful still and just play great . Do u only do sports games ? Would like to see a Dreamcast library of games revisited if possible. You won't be disappointed that's for sure 😉
@@rastas_4221 Oh I absolutely agree , when I was a kid I ended up getting the PS2 over the Dreamcast myself . Wanted both so badly but Mom said pick 1 and it was the PS2 . I don't regret it , but do wish I had a Dreamcast as a kid that's for sure
I had the unofficial first 2k on Sega Saturn called NBA Action 98. I remember playing this on Dreamcast, I got it for Christmas. It's insane to see the change over time, you used to get made fun of for playing 2k over live lol God I'm old lmao
I can still vividly remember going over to my cousins house on Thanksgiving day of 1999. He had just gotten this. Aside from Thanksgiving dinner, we pretty much stayed up in his den the entire day playing this, going back-and-forth on competitive matches. That time is still to this day one of my favorite holiday memories.
Got to say that out of the 3 NBA2K games on dreamcast, the best one is probably either 2k1 or 2k2
2k1 has way more simulation based game play, while 2k2 is much more arcade like. 2k is almost like a middle ground kind of game that has simulation game play, but arcade-ish controls and speed
Like the Dreamcast itself, 2K Sports hit that generation with a bang. Those games were awesome for 1999. NFL 2K OBLITERATED Madden 2000. And yeah, NBA 2K was a step up from NBA Live...easily. They did what EA needed: Provided competition. And for a while, that company rose to the challenge. We know what eventually happened.
That Dreamcast was so ahead of its time. I remember I lived 2 blocks away from my cousin, and I used to walk to his house early in the mornings and play this and NFL 2k before he even woke up 😂😂
I miss that free-throw system. Could work well with the adaptive triggers on the PS5.
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Man I remember the struggle of trying to learn the system. Once It was learned though 100% shooting percentage on everybody in game including Shaq.
I can tell you as someone who was an early believer in the dreamcast. NBA 2K blew my 8 year old brain into little bits. The graphics and gameplay were amazing, second only to the NFL 2K game out around the same time. Allen Iverson being my favorite player at the time (now too) had to have the game and I was more than happy with the game. Seeing your character yelling while making a dunk or block was such a great detail... NBA 2K6 though, with that sweat renderer oooooooweeeeeeeeee
Me: you were born in 1999? You're such a baby 😂
Also me: *born in 2000* 💀
Huge fan of basketball so it’s nice to come on youtube and see you uploaded a new video on a basketball game
My mom bought a Dreamcast for me (yeah, I was 22 at the time, but still...mom!) back when the console was initiating discontinuation, and I was all-in with this series here. Yes, very realistic, very fundamental, nice to look at, and the free throw system I loved (my buddy Matt had problems with it though). Game really holds up, series continues to excel.
My friends and I put hundreds - maybe even thousands - of hours into this game as well as the 2 Dreamcast sequels after it. I hadn't touched a 2K game in several years, but just recently played 2K22, and honestly.....while it looks gorgeous, I think I enjoyed this game much more. One of the biggest reasons for me personally is that when we played this back in 99, we all created our own players and teams, we almost never used real life players, and we had a blast coming up with the most ridiculous creations possible. I remember I made the smallest player the game would allow, named him Flea, after the RHCP bass player, and of course I made him a center! lmao
The level of freedom this game had for creativity was unmatched, and in 1999, felt like a dream come true. The more modern games seem to have stripped away that level of control. Like in 2K22, you can create your own players and teams still, but - unless I'm completely stupid about the game - it's significantly harder to just get the players you want on a team. In this game, you just selected the players you wanted for your team, and that's it. But in 2K22, you have to go through a million steps to get them on the team you want, and then you even have to mess with the myleague settings to KEEP them on that team, or else they might get drafted/traded by another team.
I don't know, I guess I'm just frustrated with how the newer games always seem to overcomplicate things, but in its time, this game was absolutely mind blowing to me. And even though the graphics are obviously dated now, the game itself stands as one of the best sports games ever made.
I used to do the big guy spend move as a joke and laugh bigtime. Spinning with shaq was hilarious
This game looked absolutely incredible compared to the PS1.
My man pumping out video after video love it
NHL 2K series wasn't shabby either.
I used to put in the code to unlock Wayne Gretzky and so many times in the game you would hear "number 99 passes the puck. Number 99 gets the puck. Number 99 shoots! Number 99 with the howitzer. Number 99 scores!"
@based proletariat the nhl 2k10 was a great game you could even DRIVE THE ZAMBONI
@@lukebadurski6165 i did that too! 🙂
This man soft drink has taught me so much
I remember it being extremely difficult to just drive into the paint on higher difficulty in those early 2K Dreamcast games
So even back in the 90s EA was asking for exclusivity deals .. 🖕🏾EA and props to Sega for saying no.
You didn't have to cook NBA Live 95...that game was groundbreaking in its own right lmao. That game was almost as big an improvement as 2K was in 1994.
This video is special cloth, not many can say they were there at the start. So many memories🔥
I remember figuring out how to throw lobs off the glass being a proud moment for me. 🙏🏾
I love seeing videos on Dreamcast games. Please consider making more, this was awesome!
That free throw shooting! The memories
I remember when 2K first came out. I saw it at Tampa Bay Mall at Babbage's. They had a display TV that was directed outside and damn near the entire ground floor was frozen watching the demo. I never saw a game shut shit down like that and haven't seen it since and it's two decades plus later.
this had Sonic as a Create a Team logo
So cool
I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me
This channel is criminally underrated
3:43 - As an owner of the original NBA 2K, can confirm.
The Lakers jerseys weren't quite right, but to be fair, they had JUST had their first major change since 1986 and the biggest uniform change since 1966.
Dreamcast my fave console of all time
Good time to be a kid I LOVED this game
Truly mind blowing. 13 year old me thought it couldn’t get better than this…but DAMN those Free Throws!!!
I had NBA 2k1 back in the day. One of my favorite features from that game was the Street Mode. 3 v 3 on real iconic streets courts was awesome.
I spent hours playing NBA and NFL 2k. The golden era in sports games before microtransactions and corporate consolidation.
For a 6 month old and a 4 year old when ncaaa football 2004 came out, you sure are a great historian of video games from yesteryear.
I remember being a kid and playing Live like it was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. Then 2K came out. Turns out, THAT was the best thing that had ever happened to me. Sidebar, any plans to review 2K22?
You know this shit looked good at the time when you see how clean the upscaled 4K footage looks
When i saw this for the 1st time at GameStop in 19999, it was like looking at the future. I knew life would never be the same
Halfway thought you was going to rap when you said “Hopefully it goes away soon” on beat lol 🔥
BRING THE FREE THROW ARROWS BK ASAP
Love all the uploads man!
2K Sports, especially NFL 2K is why I got the Dreamcast. Loved NFL 2K, NHL 2K and NBA 2K
Shooting foul shots was such a challenge. Really had to get those sensitive triggers pushed just right to line up the arrows
NBA 2K - NBA 2K6 were amazing. NBA 2K1 is still my favorite of the series.
Then NBA 2K7 came out and became way to realistic for it's own good. It was back to NBA Live for me starting with NBA Live 08.
Awesome video I can't wait to play NFL2K again!
I remember playing online being blown away
Man, I was 15 when this game released lol. At first I honestly disliked it because it didn’t play like Live. It felt harder and more difficult to control. But once I got used to it being more simulation based, I loved it. And the free throw system was crazy but when you really learn it, it can become fun to use. But my all time favorite thing about the game at the time was the player creation. It allowed me to have certain accessories like leg sleeves and rubber bands. (I was heavy into rubber bands back then 😂)
Great video! It really took me back. Definitely subbing.
you could also hang on the rim but if you held on to long you would get a Tech. That was mindblowing to me at the time.
Absolutely loved this game. Loved NBA 2K2 even more.
Man I can't wait for the day when we don't always lose a heartbeat because we hear someone with a cold.
THIS IS WHERE 2K FAILED @ THIS WAS THE BEST 2K EVER
My 2k dreamcast disk was so scratched up that only half the teams were playable or it would freeze 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Imagine if SEGA never sold VC
Let's be real, no matter how great game they used to make, by now they would work only on Olympics. Judging from SEGA pulling out of sports games after VT4.
Great video and also the next year 2K1 was the first nba online multiplayer game ! Super laggy but it was still fun
This game was a huge deal for me. Amazing in late 1999; the details that no other game had presented before were present here, from the design of individual arenas (believe it or not, this wasn't really done before 2K) to Stockton's short shorts to Shaq's free throw stance.
The Dreamcast was a huge leap over N64 and PSX. And even presented a good jump over my Pentium III in 1999 (to be fair, in this case this wasn't because the PC hardware wasn't superior [at least off the CPU] but because the software standards, particularly for PC sports games, were often specc'd lower).
We are being blessed with softdrinktv content lately. You love to see it.
Keep posting more bro love your videos
A nice basis for comparison like SDTV said...check out what NBA Live 98 looked like on the PS1. That was the year before.
I have an idea for a next video. "How would a good football game look like" i think you have a great vision for that. And I feel like you about the old football games.
I actually picked up a Dreamcast a few days ago and I ordered nba2k1, nfl2k1, and a few other gems my favorite console growing up had this game back in 2000.
My Grandfather literally thought the real NBA was on the TV back in the day. Lol.
Greetings from Florida. I was fortunate enough to be in college living with 3 of my best friends to this day...we played this game endlessly. BTW the NFL 2K series was definitely fantastic
Nfl2k , Nhl2k ,nfl2k ... All absolutely incredible and mind blowing when they came out. They were just so smooth and so many little details that no game had .. heck even games now don't have. I used to love watching the players on the bench realistically watch and respond to the play.
Man we need a retrospective on nba courtside 2002
Do a video about the holy trinity of nba live
2003, 2004 and 2005
One better than the previous game
Double dribble is by far the most realistic basketball game I've played. I mean the look the tank like control, Sprite flickering how can you not mention this classic.
Double Dribble is truly a classic though
Bro i was 15 working at McDonald’s just to save four checks to buy the Dreamcast and the game after 9/9/99….memories….the graphics was like playing an arcade game at home
Man I remember seeing this in the mall on a demo screen. Grabbed s dreamcast and been playing 2k ever since. It was always deeper than Live's arcadey gameplay....
I love you, softdrink. A man of the people.
I used to go to the instant replay and zoom into the players and be so amazed how “real” it looked
Ahhh those were the days. I remember I had dial up to play online and u can imagine how that went. Lol
I had this on day one. And I remember getting 2k1 at blockbuster like 7 times until my birthday came.
I remember this game the best stuff. You had to really concentrate on those free throws lol
Holy shit I love this upload schedule
"I'm in awe at how great this looks!"
Throws a rifle pass out of bounds....
NBA Live 2004/05 were the goats..... hands down...
I Remember 2k1 and 2k2 me n my cousins use to play those games faithfully the Dreamcast was lowkey ahead of its time. And better than the ps1 in my opinion