Perera Dee CeO Sey Sate ae ry SaaS) py ee lle)Pn De Ua en LOU AND PRECAUTIONS BOOKLET CAREFULLY BEFORE USING PN aU USSU TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. 4 STARTING THE GAME 4 FARST RUN 5 SETTING UP THE GAME. 5 Game Setup Menu 5 Team Select Sereon 8 {Custom Teams. 0 Playar Setup Sercon nu Pregame Invoduction 2 PLAYING THE GAME 2 ‘fen, a Defense 5 Infections 18 Ploycaling 7 Pause Monv 18 ‘Strategy Menu 20 ‘Statistics Manu. rn End ofthe QuarterMall/Game 25 ‘SEASON PLAY. 26 Starting Season 26 Team Schedule Screen 2 After the Game 28 ‘THE NBA PLAYOFFS. 23 Stating a Payot Series 23 The Payot Tree 2 [ROSTER SETUP MENU 31 -ATIP Watch thie space for special hints and information itive,CONTROL SUMMARY Playcaling © Tocalthe seiplayassitned f0K, 8, X. or, ress SELECT + A, B,X, oy. ‘The default Offensive Pla ssignments are ‘Isolation A B inside a X Thee Point YE Box A, ‘The dofaut Defensive Se AVA Court X Fl Court Ye 2Cour, Gameplay controls > To call the Quick Play assigned to A, B, X, or ¥, press L + A, B, X, or ¥. emtol Pa. Move player ‘The defauit Offensive Quick Play assignments are: Hou Pa aE Rhctandice Brel sip oo ‘bo mode (see Below 1% Hand Off ¥: Pick and Roll Oifonse—with the ball ‘The default Defensive Quick Play assignments are: Ytioecon 1 Grr Sn Rhsontrat boat eam tov tae) Turbo mode Fas ar Pao [A Shoo Became’ Anker ‘choose receiver! selenes ta chant Re A(Check) Hard hand-check (Offense—without the ball Moss Controls YC Xiah ae aati alin oT Corl ad Change hain bon 3 Srichpir [Hine stir Tears pooner ent eat tren (Coe Ped chose a Conn spre es, 8 ‘Action button 1 | Detense 5 feta baton? YS 1a ood : Se te B ‘Switch players: ‘A Hand-check 5 aconrbutons (iat, iGnvl ose ou oe tive, tiive,INTRODUCTION Welcome to NA° Live, year two! Inits fist incarnation, NBA Live 95 ‘s0tthe b-ball word on eon its way to becoming the top-seling five ‘on-fvebaskottall game of altima. But wore not resting on lst year's rops-wo put our pointy te heads together to add evan more phat {atures to NBA Live 6 We listened to NEA players, net surter, ‘and you, the loyal EA SPORTS” customer Here's hoping you like what yo gt. The feature ist 17 Exhibition, Season and Playot play, with bat game, and 1985-86 schedule (9 AILZ8 NBA teams (including the Vancouver and Toronto expansion teams), 2 A-Star teams, and 4 Custom teams. 1 Resi NBA players updated with complete 1994-1885 stats. (So put ‘away that sports alana; iin the game) ry back-up, A-Star 17 New playor and crowd animations including pin, signature blocks, spin moves, crossover dies, and two-foot takeot! power dunks Improved strategy and options including on-the-Wyplayealing, ai mate play diagrams, full trades (rade any player, nt just starters), expansion erat, shot summary digrams, end roster management. Ability to create and modity 24 custom pla Now fre throw parspective with crowd interaction. <7 Plus new musi row chants, arona sound FX, and mare way ool stu. STARTING THE GAME 1. Turn OFF the power switch on your Super Nintendo Entertainment| 2. Make sure @ Controle is plugged into control socket ton the ‘Super NES®. Ifyou playing agains frien, pl the other Conte into controler socket 4. Insert the Game Pak into the slot onthe Super NES. Press firmly to lock te Game Pak n place, 4. Tun ON the powor switch The EA SPORTS" and VBA Live 95 tte screens appear if you dont see them, begin again at step 1. to the Gave SeTu? mena 5. Pross START after each screen to prac FIRST RUN Never payed NBA Live before? Dont fe, ‘sause this section is for you. To make you ist run, flow these handy guidelines 1. From the Gaue ScruP menu, press START 0 proceed to an Exhibition ‘game with the default options. [Note The frsttme you start a game, you willbe prompted to per- form an expansion dat before continuing. Pross START three mo times to proceed through an AUTOMATIC DRAFT, then you return to the Gane Ser menu. (See Dra Players Menu onp. $3for more information on cunning drat) 2. From the Tes Sac scree, press B to toggle betveen the two twams, and Control Pad «>to change the highlighted team. Press ‘START, and the Puen Sere screen appears. 3. Control Pad «+ to sleet the team that youl control, and press ‘START. Game introduction screens appear; keep pressing START ‘Until the taams line up forthe game-opening ip-f 44 You conto the player over the starmin hs case, the center When ‘the ball goes up, press X to make your playar ump. ‘© Tomake yur player runaround ress the Conrol Padi the direction ‘you want to move Torun up and down the cour, pres diagonal To run extra fast pres the R button to tigger Turbo mode © Tapass the ballon offense or swith to the payer closest tothe ball ‘on defense ress B. Later on, yo'l/ee how to use the Contl tiive,Pad to aim the ball or swith to dtfrent players, but for now lot the computer choose which playr you pass or swith to © To shoot the bal, ross A. Release the button atthe top of your jump © To jump fora rebound oo block a shot, pross X ATIP The computer wl call plays and defensive sets for you out ‘matical, so just concenirate on playing and dont wary about strategy for now. > Htyou get litle winded, press START to pause the game and ds: Play te Pause menu, This mena gives you the score and tme etn ‘he quarer as well as hos of options. To checkout tho option rmonus, Control Pad to highlight an option then pass B. To retuin to the came, press START agan. > Atthe end of each quarter youl see sereens listing the score and various statistics, Press START to continue at each Seren, ané ‘you'll get back to the game. -BATIP tthe computer embarrasses you at fst, don't worry-you'l get beter with practice. And remember te frst rule of NBA Live: 9 game, so have unl SETTING UP THE GAME GAME SETUP MENU Use the Ga Serur menu to choose the game mode, syle, and level ot Aificulty you want ply. Detaut options ae listed in bod ype. © Control Pad ohightght options. © Control Pad «to change the highlighted option. > Press Bo go tothe highlighted submenu. (Bis he primary action burton in allmenus) > Pross START to contin, ‘BATIP Those conto are used in all manus in NBA Live $6 so “em here and use them everywhere. tiive, MoE SME evel ‘QUARTER fasten SETUP SET RULES SET OPTIONS EXHIBITION: Pay # single game with any NBA, AllStar, or Custom teams SEASON: Start @ new Season where you com ttl an NBA team. See Saaeon Play on p26 PLAYOFFS: Start anew Plat tournament See The NBA Payots on p23 LOAN SERIES: Continue a Season or Payott saved in one of the to memory sot ARCADE: Freeform basketball where the players never tire or get injured, ae fous ‘and ater violations aren’ calle bythe rts SIMULATION: Absolut realism, Players tre, get injured, and fou! ou, and you must subst tute accordingly, CUSTOM Use last Ser Rules monu stings for rules and simulation options ROOKIE: Te easiost ave. is easy 0 score, and th computer team isn't tov hard on you STARTER: Average diticuty; the computer plays harder on defense. [ALLSTAR Showrimel Is iu make steals or Hock shots, and the computer ofse and defense are erankod to the max The longth ofa quart canbe set 13,5, 8, or min, Go to Rosren Serr menu to eit, ade, and rat players. (See Roster Setup Menu on pat) Go to Ser Rus menu, (Soe next page) Go to Sex Oonions monu, (See Sét Options ‘Menuon p.8) {live,‘SET RULES MENU Use this manu to set custom ules and simulation options. Dott set. tings a listed in bold. DEFENSIVEFOULS Thie slider (OFF ty detaut set the foul sonstvty. As the bars filed, more fouls are cal OFFENSIVE FOULS Sets the offensive foul sensitivity (OFF by otal. OUT OF BOUNDS Toggle cut of bounds calls ON/OFF BACKCOURT ‘Toggle backcourt calls ON/OFF ‘TRAVELING Toggle traveling calls ON/OFF. GOALTENDING Toggle gostending calls ON/OFF SINTHE KEY. ‘Toggle three second calls ON/OFF Fou. our “Toggle player fou outs ON/OFF. When ON, ‘HoT cLock Toggle 24 second shot clock ON/OFF INBOUND CLOCK Toggle second inbound clock ONVOFF. HALECOURT CLOCK Toggle 10 second backcourt clock ON/OFE. FATIGUE Togale player fetigue ON/OFF. INJURIES Turn player injuries ON/OFF. When injuries ere ‘ON, every time a player gets knocked down there is 8 sight chance he wil be injured. In an Exhibition game, an injura player is only aflctod during tho current gam. In Season (rPlayotf modo, he is out for 1-7 games SET OPTIONS MENU ‘Set sound and contol option. (live, IMUSIC VOLUME ‘This slider sets the volume ofthe music that plays during menu screens (There is no music turing actual gameplay) Px VOLUME Set game sound effects volume Music moDE STEREO, OFF, or MONO. [CROWD SOUND Tum crowd sound ON or OFF SLOW MOTION DUNKS Turn automatic ioe mation for spectacular slams ON or OFF. “Toggle shot contol beeen PLAYER and CPU (Supor NES) In PLAYER mde, the chance the shot wl goin is determined by the distance, anglo and release point ofthe shot In CPU mode, the shot’ probability is determined by ‘the NBA player’ statistics and attributes rather thn player control Turn CPU Assistance ON or OFF When ON, ‘the computer increases the statistical per- centages ofthe team thats behind help ‘thom gat backin the game TEAM SELECT SCREEN ‘Tho Team Sect ser0on appoars before every exibition game. Tho vie: iting teams shown onthe let side ofthe scree, and the home team is sthowe onthe right. Team renting eppeer below the teem logae wen [NBA teams are selected, ‘© Totoggle the highlight berweon the home and visitor toams, press B. > Tochange the highlighted team, Control Pad «* to cycle trough the NBA. A-Star, and Custom teams. © To sort the teams by ranking, Control Pad { to highlight rating, AS ‘you Control Pad «» you cycle through the teams as sorta by that rating. © Press START to continue. The Lara Ser sereen appears tive, SHOT CONTROL, (CPU ASSISTANCECUSTOM TEAMS {In NBA Live 95, you get four Custom teems that you can populate wth your choice from he players of28NBA teams. Custom teams can only be used in Exhibition games. To play with a Custom team: > Select any o the four Custom teams (SLAMMERS, BLOCKERS, LIANIMEERS, or STEALERS) from tho Tas Sect seroon,Pross ‘START, end the Cusro Teas screen appears. Reus Sot Poy Stes Tochar the players on the Custom roster: 1. Control Pad highlight the player you want te change, then press 1. The batom af the sereen lat the roster players for an NBA team, Press the UR buon to cycle through the 29 NBA teams. 2 Highight a player trom an NBA tam and press Bt replace he ‘xiginal player wih the highlighted player You return to the roster of the Custom team, To cancel the transaction, highlight the player orignal selected and prs B 5 Toview more stats, Control Pad =» "Note:The fst time you select Custom team, the roster slots are ompty and road — SELECT PLAYER. You must il altho Foster slots before you cen exit rom te screen, ttive, PLAYER SETUP SCREEN A symbol for every Conor plugged into the system appears on this Seroon. Upto five players may pay if a Muit-Player Adapters. attached. In ation to selecting tho toam you convo, you can selec, enter, and doeteusor names to personalize your contale to track your user stats Caution: The Muti-Payer Adapter is nat esigned for use with the ‘Super NES Supor Scope, the Super NES Mouse, o Contraller Socket Ta Non (os ow To change the seting for your Control, Control Pad «> to position the Conralorsymbal under either teamto select hat am rin the riddle to select computer contra Totogglo the control method, ress the UR buttons. When the con wo avvow points up, Control Pad diagonally o move up and down the court. When the control srow points giagonal,Gonrol Pad to move up and gown the court Ta cycle through payer names, Contrl Pad : ress Bo select the highlights name tive,© Toemera new player name highlight NEW and press B. Control Pad {to select oto, thon Control Pad.» to add the noxt ate. (Control Pad to delete a letter) ‘© When you've entered the last otter, press B to enter the name. '> Todeletea name, highlight DELETE and press B, Conol Pad £10 soleet a user name, than press X to delete that name ‘> Whon al playors have pressed B to slact heir usernames, press ‘START to continue. The Pregame Introduction sereens app PREGAME INTRODUCTION Before the game the Pregame nvoduction screens set the stage for ‘the basketball tion te flow, Fst. the Game Introduction sereen annaunees the teams and home court (© Press START to comtinue. The Team Metchup screen appesrs, ‘© The Team Matchup screen compares the two teams. One to three stars indicat srongh in each of five categories. ‘SCORING: Scoring ability. REBOUNDS: Otfensive and defensive rebounding ‘BALL CONTROL: Passing ond dribbling ably DEFENSE: Shot blocking and stals. (OVERALL: Overal matchup, (© Pross START to cortinue. The playa introductions introduce the starting players fram both teams, Press START to go directly tthe tpt THE TIP-OFF Every game starts with ato between the contr, > Tojump forthe tipo, prose X PLAYING THE GAME ‘You control the man over te star Depending en wich Convaie oUt using, the star has a diferent coor tive, Player Blue star Player? Redstar Player3 Green star Players Gyanstat Players Purp star if your players offscreen, an arrow the sare colar as your contol star ‘points toward him from the edge ofthe screen. Press the Conta Pas inthe opposite direction to bring him back onscreen Justike in the NBA, offense and defense requte ferent skits in NBA ‘Live 96 While the Control Pais lays used to move your player, the buttons have different functions on offense and defense. Learn the controls first then you can focus on your basketball sills and strategy ‘ATIP When your player's star is pulsing he's ona hot streak, and his ttibues ae temporarily boosted. OFFENSE ‘Moving With and Without the Ball ‘Press the Conol Pad inthe direction that you want to move. You continue to move and dhile as long as you hold down the Control Ped, When you release the Consol Pad, you stop moving, but main- tain your él, > Toexecute 2 crossover dibleor spin move, press X The cribbing move your player exeeutas it determined by hi Oribling rating and bis proximity to other players '> When you star to pass or shoot he bal, you stop eribbing. Once you stop dribbling, yu cannot use the Contra Ped ta move agin, or tha els call traveling > Torun aster, old down the R button wile moving, This hicks you Into Turbo mode, where you may be able to cstch snator ployer from behing or make aightring dive othe bucket. * It you don't have the bl, you can hand-check your detenderto get better positon > Tohand-check, press A To hand-check especialy har, Hold R vile pressing A. (Te rf may call you for foul, though.) itive,Passing ' Ta pass othe defaut receiver, press B. To retain control ofthe passer (perfect for give and go plas) holéB until the receiver catches the bal > Tapass to @ specific playa, use the Control Pad to aim the pass wile pressing B. > Tathrow an aley-00p pass, throw the balla player with ac path tothe basket I hei in a postion to jump for an alley-o0p, an ally-cop play is automaticaly executed. © Tacalfora pass froma computr-controlled player, press V. ATIP Since you can throw the bal astor than you cancun passing isthe quickest way to move the ball on the court Ball ave: montis the koy to offensive succoss-NBA defenses can contain almost any singe player, bt good passing gives fis to ven the bast defense. Shooting Players shoot diterenty opening on who and whe they ae. For instance when shooting from the ouside, the player wil try a jump- shot Closer in, and he may ty 8 hook shot. Near the haop hey one of a varity of slams (assuring he can slam or layup the ball atthe top of your jum © To fake a shot tap A. ZATIP You'l shoot more accurately i you get your fet set before you shoot and release the ball atthe top of yur jump Noto: the SHOT CONTROL setting in the Ser Orros menus setto CPU, simply press Ato shoot-now fong you hod the button doesn’ aoc the shot ‘ZATIP Ifyou press B beove you release A ou can sil pass te ball ater you leave your feet to shoot {live, Rebounding and Tip-ins ‘When you doit have the ball you can crash the boards. your player has good position, he wl automatically rtp the ball back in the basket, To jump to grab rebound or tip the bali, press 24 Second Shot Clock From the moment you gain possesion of the bell you have 24 seconds to get off sho that its he rim. Each ie he bal isthe or a change of possession ocur, the cockis reset. Tha 2aecond clock appears athe botom leo the seroon when there are 1 or fewer seconds et. DEFENSE Everyone wants make the sports highlights with awesome dunks, but to win games you have to play tough . ‘Switching Defenders ‘You can switch othe defender nearest he ball at any tine, assuming he isn't controled by another human play, ‘> Totake contol of the defender closes tothe ball (between the ball and basket, ross B, ‘> Totake contol of a specific defender, Control Pad in the direction of the defender and prose B. ‘2ATIP Your fist ear on dafons isto stop the ball so get a man on ‘th balhandler before he actos the top ofthe key. This cuts off easy penetration and slows down the offense, Steals When you'e clase tothe ballhandler, you can uy ta reac in and ste! the ball > Totryo steal the tall rom an opponent press ¥ itive,‘2ATIP You havo tbo closet the man wit the allo pl of sts But don't gottoo agressive ules you went get whistled toca fou Shot Blocking and Rebounding You canjumpto vy 10 block a shot or gab a abound > Tojunp reve shot or work the gas, pass X -ZATIP Don't jump forthe bal oo quickly afte shot, or you may get «ale for gostending INFRACTIONS When the ats spa an inaction onthe cour thy low he whist to stop ay, and the vation’ payed onscreen, Fouls ‘An offensive payor gts to ake ree throws as fllons: 17 Wien a layers fold ater the defense commits Sr more tam touts in quarto he ffensiv ployer gets 2c throws. Ofensive fouls dont coun 9 tam fouls 11 Wien a layers tolesin the act of shooting, he goes tthe ne The basket cout fits god, andthe player gets one fee tow. the basket mised the player gots two fre rows hee ihe was ould wile shooting a hree-poimt, 3 ter fagrert iol th offense gts to free trons pls posses sn ofthe bal Free Throws Use the Meter” to aim your shot from the line, The F- Meer appears when your player goes tothe chat stripe fiive, te talin cate Mle ‘The bal moves letright on the horizontal bar to control tho lfuight ‘curacy of your shot © Press A when the ball is in the contr ofthe bar to aim your shot. ‘The ball moves up/down onthe votcal bar to control the distance of vourfree throw. > Press A when the ballin the conor ofthe voreal Berto set the distance of your shot The playr shoots the bal, and normal play ‘The speed the baskotball cursor ravels on the bers ofthe TMeteris controled by the player’ Free Throw rating the better te ating the slower the bal ravels, ‘2ATIP whan one payer shoots ree throws, the other pl ‘apy pross A,B, X or ¥ to animete te crowd background, ‘making it harder forthe sheotor to cencontrat on the T-Meter. ‘This etfecive when the vista is shooting, athe ball ion is Imost ransperent and the crowd is more animated. PLAYCALLING You can assign four dfrent Sots andor speci Plays for both offense and defense from the Strategy menu, and then call them on the ‘ly during the game. In ation, you ean assign ofenive and defensive uick Plays. See Seateay Menu on p. 20 for instructions on selecting sts and plays. icive,> Tocall the SeuPiay assigned to A,B, X oF press SELECT + A, for ¥ If your team hes possession ofthe balla aflensve pla is calla on dtanso, a defensive play ie call > Tocallthe Quick Play assigned to A, B,X. or, press Ls A,B, X, or ¥, © Follow the steps trom the animate diagram to axecut the play, ‘Computer-controle players wil move as ound on the diagram, ‘but you mst contol the action af the bathender -ATIP The play and sets are guidelines, but NBA players aren't robos—you make the pay happon, We've dau the X's and (O's, butts up to you to orchestrate your tear PAUSE MENU The Pause menu sppears whonover you press START during game. You must pause the game 1 call atime out, make a substitution, at ‘choose from other menu options. The TIME OUT and SUBSTITUTION options ace not aways avalable—for instance, you can make a subst tution only whan te pay clocks stopped, When options ae grayed ‘out, they cannot be selected Time Outs You can pause the game at any time, but you musthave possession of the bllto call aime out The number of time outs remaining is sted ater TIME OUT inthe Pause manu, Each team gets 7 time outs per gam Toccall atime out > Press START to pause the game. The Pst menu appears © ighight TIME OUT and press B. The SUBSTITUTION option bocomes avaiable iit was net already, | Substitution : ‘You can make player substitutions wien the play lacks stopped between periods by atime out or by avoltion such a a ful or out ‘of bounds. When the eock snot stopped, the SUBSTITUTION option isnt available To mokeo subsitton: 1. When he clock is stopped slat SUBSTITUTION fromthe Pst menu The Suesrmumoy sereen appears. The players curently in the grea sted onthe sereen > To toggle batweon the wo toons o check out your opponents ine up. press UR (You can oly make substiuten or he team you conto however) © Tocyle Bereen game sats, layer tings, 184-85 tats, i 68 sorilaot stati applied, ross X > Tooyele trough the evlble statistesatings fr he ployer, Cont Pad = 2 Toit a layer fr substan, Conrol Pa 3 To substtte othe highlight payer peas A ser veils bench lye appears 44 Conta Pad to highlight player, and pross onset that player int th inoup. To return to the Pause menu, press START or SELECT, -ATIP Trt subina player who plays the same positon the pleyer YoU'e epacing-dn puta center infor he poi guard Replay You conepey he ast few seconds of etn during the game © To goto the ere soon, hghight REPLAY tom the Past mena and pres 8 An overay displaying the game clock andthe burton functions appears at the botam ofthe sraen isting te ows —stuect HART (dive,‘> Tomove the canter ofthe Renu sereen, Control Pad in ay direction > Totoggle between nornal and reverse angle, press SELECT. ‘Strategy Menu OFFENSIVE STRATEGY Go to Oren Stearzey menu to select ofensve sets, plays and ste 4 You can heve the computer automaticaly choose sets and plays, or You can choose four sots/lays to call during the ation, cu setecrs: Selec this option to have the computer auto Imavealy select your offensive sets and pl {But you can stil all our own plays when you want) When sotto OFF, you call all our ays manually, ané any play or set you call is ‘un until you cal another. ‘> Totoggle an option ON (7 VOFE; highlight the option and prose 8, Go ater offensive rebounds aggressively it ‘ON, and get back on defense if OFF OFFENSIVE SETS AND PLAYS, Seven offensive sts are available in BA Live 96, and each set con: tains rom 4-10 plays, ‘CRASH BOARDS aga en ea © Tohighight an offensive st, Conta Ped! > Tocycle through the plays forthe highlighted st, Control Pad « Live, As you select plays, the animated ciagram onthe right plays the ‘motion ofthe players an the bal nthe diagram: 1 Point Guard 2 Shooting Guard 3 Snall Forward @ Power Forward 3 Center 2 Playerwath te bal “The fist play in each set hasan “A” for automatic after When an ‘Automatic play is selected, the computer randomiy chaoses a play rom tho offensive set when that sti called, and then keeps caling plays {com that set unt another stor play is caled. you select a spectc lay (ie, any play other than "A", tha plays run until you select another. © To select te highlightod sauplay and assign itto a button, press A, 1.X.or¥, The selected pay is asignod otha button, and any ‘other play assigned to that button is cleared, © Ta cal the appropriate play during the game, prass SELECT + AB, Xor¥ DEFENSIVE STRATEGY Go to Oerevave Swarey screen to select defensive sets and options. cru seLects When setto ON (7, the computer selects defensive sets automatically When set to OFF, any dtonsive set you callis maintained until you call diferent st. PRESSURE Solect LOW, MEDIUM, o HIGH defensive pressure. Higher pressure may Ina to more steals, but algo more fouls, DEFENSIVE SETS Five defensive sets are availele, including man-o-man and trapping ‘ts, The clipboard siagram onthe right side of the screen shows the alignment or the highlighted sax. Sets ate selected and eae in the same manner a offensive sets, except thet there are no individual olive,OFFENSIVE PLAYS ‘Quiek Plays dite from standard playsin that they are quick, simp ‘and ean be cun from ay set (but donot alert sa). Quick Piys are selected inthe seme manner as plays, > To cathe appropriate Quick Pay curing the gome, press L+ A,B, Kor. DEFENSIVE PLAYS. INSTANT FOUL CComputor player try to foul the bathandler to stop the clock. DOUBLE TeaN Computer players uy to dauble-team the bal handler. © To call the appropriate Quick Pay during to game, press L+ Kor ¥. DEFENSIVE MATCHUPS Go to Deresive Macciers soreon. © ‘To select the highlighted player, prossB ‘© To change the opposing payer the selactedpleyer guards, Control Pad © to highlight the player you want to quad, and press ‘The payer wino was quarding the man yous your orginal man © Totogale double teaming on (Yor eff (forthe selected player, Conta Ped +. When on, the compuer-contralled defensive play er tr to doubie-team the bahandle. SATIP Double-eaming is a good way 1 shut don pl lighting ou up. sussrrurion ‘Toggle between MANUAL and AUTO player subetution. When setto| AUTO, the computer subs fr tied players automaticaly 1 Toview the player changes when the computer makes an AUTO substitution, press START when a substitution message appears on itive, OFFENSIVE swiTcH Set the mode for switching players on offense when you don't control the bllhandies When you press B without pressing the Control Pad You suitch to te player clsast tothe bel unless this seting is OFFI-tis option controls how tho Conel Pad aac playarawiehing OFF: Disables player switching, so you contra the same player altho time. To use thi feature switch te ne player you wont 0 Taighlght an option, Control Pad ¢ > Tocycle the highlighted option, Control Pad +» © Toswitch tothe othor team, press UR END OF THE QUARTER/HALF/GAME [END OF THE QUARTER: The buzzer sounds pla stops, end the score is splayed. Press START, andthe On Sia screen appears, Press ‘START to continue, andthe teams return tothe floor Bath teams cen ‘make substiutions during quarter breaks END OF THE WALF.Atorthe score is siaplyed, the Key Pures sereen highights a player from each team, folowed by the Hasiue Stas screen (To view additional stats, Control Pad) Pross START o con tinue ater each servo anda trivia questan appoars. (The answa is ven ator the tid quarter) When play esumes, all uninjured players ‘aco a fl Stamina, END OF THE GAME: Ate the final buzzer, th final seoreis displayed Press START, and the game stats of te Paes on Usen or re Gant a shown. Press START after each screen, and the Exo oF Gas stats are leplayed. Press START to continue, andthe STATsnes menu appears, (See Statics Menu on p. 24) When you'e through Inking atthe screens, press START to goto th Gaue Sur menu, itive,SEASON, PLAY You can take a team though an entire season in NBA Live 96. Yeu can lay andor simulate your way right onto the NBA Playots and the Finals. Tivo momory sot for saving season or playoff series (including Stal) are provided, so you can save and resume yout season any way STARTING A SEASON 1. From the Gave See menu, select SEASON from the MODE option. 2 Setup the remaining options, then press START, The Tesw Sect ser0on appears, To continue a saved Season: 1. From the Gav Serve mony, sleet LOAD SERIES from the MODE ‘option. Press START to continue, andthe Laao Sens sereon appesrs, 2. Control Ped? to highlight one ofthe twa memory sos, and press 8 Press START, and you retun tothe positon at which the season was saved. Season Team Select Screen In Season mode, th Tex Setc serean atows yout choose the tvam you control through the season and choose the number of gems in TeAM Control Pad «10 select from the 28 NBA teams. Ratings for the selected team ae as played inthe middle of the screen. To sort the tans by rating, Control Pad : to highlight a ‘ating, As you Corl Pad «you cycle Utrough the toams 28 sorted by that rating SEASON Select rom 8 (ie standard NBA schedule, 2,056 game seasons ‘SATIP When you solact a full 82 game Season, you gett pay 8 mid soason All-Star game > Press START 1 continue, The Team Scneute screen appears itive, TEAM SCHEDULE SCREEN Use this screen to play or simulate games troughout your teams see son; vew league standings, saistslloadors, and scheduled games; ormake ployer trades, narod Opes ne Opts © Ta move through your team’s ealondar by day, Cote! Pad +» © Tahighight options from the menu, Control Pad: > Ta activate the selected option, press B © Tojump to the next scheduled game, prose START. the nox shed le! games already highlighted, pressing START wil play the geme. Puy Play the curren highighted game. You can ‘onl play or simulate the next game; you can not skip any unplayee games. SIMULATE Simulate the curently highlighted game. The game score appesrs tothe right ofthe tam "Noe: You must save the last simulated game to + memory sot before ‘iting Season play. STANDINGS View League Standings by division, © Tocyce through the NBA divisions, Control Pad = LEAGUE LEADERS View the top 10 League Leaders in 13 statistical categories. titive,© Topage trough the categories, Conta Pad +. ‘© To seo more players, Conte Pads CALENDAR, View the league schedule by day, © Topage through the league schedule by day, Contrl Pad «>. Ta page by month, press UR) © theres an arow atthe top or bottom af he sereon, Control Pad {to see mare games, Go to Se Rasens men (p34 SET ROSTERS TRADE PLAYERS EDIT PLAYERS 60 To PLAYOFFS Bo to Tato Pures screen p30), Go to Err Puarensseraan (p. 2, Go direct tothe Payots, with to curent ‘standings doterminin the Payot seeding ‘See The NBA Payot on 9.28 SAVE Goto Save Sines ser ‘Screen, below. n. See Save Series ex ext the AFTER THE GAME ‘Altera Season game, the postgame and Suisncs screens appear es ‘normal. Press START to continue, andthe Save Ses screen appears. Save Series Screen 1. Toselect a memary slot, highlight one ofthe twa slots and press B. The current Season series is lista in the selected sot. > Totoggle between SAVE and DO NOT SAVE, Control Pad «>. 1 SAVE is selected the series is saved when you exit fam the screen; 00 [NOT SAVE is solocte, the series isnot saved. 2. Tocontnue, press START. You return tothe Taw Souroite sereon, End of the Season ‘The Svnanos screen appears ator the Sav Sens ereen, Teams thet _ualy for tho playots are highlighted in god (vision winners in red, ‘and conference champions i blue. Prass START to advance tothe tive, Pua Tac sereen. you made the plays, se Starting # Playoff Series below. you id't make the playots, the Pao Te deplays the payotreuts, Press START to return tote Gane Ser screen THE NBA PLAYOFFS ‘The playoffs come but once a yearn the NBA, but you can eroate your ‘own playoff atmosphere any time you want in NBA Live 96 You can ‘startwith an NBA team in Season play and try to make the playots, or set up your own custom playoffs using any NBA teams. STARTING A PLAYOFF SERIES From the Game Serur menu: When you start a now Playott saris from ‘the Gane Serur menu, you can choose the teams that playin the series, 8 wel as which teams are human-contrllod 1. From the Gawe Serur menu, select PLAYOFFS from the MODE option. 2. Set up the remaining options, then press START. The Port Tae ‘sereon appears, From Season play your team qualifies forthe payos, the Parone ‘Tote appoars ator the end ofthe season, and your team is highlighted witha contol star. Payots proceed as normal, except that you cannot ‘change the tesms or human control stars. To sot the length ofthe sores, Control Pad +>, Press START to continue. THE PLAYOFF TREE frst cy thgh rie Ps Be - shar tel s/f hited oe okie an cane kg tive,> To highigh tam, Control Pad 7. To serail he seen leftright, Control Pad = > To toggle human contol ert forthe highlighted team, press B Human-contoled teams ae highlighted in blue and havea star behind the team name at he bottom of the screen, Games involving hhuman-controled teams are played; other games are simulated > Ta change the tonm in he highlighted plyot slot before the ply: offs begin, press UR to cycle through the NBA teams, A team can appear in mace than one playot sot. © To change the series schedule, higlight GAMES in the center ofthe screen. Press Bo eycle trough the choices. Choose fom 6-777 {the NBA format:§ games inthe frst ound and 7 games thereaten, 1414, 1333,6r3555, ‘> Togoto the Roster Serr screen to change your plyot roster, highight PLAYOFF ROSTER an¢ pres B. See Roster Setup Menu on ph © To cominuc, press START. The Playoff options appear at the center ofthe screen PLAY Play next scheduled Playot game. Press B, and the PLveR ‘Sew sereon appears. Gameplay proceeds as norm: SIMULATE: Slate next Payot game, ‘SAVE: Go to Save Sens screen. 26. PLAYOFF LEADERS: View Payot statistical ear ‘SET ROSTERS: Goto Ser Rostens manu (p. 3 EXT: xt the Payot End of the Game ‘After a Payoff game, the postgame and Sisnes sereens appear as normal. Press START io continue, and the Save Stats sereen appears 1. Tosolecta memory sot highlight one ofthe two slots and press B. ‘Tho current Plaot serias is listed i the selected slot. > Totoggle between SAVE and DO NOT SAVE, Control Pad itive, 2 To.contne, press START. You rotun tothe PLvoer Tre screen, End of the Round © you win your roun, the procedure i the same as any athergeme, except wen you retura othe PL Taz your team icons moved ‘othe neat bracket and you face anew opponent. © Hf yu ose» round you return tothe Por Ts seroen tose ‘inal playoff osu after th postgame screens, Press START ater each screen tortura tothe Gan Seu” szreen ROSTER SETUP MENU From the Rese Serr menu, you can trade, drat, and ereate players ‘and st the starting lineup for any team, ‘Note: Team rosters are determined by actual NBA rosters as of ‘Apri 2, 1995, Some players are not included in the game for leg or contractual reasons. Trade Players Screen ‘You can rade players between your team and any othor team, You tho GM hore-—you make the deals! 1 Highlight TRADE PLAYERS from the Roster Srrup manu and press The Taaae Pures sereen appea's. 2 Control Pad to highlight he player you wish o wade, and prose B The bottom portion ofthe seen lists the rote of another NBA team. © Tocycl through the NBA teams, pross UR, © Tocycl through the statistis/ratings for the players, Cont Pad», Toeyee through stating types, press X) © Tohightght the player you wish to trade fr, Cone Pa 38. To accoptthe trae forthe highlighted player, press The players changed, and you return othe Teaos PU sereen © To-bortthe trade, highlight the player you wore going to trade and ‘tess B. You return to the original Taxoe PLares sere, itive,Edit Players Screen You can create and edit upto 28 players in NBA Live 96 The 2¢cefeult custom players have names in the fom ROSTERK, where isthe Players poston (eg, $6") ‘When you select EDIT PLAYERS from the Rosin Ser menu, the Sect Puen menu appears: © Totogole between A and B Group players, press UR. Each group contains 12 player slots, and the team the playoris currant assigned to appears tothe right of his name, © Toeedita player, Control Pad + to highlight a payer, then press B The Eo Paver sereen appears. aged eae Carita + te dong ih ital in Pl of Pye © Totogole between Atvibutes and Ratings, pross UR ATTRIBUTES NAME Enter a player name of upto 12 eters ‘© Press B to clear the Name, and then Control Pad Sto change the highighte letter Control Pad > to adahighight a let. © Press B to accept the name NuMBER Enter ajorsey number trom 00-88, HEIGHT and WEIGHT Player haight and weight AND Select LEFT or RIGHT hand fr eting ond shooting HEAD and PLAYER Select head syle and player skin tone itive, Posimion, Player's natural poston, COLLEGE Payor’ college RATINGS FIELD GOAL Field goa ating from $0—99. THREE POINT Three-point shooting eiiy FREE THROW Free throw shooting ably DOUNKING Ability to make spectacular slams. STEALING Ability to steal the bal, BLOCKING Shat blocking rating. OFF REBOUND Offensive rebounding ability. DEF REBOUND Defensive rebounding ably. OFF ABILITY Offensive court awareness DEF. ABILITY Defensive court awareness PASSING Passing stil SPEED Funing speed QUICKNESS uickness rating JUMPING Leaping ably. DORIBBLING Ball handing ski STRENGTH Body suength Draft Players Menu Go to Drart Ser menu to run an expansion daft forthe naw Toronto and Vancouver franchises, The ules af the NBA Live 95 expansion draft areas follows: When an NBA player is drafted by an oxpansion team, his ester slot on his orginal team is filed with one of the 24 custom players. 1 Only one player per NBA team may be rated Note: you have previously rn the dat this option reads REDRAFT PLAYERS, and selecting tis option erases all created players and resets ll pleyar trades, ‘ive,AUTOMATIC DRAFT The computer automaticaly dats players for both expansion teams Totopale benveen Vancouver and Toronto rosters to view the results, press UR. Press START 0 comin, DRAFT BOTH TEAMS Make drat solections for bath new teem, You start with a roster composed of 12 defaut custom players and then exchange these players for actual NBA payors 1. ALTaE Dav sereen, Contra Pad | to highlight roster st, and ‘than press B. The lowor portion ofthe sereen lat the availa players rom an NBA team, © To cycle through the NBA teams, press UR to highlight a player, Control Pad 3 2, Todrft the highighted player, press B. The two teams take tums ‘making picks—Toronto drafts player fist, then Vancouvo Terao, ete Repeat the process unt beth teams have filed al ther roster slots. ‘To continu, press START. DRAFT VANCOUVER ONLY Make drat selections for Vancouver only Toronto selections are made bythe computer. DRAFT TORONTO ONLY Make daft selections for Toronto only. Set Rosters Menu The Ser Rostas mony allows you te change the rte slats fr the Players on your team. 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