NBA Live 97

NBA Live 97 is a basketball simulation developed by EA Canada and published by EA Sports, the third instalment in the NBA Live series and the first to feature polygonal players across its PS1 and Saturn versions, marking a significant graphical step forward for EA’s basketball output. The game was developed for the 1996-97 NBA season. Only one PAL variant has been catalogued, a broad Original multi-country pressing covering the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden in a Full Jewel PAL case without a hologram, released in December 1996. Language support spans English, French, and German. The single-variant PAL release with wide simultaneous distribution is typical of EA Sports basketball titles of this period in the European market.