This is the best basketball game on the N64, and I don’t expect it to be beaten by any of the ones I’ve got left to play. Yet, despite that, there really isn’t a huge amount to say about it. This is a smoother, more refined version of the previous NBA Courtside, but doesn’t do that much new stuff.

There’s an easier control option which automates some of the stuff you can do, but the “pro” control method was already simple enough to be easily understood. One significant addition for some is the ability to create a player and go through a whole season with them.

It’s a great basketball game, and if you don’t have the original, this should be the one to try to get. Unfortunately, it was only released in North America.

Great

NBA Courtside 2 plays a cracking game of basketball. You’re unlikely to come across anything else this polished and playable until whatever Left Field dream up for the second sequel on Dolphin, so it’s definitely worth importing. The reason it doesn’t store as highly as the first game is because it doesn’t quite have the same ‘wow’ factor, given that we’ve already seen a lot of it a couple of years ago. But with enough new features to warrant a repeat purchase and a star player named after a type of steak, Kobe Bryant’s second N64 outing represents the stats of the art in basketball games.

Martin Kitts, N64 Magazine #44. Review Score: 87%

Remake or remaster?

I’m not sure what current basketball games are like to compare this to.

Official ways to get the game.

There is no official way to get NBA Courtside 2