NBA In The Zone '98

NBA In The Zone '98 (also known as NBA Pro 98 in Australia and Europe) is a basketball game for the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. It was released in 1998 and developed and published by Konami. The cover features Glen Rice of the Charlotte Hornets.

NBA In The Zone '98
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
SeriesNBA in the Zone 
Platform(s)Nintendo 64, PlayStation
Release
  • JP: January 29, 1998
  • NA: February 16, 1998[1]
  • EU: April 1998
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

The game has a "Create a Player" section and a season/playoffs section. All players in the game are based on stats and rosters of the 1996-1997 NBA season.

Features

NBA In The Zone '98 featured Glen Rice on the cover.[2] NBA In The Zone '98 (also known as NBA Pro 98 in Australia and Europe) featured NBA rosters from the 1997-1998 NBA season. As in previous In The Zone games, players such as Michael Jordan are not in the game and likenesses with generic names take their places. The game retains the "Create a Player" and season/playoffs features of NBA In The Zone 2.

The Nintendo 64 version supports the Rumble Pak.[3]

Reception

The game received mixed reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[4][5] Next Generation said that the Nintendo 64 version was "the only five-on-five hoops game currently available for N64, but even hardcore basketball fans should take this occasion to remember that patience is a virtue and wait for something better."[20] In Japan, where the N64 and PlayStation versions were both released first on January 29, 1998, with the latter under the name of NBA Power Dunkers 3 (NBAパワーダンカーズ3, NBA Pawā Dankāzu 3), Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40 for the former console version,[9] and 26 out of 40 for the latter.[10]

References
  1. "NBA IN THE ZONE '98 scores a slam dunk". Konami. February 16, 1998. Archived from the original on July 5, 1998. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  2. "Konami Signs Glen Rice". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 100. Ziff Davis. November 1997. p. 24.
  3. Air Hendrix (November 1997). "NBA in the Zone '98 (Preview)". GamePro. No. 110. IDG. p. 169. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  4. "NBA In The Zone '98 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  5. "NBA In The Zone '98 for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. Edge staff (April 1998). "NBA PRO '98 (N64)". Edge. No. 57. Future Publishing. p. 101. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  7. EGM staff (April 1998). "NBA In The Zone '98 (N64)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 105. Ziff Davis.
  8. EGM staff (March 1998). "NBA In The Zone '98 (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 104. Ziff Davis.
  9. "NBA IN THE ZONE'98 [NINTENDO64]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  10. "NBAパワーダンカーズ3 [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  11. McNamara, Andy; Reiner, Andrew; Storm, Jon (April 1998). "[NBA] In the Zone '98 - Nintendo 64". Game Informer. No. 60. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on September 8, 1999. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  12. "NBA In The Zone '98 - Sony PlayStation". Game Informer. No. 58. FuncoLand. February 1998. Archived from the original on September 16, 1999. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  13. "REVIEW for NBA In the Zone '98 (PS)". GameFan. Metropolis Media. May 14, 1998.
  14. The Rookie (April 1998). "NBA In The Zone '98 (N64)". GamePro. No. 115. IDG. p. 90. Archived from the original on December 5, 2004. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  15. MacDonald, Ryan (March 2, 1998). "NBA In The Zone '98 Review (N64) [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 18, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  16. MacDonald, Ryan (March 2, 1998). "NBA In The Zone '98 Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on August 18, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  17. Casamassina, Matt (February 11, 1998). "NBA In The Zone '98 (N64)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  18. Boor, Jay (January 29, 1998). "NBA in the Zone '98 [sic] (PS) [Import]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  19. Price, James (April 1998). "NBA Pro '98". N64 Magazine. No. 14. Future Publishing. pp. 42–44.
  20. "NBA in the Zone 64 [sic]". Next Generation. No. 41. Imagine Media. May 1998. p. 108. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  21. "NBA In the Zone '98". Nintendo Power. Vol. 105. Nintendo of America. February 1998. p. 94. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  22. "NBA In The Zone '98". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 1 no. 7. Ziff Davis. April 1998.


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