Draft & Jersey Rosters for NBA Live 96 PC
While I didn’t found the NLSC, I’ve been around since almost the beginning. When my family finally got the internet in 1997, I went looking for sites related to my interests, which obviously included basketball and basketball gaming. One of those Altavista searches brought me to the NLSC, where I discovered updated rosters for NBA Live 96 PC.
As I’ve said when reminiscing in various articles, this was a mind-blowing discovery! I was soon drawn into the hobby of modding – then called patching – and began making my own rosters for NBA Live 96 PC. To that end, on top of being one of my all-time favourite basketball games, NBA Live 96 PC is special to me because it brought me to this community, and introduced me to a new hobby.
I’m celebrating that love of NBA Live 96 PC and my community “origin story” with a couple of new releases for March Modness: a Draft roster, and a Jersey roster. The Draft roster places all original players on the teams that drafted them, or in a couple of cases, debuted with after going undrafted. The Jersey roster places all original players on the teams that match the jersey they’re wearing in their portrait. This has resulted in some wild fantasy lineups for retro gaming fun!
Download the Draft roster here, and the Jersey roster here. Additional details can be found below, and I’ve also created a support topic here in the NBA Live Vintage section of the Forum. For more information on getting NBA Live 96 to run using DOSBox, please see this guide. I’ll be tinkering with other projects throughout the month, but in the meantime, please enjoy this throwback as March Modness 2024 gets underway!
NBA Live 96 Draft Roster
What if the players in NBA Live 96 PC stayed with the teams that drafted them? This very simple roster mod places all players back with their draft team, or in the case of some prominent undrafted players, the team that signed them to their first NBA contract. The result is some very wild and interesting lineups!
Please note that as a minimalist modding project, no new players have been added (so no Michael Jordan or Charles Barkley). The intention is to create a new retro gaming experience with existing assets. However, some jersey numbers have been changed to reflect the ones worn by players during their stint with their draft teams. Overflow players are on the Raptors and Grizzlies, or in the Free Agents.
Key features:
- All players moved to the team that matches their portrait
- Jersey numbers updated where applicable
- Overflow players placed on the Raptors and Grizzlies, or in Free Agents
Download here.
NBA Live 96 Jersey Roster
Due to some outdated assets, not all players in NBA Live 96 PC have a portrait in which their jersey matches their current team. What if they were all placed on the teams that match their portraits? This simple roster mod does just that, resulting in some unusual (and in some cases, rather stacked) fantasy lineups!
Please note that as a minimalist modding project, no new players have been added (so no Michael Jordan or Charles Barkley). The intention is to create a new retro gaming experience with existing assets. However, some jersey numbers have been changed to reflect the ones worn by players when they were with their prior teams. Overflow players and players with no portraits can be found on the Grizzlies and Raptors, or in the Free Agents.
Key features:
- All players moved to the team that matches their portrait
- Jersey numbers updated where applicable
- Overflow players placed on the Raptors and Grizzlies, or in Free Agents
Download here.
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