NBA Live 98 (Genesis)

NBA Live 98
Developers: NuFX, Tiertex Publisher: EA Sports Platform: Genesis Released in US: December 1997 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has debugging material.

NBA Live 98 is one of the very last official Genesis games, released at a time when the Genesis was basically dead.

Compilation Date

A compile date can be found in the ROM at 17856:

Tue, 28 Oct, 1997
10:25:15 AM

Debug Text

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Is this still accessible?

At 3B9D0 is some text that seems to be associated with a debug menu:

battery clear
season slot
season slot
season slot
help98

logo98

banner98

int table
scroll for B

scroll for A

temp vscroll table

used vscroll table

translation table
vram strucs
bk ramq
temp globals

Crash Handler

If the game ever crashes, it'll display this basic crash handler.