Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside (N64)

General/Summary: "NBA COURTSIDE 2" is one of the best all-time NBA game that ever hit the Nintendo. With great options and its great computer players the game just has to be real. Forget EA Sports cause this is in the game! Gameplay: One word...fantastic. One of the best gameplays I have ever played in an NBA game on Nintendo. Whats even better is that you have the ablity to create your own player and put it in the game. But thats not all, as your player makes more shots and increases its chance for a playoff spot with his team, the player get better. Like I said, forget EA Sports, cause this is in the game! Graphics: Graphics have greatly ...  Read the complete review

At the time, this was described as the best Basketball game on the N64. The only other one I’ve tried is the rubbish ‘Hangtime’, but even Courtside didn’t seem up to standard. It maybe the restrictions of a basketball game that cause the problems, but this seemed sluggish and unresponsive. Tackling, also, is too hard as you stand still when you try to grab the ball. Also, Basketball games have never been fair when it comes to aiming. Other than how close you are to the basket, it is almost random whether your shot goes in or not. However, no matter how bad, all sports games seem to have an addictive edge, especially in ...  Read the complete review

This is actually a very good game. It's not the best sports game on the N64, that's probably the superb Mario Golf, but if you like basketball then you'll love this. It has all the proper teams, and an endorsement from the current golden child of the NBA, Kobe Bryant. It's pretty easy to play, the controls seem intuitive enough, and you can do things like set post plays and so on with use of the L and R buttons. There are better basketball games out now, and this is getting on a bit, but for all the N64-owning basketball fans you couldn't do much better than this, and can probably get this pretty cheap nowadays. Snap it up! ...  Read the complete review