List of basketball video games

The following is a list of basketball video games. Most of these sports video games represent basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Franchises

Games

Title Release date(s) Platform(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Basketball 1973 Odyssey Magnavox Magnavox
TV Basketball[1][2][3] April 1974 Arcade Taito Taito, Midway
Basketball! 1978 Odyssey² Magnavox Magnavox
Basketball 1978 Atari 2600
Atari 8-bit 1979
Atari Atari
Atari Basketball 1979 Arcade Atari, Inc. Atari
NBA Basketball 1979 Intellivision APh Technological Consulting Mattel
Basketball 1982 Arcadia 2001 - -
One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird 1983 Apple II
Commodore 641984
Amiga1985
Mac
Atari 78001987
Atari 8-bit
TRS-80 Color Computer
IBM PC
Eric Hammond Electronic Arts
Super Basketball 1984 Arcade Konami Konami
International Basketball 1984 Commodore 64 - -
Double Dribble 1986 Arcade
NES 1987
Commodore 64 1990
Amiga 1990
MS-DOS 1990
Konami Konami
GBA Championship Basketball: Two-on-Two 1986 MS-DOS
Amiga
Apple IIGS1987
Amstrad CPC
Atari ST
ZX Spectrum
Commodore 64
Dynamix Activision
NBA 1987 Apple II Avalon Hill Avalon Hill
Slam Dunk Super Pro Basketball 1987 Intellivision Realtime Associates INTV Corp.
Street Sports Basketball 1987 Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Apple II
Commodore 64
MS-DOS
ZX Spectrum
Epyx Epyx
Great Basketball 1987 Master System - -
Basket Master 1987 Commodore 64 Dinamic/Imagine -
Sam & Ed Basketball 1987 Commodore 64 - -
Jordan vs. Bird: One on One 1988 NES
Commodore 64
Game Boy
MS-DOS
Genesis 1992
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Magic Johnson's Fast Break 1988 Arcade
Amiga 1989
Commodore 64 1989
MS-DOS 1989
Amstrad CPC 1990
NES 1990
ZX Spectrum 1990
MSX
Arcadia Systems Arcadia Systems
Advanced Basketball Simulator 1988 Commodore 64 Sculptured Software Mastertronic
Hoops 1988 NES Aicom Jaleco
Arch Rivals 1989 Arcade
NES 1990
Genesis1992
Game Gear1992
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
MS-DOS
Midway Midway
Basketball Nightmare 1989 Master System Sega Sega
Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs 1989 MS-DOS
Genesis 1991
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
All-Pro Basketball 1989 NES Aicom Vic Tokai
Omni-Play Basketball (Magic Johnson's MVP) 1989 Amiga
Commodore 64
MS-DOS
DesignStar Consultants SportTime
Ultimate Basketball 1990 NES Aicom American Sammy
Takin' It to the Hoop 1990 TurboGrafx-16 Aicom Aicom
Basketbrawl 1990 Atari 7800 Atari Atari
Punk Shot[4][5] 1990 Arcade Konami Konami
TV Sports Basketball 1990 Amiga
MS-DOS
Commodore 64
TurboGrafx-16
Cinemaware Mirrorsoft
Pat Riley Basketball December 31, 1990 Genesis Sega Sega
Harlem Globetrotters 1990 MS-DOS
NES 1991
Softie GameTek
David Robinson's Supreme Court 1991 Genesis Acme Interactive Sega
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball 1991 Super NES Hudson Soft Hudson Soft
Rim Rockin' Basketball 1991 Arcade Strata -
NCAA Basketball 1992 Super NES Sculptured Software Sculptured Software
Tecmo NBA Basketball 1992 NES Tecmo Tecmo
Team USA Basketball 1992 Genesis Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Bulls versus Lakers and the NBA Playoffs 1992 Genesis Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs 1992 Super NES
Genesis
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NBA All-Star Challenge 1992 Super NES
Genesis
Beam Software Genesis: Flying Edge
Super NES:
JP: Acclaim Japan
NA: LJN
Roundball: 2 on 2 Challenge 1992 NES Park Place Productions Mindscapce, Inc
NBA Jam 1993 Arcade
Super NES
Genesis
Game Boy
Game Gear
Sega CD
Acclaim
Iguana Entertainment
Beam Software
Acclaim
Tecmo Super NBA Basketball 1993 Super NES
Sega Genesis
Tecmo Tecmo
Super Slam Dunk 1993 Super NES Park Place Productions Virgin Interactive
Michael Jordan in Flight 1993 MS-DOS Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Run and Gun[6] 1993 Arcade Konami Konami
NBA Showdown
("NBA Showdown 94" on Mega Drive/Genesis)
1993 Super NES
Genesis
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Barkley Shut Up and Jam!
("Barkley's Power Dunk" in Japan)
1993 Genesis
Super NES
Atari Jaguar
Accolade Accolade
Slam City with Scottie Pippen March 1994 Sega CD
32X
MS-DOS
Digital Pictures Digital Pictures
NBA Action '94 1994 Genesis
Game Gear
Sega Sports Sega
NBA Live 95 October 1994 Super NES
Genesis
MS-DOS
Hitmen Productions EA Sports
Jammit 1994 Genesis
Super NES
3DO
MS-DOS
GTE Vantage GTE Entertainment
Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops 1994 Genesis Time Warner Interactive Time Warner Interactive
Street Slam
("Dunk Dream" in Japan)
("Street Hoop" in Europe)
1994 Neo-Geo
Wii Virtual Console 2010
Data East Data East
Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition 1994 Genesis Konami Konami
ESPN NBA Hangtime '95 1994 Sega CD Sony Imagesoft Sony Imagesoft
Barkley Shut Up and Jam! 2 1995 Genesis Accolade Accolade
Coach K College Basketball 1995 Genesis Electronic Arts EA Sports
Hoops 96
("Dunk Dream 95" in Japan)
1995 Arcade Data East Data East
Looney Tunes B-Ball February 1995 Super Nintendo Sculptured Software Sunsoft
NBA Give 'n Go 1995 Super NES Konami Konami
NBA Action '95
(aka "NBA Action starring David Robinson")
1995 Genesis Sega Sports Sega Sports
NBA In The Zone
(Japan as "NBA Power Dunkers")
(Australia as "NBA Pro")
December 14, 1995 PlayStation
Game Boy Color 1999
Konami Konami
NBA Jam Tournament Edition 1995 Arcade Midway Midway
NBA Live 96 October 1995 Super NES
Genesis
PlayStation
MS-DOS
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Run and Gun 2 1996 Arcade Konami Konami
NBA ShootOut
("Total NBA" in Europe)
1996 PlayStation SCEA SCEA
NBA Hangtime 1996 Arcade
Genesis
Windows
Super NES
Nintendo 64
PlayStation
Midway Midway
NBA Jam Extreme 1996 Arcade
PlayStation
Saturn
Windows
Acclaim Acclaim
NBA Full Court Press 1996 Windows Microsoft Microsoft
NBA Live 97 October 31, 1996 PlayStation
MS-DOS
Saturn
Sega Genesis
Super NES
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NBA In The Zone 2 November 30, 1996 PlayStation Konami Konami
NBA Action 1996 Saturn Gray Matter Sega
College Slam 1996 PlayStation
MS-DOS
Saturn
Genesis
Super NES
Game Boy
Iguana Entertainment UK Acclaim
NBA ShootOut '97 1997 PlayStation SCEA SCEA
NCAA Basketball Final Four ‘97 1997 Windows, PlayStation High Voltage Software Mindscape
NBA Fastbreak '98 November 27, 1997 PlayStation Visual Concepts Midway
NBA Live 98 October 31, 1997 PlayStation
Super NES
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NBA Play by Play 1998 Arcade Konami Konami
NBA In The Zone '98 January 31, 1998
February 10, 1998
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
Konami Konami
NBA ShootOut 98 February 28, 1998 PlayStation SCEA SCEA
NCAA March Madness 98 February 28, 1998 PlayStation Electronic Arts EA Sports
Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside April 1, 1998 Nintendo 64 Left Field Productions Nintendo
NBA Live 99 October 31, 1998
November 4, 1998
Windows
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
EA Sports EA Sports
Fox Sports College Hoops '99 October 31, 1998 Nintendo 64 Z-Axis Fox Interactive
NCAA March Madness 99 November 30, 1998 PlayStation Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NBA Jam 99 December 4, 1998 Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color 1999
Virtual Console
Iguana Entertainment UK Acclaim
NBA In The Zone '99 March 31, 1999
April 7, 1999
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
Konami Konami
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC 1999 Arcade
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
Dreamcast
Game Boy Color 2000
Avalanche Software
Eurocom Entertainment Software
Midway
NBA Inside Drive 2000 August 26, 1999 Windows High Voltage Software Microsoft Game Studios
NBA Basketball 2000 October 31, 1999
November 3, 1999
PlayStation
Windows
Radical Entertainment Fox Interactive
NBA Courtside 2: Featuring Kobe Bryant October 31, 1999 Nintendo 64 Left Field Productions Nintendo
NBA Live 2000 October 31, 1999
November 2, 1999
Nintendo 64
Windows
PlayStation
EA Sports EA Sports
NBA 2K November 10, 1999 Dreamcast Visual Concepts Sega Sports
NBA ShootOut 2000 November 30, 1999 PlayStation 989 Sports 989 Sports
NBA Jam 2000 November 30, 1999 Nintendo 64 Acclaim Acclaim
NCAA March Madness 2000 November 30, 1999 PlayStation Black Ops Entertainment Electronic Arts
Virtua NBA 2000 Arcade Sega Sega
NBA In The Zone 2000 February 2, 2000
February 18, 2000
April 27, 2000
PlayStation
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color
Konami Konami
NBA Live 2001 October 16, 2000
January 22, 2001
February 7, 2001
PlayStation
PlayStation 2
Windows
NuFX EA Sports
NBA ShootOut 2001 October 30, 2000
February 19, 2001
PlayStation 2
PlayStation
989 Sports SCEA
NBA 2K1 November 1, 2000 Dreamcast Visual Concepts Sega Sports
ESPN NBA 2Night November 20, 2000
February 13, 2001
Dreamcast
PlayStation 2
Konami Konami
NBA Jam 2001 December 5, 2000 Game Boy Color Acclaim Acclaim
NCAA March Madness 2001 December 6, 2000 PlayStation Black Ops Entertainment Electronic Arts
Backyard Basketball 2001 Windows
Macintosh
PlayStation 2
Game Boy Advance
Humongous Entertainment Infogrames Entertainment SA
NBA Hoopz February 12, 2001
February 13, 2001
February 25, 2001
February 26, 2001
PlayStation 2
PlayStation
Game Boy Color
Dreamcast
Eurocom Entertainment Software Midway
NBA Street June 18, 2001
February 17, 2002
PlayStation 2
GameCube
NuFX EA Sports Big
NBA ShootOut 2002 September 1, 2001 PlayStation 989 Sports SCEA
NBA 2K2 October 24, 2001
January 12, 2002
February 27, 2002
March 20, 2002
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
Dreamcast
Visual Concepts Sega
NBA Live 2002 October 29, 2001
October 30, 2001
November 18, 2001
PlayStation 2
PlayStation
Xbox
EA Sports EA Sports
NCAA March Madness 2002 January 7, 2002 PlayStation 2 EA Canada Electronic Arts
NBA Courtside 2002 January 13, 2002 GameCube Left Field Nintendo
NBA Inside Drive 2002 January 21, 2002 Xbox High Voltage Software Microsoft Game Studios
NBA Jam 2002 February 17, 2002 Game Boy Advance Acclaim Acclaim
ESPN NBA 2Night 2002 February 25, 2002
April 16, 2002
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Konami Konami
Street Hoops August 12, 2002
October 4, 2002
November 28, 2002
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
Black Ops Entertainment Activision
NBA ShootOut 2003 September 29, 2002 PlayStation
PlayStation 2
989 Sports SCEA
NBA 2K3 October 7, 2002
October 8, 2002
October 9, 2002
GameCube
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Visual Concepts Sega
NBA Live 2003 October 8, 2002
November 14, 2002
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
PlayStation
Windows
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA Starting Five October 9, 2002[7] PlayStation 2
Xbox
Konami Konami
NBA Inside Drive 2003 October 15, 2002 Xbox High Voltage Software Microsoft Game Studios
NCAA March Madness 2003 November 21, 2002 PlayStation 2 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NBA Street Vol. 2 April 28, 2003 PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
NuFX EA Sports Big
NBA Jam September 23, 2003 PlayStation 2
Xbox
Acclaim Acclaim
NBA ShootOut 2004 September 30, 2003
October 29, 2003
PlayStation 2
PlayStation
989 Sports SCEA
NBA Live 2004 October 14, 2003
October 15, 2003
November 11, 2003
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
Windows
EA Sports EA Sports
ESPN NBA Basketball October 21, 2003
October 22, 2003
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Visual Concepts Sega
NCAA March Madness 2004 November 17, 2003 PlayStation 2
Xbox
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NBA Inside Drive 2004 November 18, 2003 Xbox High Voltage Software Microsoft Game Studios
NBA Ballers April 5, 2004 PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
Midway Midway
ESPN NBA 2K5 September 28, 2004
September 30, 2004
Xbox
PlayStation 2
Visual Concepts Sega
NBA Live 2005 September 28, 2004
October 26, 2004
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
Windows
EA Canada EA Sports
NCAA March Madness 2005 November 17, 2004 PlayStation 2
Xbox
EA Canada EA Sports
ESPN College Hoops 2K5 November 17, 2004 PlayStation 2
Xbox
Visual Concepts Sega
NBA Street V3 February 8, 2005 PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
EA Canada EA Sports Big
NBA Street Showdown April 27, 2005 PlayStation Portable EA Canada EA Sports Big
NBA March 16, 2005 PlayStation Portable 989 Sports SCEA
NBA 2K6 September 26, 2005
November 16, 2005
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 06 September 26, 2005
October 4, 2005
November 16, 2005
PlayStation 2
Xbox
GameCube
Windows
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA 06 October 4, 2005
November 1, 2005
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation 2
San Diego Studio SCEA
NCAA March Madness 06 October 11, 2005 Xbox
PlayStation 2
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA Ballers: Phenom March 29, 2006
April 5, 2006
Xbox
PlayStation 2
Midway Midway
NBA Ballers: Rebound May 9, 2006 PlayStation Portable Backbone Entertainment Midway
Mario Hoops 3-on-3 July 27, 2006 Nintendo DS Square Enix Nintendo
NBA 07 September 25, 2006
November 14, 2006
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation 3
San Diego Studio SCEA
NBA 2K7 September 25, 2006
November 13, 2006
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Xbox
Visual Concepts
Kush Games
2K Sports
NBA Live 07 September 25, 2006 Windows
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
Xbox
EA Canada EA Sports
NCAA March Madness 07 January 17, 2007 PlayStation 2
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA Street Homecourt February 20, 2007
March 6, 2007
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports Big
NBA 08 September 26, 2007
October 12, 2007
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
San Diego Studio SCEA
NBA Live 08 October 1, 2007
October 30, 2007
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
Wii
Windows
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA 2K8 October 2, 2007 PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NCAA March Madness 08 December 11, 2007 PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA Ballers: Chosen One April 21, 2008 PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Midway Midway
NBA 09: The Inside October 7, 2008 PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
San Diego Studio SCEA
NBA 2K9 October 7, 2008 Windows
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 09 October 7, 2008 PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
Wii
EA Canada EA Sports
NCAA Basketball 09 November 17, 2008 PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports
World Basketball Manager April, 2009 Windows Icehole Icehole
Flick NBA Basketball April 27, 2009 iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) Freeverse Freeverse
Wii Sports Resort July 26, 2009 Wii Nintendo EAD Nintendo
NBA 10: The Inside October 6, 2009 PlayStation Portable San Diego Studio SCEA
NBA 2K10 October 6, 2009
October 12, 2009
November 9, 2009
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
Windows
Wii
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 10 October 6, 2009 iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA Unrivaled November 11, 2009
April 1, 2010
June 23, 2010
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games Tecmo
NCAA Basketball 10 November 18, 2009 PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
EA Canada EA Sports
StarDunk July 12, 2010 iOS, Android Godzilab Playdigious
NBA Jam October 5, 2010
November 17, 2010
February 10, 2011
Wii
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
iOS
EA Canada EA Sports
NBA 2K11 October 5, 2010 Windows
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Wii
Xbox 360
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Elite 11 November 5, 2010 iOS EA Canada EA Sports
Mario Sports Mix February 27, 2011 Wii Square Enix Nintendo
NBA 2K12 October 4, 2011 Windows
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Wii
Xbox 360
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA 2K13 October 2, 2012
November 18, 2012
Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
Wii
Xbox 360
Wii U
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA 2K14 October 1, 2013
November 15, 2013
November 22, 2013
Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 14 November 19, 2013 PlayStation 4
Xbox One
EA Tiburon EA Sports
NBA Rush January 4, 2014
iOS Other Ocean Interactive RenRen Games USA
NBA 2K15 October 7, 2014
Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 15 October 28, 2014 PlayStation 4
Xbox One
EA Tiburon EA Sports
NBA 2K16 September 25, 2015

September 29, 2015

Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 16 September 29, 2015 PlayStation 4
Xbox One
EA Tiburon EA Sports
Super Basket Manager 16 October 8, 2015 Android BT Games Studio BT Games Studio
NBA 2K17 September 20, 2016
Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
3on3 FreeStyle December 9, 2016
Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
JoyCity JoyCity
NBA Playgrounds May 2017
Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Saber Interactive Saber Interactive
NBA 2K18 September 29, 2017
Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA Live 18 September 15, 2017
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
EA Tiburon EA Sports
NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 October 26, 2018
Windows
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One
Saber Interactive 2K Sports
NBA Live 19 September 7, 2018
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
EA Tiburon EA Sports
NBA 2K20 September 6, 2019
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Windows
Nintendo Switch
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA 2K21 September 4, 2020
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Stadia
Apple Arcade
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA 2K22 September 10, 2021
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
Nintendo Switch Sports April 29, 2022 Nintendo Switch Nintendo EPD Nintendo
NBA 2K23 September 9, 2022
October 18, 2022
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Apple Arcade
Visual Concepts 2K Sports
NBA 2K24 September 8, 2023 Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Apple Arcade
Visual Concepts 2K Sports

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