NBA 06

NBA 06
PlayStation 2 cover art featuring Amar'e Stoudemire
Developer(s)	San Diego Studio
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable PlayStation 2
Release	PlayStation Portable NA: October 4, 2005 PlayStation 2 NA: November 1, 2005
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

NBA 06 is a 2005 basketball video game developed by San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2. It is the first NBA video game published by Sony to have no involvement from 989 Sports.

Gameplay

In The Life, the players take role of an NBA rookie. First, you must create your player and then go to pre-draft training camp of the team. After that the draft starts, and the character get picked. During the games, the player has to complete goals like scoring a certain number of points or holding their star to no steals. If there is a failure of at least one of the goals, the event will start all over again.

Reception

NBA 06

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PS2	PSP
Metacritic	63/100[18]	72/100[19]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PS2	PSP
Game Informer	7.75/10[1]	6.5/10[2]
GamePro	[3]	[4]
GameSpot	6.2/10[5]	5.9/10[6]
GameSpy	[7]	[8]
GameZone	6/10[9]	7.9/10[10]
IGN	6.9/10[11]	7.5/10[12]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[13]	[14]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	7.5/10[15]	6/10[16]
X-Play	[17]	N/A

NBA 06 received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[18][19]

References

1. "NBA 06 (PS2)". Game Informer. No. 153. GameStop. January 2006. p. 139.
2. Reiner, Andrew (December 2005). "NBA 06 (PSP)". Game Informer. No. 152. GameStop. p. 190.
3. Atomic Dawg (November 14, 2005). "NBA 06 Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 24, 2005. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
4. Bones (January 2006). "NBA 06 Review for PSP on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. p. 99. Archived from the original on January 15, 2006. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
5. Colayco, Bob (November 9, 2005). "NBA 06 Review (PS2)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
6. Colayco, Bob (October 3, 2005). "NBA 06 Review (PS2)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
7. Leeper, Justin (October 28, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA 06 (PS2)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
8. Leahy, Dan (October 3, 2005). "GameSpy: NBA 06 (PSP)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
9. Lafferty, Michael (November 22, 2005). "NBA 06 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
10. Hobbs, Ronnie (October 9, 2005). "NBA 06 - PSP - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
11. Allen, Jason (November 2, 2005). "NBA 06 (PS2)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
12. Allen, Jason (September 27, 2005). "NBA 06 (PSP)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
13. "NBA 06 (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 100. Ziff Davis. January 2006.
14. "NBA 06 (PSP)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 100. Ziff Davis. January 2006. p. 107.
15. "Review: NBA 06 (PS2)". PSM. Future US. December 25, 2005. p. 80.
16. "Review: NBA 06 (PSP)". PSM. Future US. December 25, 2005. p. 100.
17. Marriott, Scott Alan (January 31, 2006). "NBA 06 Review (PS2)". X-Play. G4 Media. Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
18. "NBA 06 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
19. "NBA 06 for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 18, 2019.

External links

• NBA 06 (PlayStation Portable) at MobyGames
• NBA 06 (PlayStation 2) at MobyGames