

NBA 2K2 is a basketball video game. It is the third installment in the NBA 2K series of video games and it was developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega Sports. It was released on October 24, 2001 on the Sega Dreamcast and later ported to the Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and the Xbox in 2002. NBA 2K2 featured more street courts such as Mosswood, Fonde Rec Center, Venice Beach, etc. The game still featured the old street courts like in the previous game NBA 2K1. It was the first NBA 2K game to be released multi-platform on the series, and also the last to be on the Sega Dreamcast. The cover athlete is Allen Iverson
SimulatorSportNon-fictionbasketballminigamesartificial intelligenceinstant replayshared screenlicensed gamenon-player characteryear in the titlenational basketball associationcommentarysan antonio spurspenaltiesXbox, Nintendo GameCube, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
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Earnest, plot-driven, warm and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Visual Concepts
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- October 23, 2001
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Perspective
- Third person
IGDB rating 8.3/10 from 10 ratings.
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