NBA Live 98 on SNES is pure late '90s basketball nostalgia—the kind of game you’d play after school with the volume cranked up just to hear that crunchy dunk sound effect. The graphics were solid for the time, and the controls? Surprisingly smooth once you got used to them. I remember spending way too long in the menu just scrolling through teams, trying to decide between playing as the Bulls (obvious choice) or someone weird like the Timberwolves for the challenge.

It’s got that classic arcade feel—not hyper-realistic like modern games, but fast-paced and fun. Alley-oops actually felt rewarding to pull off, and the AI wasn’t a complete pushover if you bumped up the difficulty. The soundtrack’s basically a time capsule of MIDI beats too. If you’ve still got an SNES hooked up somewhere, this one’s worth a few quarters of your time.