NBA Live 2000 is the 2000 installment of the NBA Live video game series. The cover features Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs. The game was developed by EA Sports and released in 1999. Don Poier is the play-by-play announcer with Reggie Theus on color commentary. The game features Michael Jordan in his first official appearance in the series. The PC version of the game introduced EA's "Face in the Game" feature, allowing players to use custom facial photographs on created players. It was also the final NBA Live game released for Nintendo 64. NBA Live 2000 is followed by NBA Live 2001. A cancelled Game Boy Color version was in development by Handheld Games for THQ, but it was scrapped during testing. Features Take on Legendary NBA Players: All-Star teams from each of five past decades. Play with the Legends 1-on-1 or 5-on-5. Play with Michael Jordan: Go 1-on-1 in a street court duel or play him on a Legends team. Enhanced Player Animations: New in-game speech; hear on-court player reactions. High fives, knuckle touches and more. Deeper Franchise Mode: Full NBA draft and total team management. Face in the game: Download your, or any face onto a player model and play with the pros. Create a whole team of you and your friends. Notes NBA Live 2000 was the first game to include legendary players, including Michael Jordan who made his first (official) appearance in the series. The PC and PlayStation version of NBA Live 2000 supported Dolby Digital audio compression technologies One-on-One Mode made its debut in the game. The game saw the debut of Face in the Game which gave players the opportunity to import a photo to be used as a cyberface for a created player. The first (and last) game to feature the team of Don Poier and Reggie Theus on commentary. Reception The game received "favorable" reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator GameRankings. Rob Smolka of NextGen said of the PlayStation version, "This is as good as a basketball game gets on the PlayStation." In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by Electronic Arts Victor on February 24, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40. Brett Alan Weiss of AllGame gave the PlayStation version four-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it "the most complete and most fun basketball game to