Professional basketball goes portable in this first-party launch title for Sony's PSP. Developed by sports-game specialist subsidiary 989, the game offers nearly 400 pro players on 41 real-life teams (including teams from the National Basketball Development league), based on the rosters of the most current (2004-2005) NBA season. Main game modes include "Practice," "Playoff," and "Full Season," and two-player matches are supported through the PSP's wireless networking capabilities.
Company 1: SCEA - San Diego; Director of Sports Studio Product Development: Scott Rohde; Red Zone Studio Director: Mark Meyers; Creative Director: David Ortiz; Art Director: Brad Pollard; Director of Licensing: Christian Phillips; Senior Producer: C. J. Connoy; Franchise Technical Director: David Lawson; Franchise Art Lead: Andrei Booriakin; Development Team Producer: P. J. Snavely; Lead Programmer: Stephen Waits; Senior Programmer: Conrado Gatdula, Mario Ventrella; Programmer: Criag Morrison, Francois Bertrand, Brad Byrd, Mike Skinner, Bill Kydd; Online Senior Programmer: Jeff Curley; Audio Programmer: Larry Holland; Animation Library: Armen Levonian, David Goodhue, Max Elliott; Graphics Library: Jim Buck; Simulation Library: P. J. Snavely; SCR-RT: Adam Harris, George Loukas, Glen Van Datta, Tom Sawyer, Rob Colbert; SVG Library: Max Loeb, Mitch Sanborn; Tools: Brian Pinz; Animation Lead: Joe Shedd; Animation: Dan Rubel, Nathan Webb, Keith Ho, Jeremy Spencer; Environments Lead: Josh Quillen; Environments: Ed Gambler, John Settles, Monica Bennett; Character Art Lead: Neil Fordice; Character Art: Billy Ahlswede, Mike Bolger, Minoh Kim, Nan Kim, Ryan Volek; Interface Lead: David Schorn; Interface: Joe Keylon; Design Lead: Kevin McCan; Design: Eddy Cramm, Matt Brosbois, Vernon Molette, Steve Bolender; Audio Design: Chris Jahnkow, Chuck Carr; First Party Quality Assurance Director: Michael Blackledge; Test Operations Senior Manager: Ritchard Markelz; Game Test Manager: Mike Veigel; Game Test Engineer: Mathew Zauher, Bob Staite; Quality Assurance Analyst: Drew Bradford; Game Test Analyst: Marco Huerto, German Benitez, Fred Fabian, David Schraer, Dave Evans, Arturo Gonzales, Guillermo Garcia, Bryant Hunter, Shawn Wooldridge, Daniel Cooper, Joel Hallmark, Chris Lewis, Sebren Green, Adrian Beltran, Craig Francis, Nico Nelson, Jason Zarecki, Kyle Isbell, Elton Brown, Terrance Mixon, Brandon Brashars, Ernest Chi, Andrew Shufeldt, Oscar Inciong; Lab Technician: Vince Loughney; Project Management Supervisor: Eric Ippolito; Coordinator: Jason Coker; Assistant: Randall Lowe; Training Specialist: Benjamin Forrest; QA Support Manager: Ken Kribs; Test Tool Developer: Jie Xu, Chris Depuydt; Applications Manager: Kevin Simmons; Applications Admin: Chrisitan Davis; Technology Projects Coordinator: Matt Harper; Online Support Technician: Chris Cromwell, Mike Gallina; Quality Assurance Analyst: Derek Bauerman, Ken Ovebey; Company 2: Sony Computer Entertainment America; Product Marketing Manager: Troy Mack; Product Marketing Specialist: Doug Panter; Director, Promotions: Sharon Shapiro; Promotions: Janeen Anderson, Donna Armentor, Blair Elliottt, Bob Johnson, Tracy Ryder; Director, Public Relations: Molly Smith; Public Relations: Ron Eagle, Ryan Bowling, Paul Murpy, Alyssa Casella, Scott Goryl; Director of Loyalty and Channel Marketing: Steve Williams; Director of Brand and Market Strategy, PlayStation Online: Susan Nourai; Director, Creative Services: Ed DeMasi; Creative Services Manager: Quinn Pham; Creative Services Specialist: Steve Ervin; POP Manager: Josh Bingham; Manual Documentation: David Lovalvo; Packaging & Manual Design: Petrol Advertising; Photography: Getty Images; Director, Legal & Business Affairs: Dan Figueroa, Jim Williams; Paralegal: Christine DeNezza; Music Licensing: Brian Fukuji, Mary Nappi; League Acknowlegment: National Basketball Association, Greg Lassen, Shari Wolford, Stacey Kerr
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide