Q 01/05

Which studio develops the NBA 2K series?

A) EA Tiburon

B) Rockstar San Diego

C) Sledgehammer Games

D) Visual Concepts

Answer · why

D) Visual Concepts

Visual Concepts, of Novato, California, lost its football series when EA bought exclusive NFL rights in 2004; one of its veterans now calls being shut...

Q 02/05

On which console did the original NBA 2K launch in November 1999?

A) PlayStation

B) Nintendo 64

C) Dreamcast

D) Saturn

Answer · why

C) Dreamcast

Dreamcast never got EA's sports games, so the console's maker commissioned its own, NBA 2K among them; the series only reached rival machines two year...

Q 03/05

Which player was on the cover of the very first NBA 2K?

A) Kevin Garnett

B) Tim Duncan

C) Allen Iverson

D) Vince Carter

Answer · why

C) Allen Iverson

Allen Iverson stayed on the box for the first five games, and 2K brought 'The Answer' back to headline a season of NBA 2K24 marking the series' 25th a...

Q 04/05

Which company published the NBA 2K games before 2K took over in 2005?

A) Electronic Arts

B) Midway

C) Activision

D) Sega

Answer · why

D) Sega

Sega had just bought the studio behind the games when EA asked to be its new console's only sports brand; Sega refused, launched its own 2K line, and ...

Q 05/05

Which Detroit Pistons big man was the cover athlete of ESPN NBA 2K5?

A) Ben Wallace

B) Rasheed Wallace

C) Chauncey Billups

D) Richard Hamilton

Answer · why

A) Ben Wallace

Ben Wallace fronted the last game to carry the ESPN name: within four months EA had bought 15 years of exclusive rights to the channel's brand for its...