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SETTING UP THE GAME
Life on the hardcourt begins from the
NBA LIVE 2004
Main menu.
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When you first load
NBA LIVE 2004
, you must select your favorite team.
MAIN MENU
NOTE:
Default options are listed in
bold
in this manual.
PLAY NOW—
STARTING AN EXHIBITION GAME
Go straight to the court in an Exhibition game between any two teams.
TO START A PLAY NOW GAME:
Ü
From the Main menu, highlight PLAY NOW and press
A
. The Select Teams screen appears.
SELECT TEAMS SCREEN
Select the teams for the next game.
Start to play right now
(
Play Now—Starting
An Exhibition Game
below)
Get the scoop on
EA SPORTS Freestyle
Control (
EA SPORTS
Freestyle Control
on
p. 20)
Take full control of a
team and league rosters
(
Team Management
on p. 23)
Load or save your
game, or adjust your
controller configurations
(
Options
on p. 25)
Play more advanced
game modes (
Game
Modes
on
p. 15)
Load profiles, change
settings, and more.
(
My NBA LIVE
on p. 21)
EA SPORTS Extras:
Get a Season Preview
and view game credits
Away team
Team rating
Press
c
to access the
Help menu
Press
B
to go back to
the Main menu
Home team
User Controlled team
(Player 1)
Pull
l
to access the
User Profiles screen
(
p. 14)
Summary of Contents for NBA LIVE 2004
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