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USING THE XBOX VIDEO GAME SYSTEM 1. Set up your Xbox™ video game system by following the instructions in the Xbox Instruction Manual. USING THE XBOX CONTROLLER 1. Connect the Xbox Controller to any controller port on the front of the Xbox console. For multiple players, connect additional controllers to available controller ports. 2. Press the power button and the status indicator light will light up. 3. Press the eject button and the disc tray will open. 4.
CONTROL SUMMARY Sega Sports NBA 2K2 is designed with analog functionality in mind. The Xbox controller provides a full range of motion and adds to the overall depth and pinpoint control of the game. However, we understand that “old habits die hard,” so if you’re partial to using the directional pad as your primary source of control, you can modify the controller settings to do just that.
OFFENSIVE CONTROLS Here’s a look at the basic offensive controls you’ll use during gameplay (we’ll discuss them in detail in the pages to come) … Button Action left thumbstick A button X button B button Y button left trigger White button right trigger Black button right thumbstick right thumbstick + A,B,X,Y START button Control Player Pass Shoot/Jump For Rebound Crossover Dribble/Spin Move Call Up Pass Icons Back Down Defender Call For Pick Turbo/Speed Burst Pass To Player Closest To Basket Bring Up Pla
SHOOTING: X button CROSSOVER DRIBBLES: B button To shoot the ball, press and hold the X button. When your player reaches the top of his jump, release the X button to release the shot. As in the real NBA, timing is crucial. If you let go of the button before the player reaches his peak, he’ll likely short-arm the shot. Similarly, if you release the shot while the player’s on his way down, he’ll be more likely to have the shot drift on him or have it blocked.
PASSING TO THE PLAYER CLOSEST TO THE BASKET: Black button New to this year’s version of the game is the option for one-button passing to get the ball to the open man nearest the basket. If you see a player break free down low, simply press the Black button and your player will whip a pass to the man closest to the hoop.
Free Throw Shooting PLAYCALLING: right thumbstick + A, X, B,Y Each team has sixteen plays in its offensive playbook, of which four plays can be used during a game via the in-game playcall menu. If you’d like to customize the four plays currently in use, select Coach from the Pause Menu, and select Offensive Plays (you can also set your offensive plays in Customize Mode).
BASIC DEFENSE STEALING: B button SWITCH TO THE LAST AVAILABLE DEFENDER: Y button If you catch the ball-handler napping, or if you’ve double-teamed a big man down low, press the B button to attempt a steal. Be careful not to overuse the steal button or to lunge for a steal attempt when you don’t have a good angle on the ball – if so, the referee will call a reach-in foul on your play. Pressing the Y button will put you in control of the defender closest to the basket.
PAUSE MENU Defensive Sets In-Game Coaching Moves Move the right thumbstick to bring up the menu and then press the A, B, X, or Y button to select the corresponding defensive set. The default options are as follows: Button A B X Y Action Man-to-Man – The standard defensive set. Half Court Trap – Defenders try to trap the ball-handler at the half-court line. Full Court Man-To-Man – Defenders pick up their man in the backcourt. 2-3 Zone – New to the NBA in 2001-02.
GAME MODES Stats Current game stats as well as an updated injury report can be accessed here. From the Main Menu, you’re given a number of different gameplay options. Here’s a quick description of all the different game modes that NBA 2K2 has to offer… Exhibition Cameras NBA 2K2 offers five different camera angles to choose from, as well as six different modifications you can make to each. You can preview each of them to make sure you have everything exactly as you want it.
STREET COURTS Coach’s Corner: Scrimmage Mode New this year is the option to scrimmage against other teams in Practice Mode. This allows you to practice running all the plays in your playbook so that you can get a feel for how each play works. You can almost hear the coach yelling “run it again!”. TOURNEY Choose to either play in a new tournament or load a previously saved one. Select your teams and determine human or CPU control for each of the 4, 8, or 16 teams that are participating in your tournament.
ALLEN IVERSON BIO Many predicted the Philadelphia 76ers to be a middle-of-the-pack sort of team in 2000-01. Many were wrong. Behind a phenomenal season by Allen Iverson, the Sixers steamrolled their way to a 56-26 regular season record and the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Along the way, Allen paused just long enough to return to his old stomping grounds in Washington, DC, score 25 points and pick up the MVP trophy at the 2001 All-Star Game.
QUICK REFERENCE Offensive Controls Button Action left thumbstick A button X button B button Y button left trigger White button right trigger Black button right thumbstick right thumbstick + A, B, X, Y START button Control Player Pass Shoot/Jump For Rebound Crossover Dribble Call Up Pass Icons Back Down Defender Call For Pick Turbo Pass To Player Closest To Basket Bring Up Playcall Menu Call Play Pause Game Free Throw Shooting: Simultaneously pull the left trigger and right trigger until both green arrow
CUSTOMIZE Player Create Signings Ah, here’s the fun part. You’ll need to decide in the offseason which free agents to pursue and whether or not to re-sign or extend the deals of the players already on your roster. Use the right or left triggers to select either your team or the available free agents, highlight the player you’d like to come to the table with, and press the A button.
TEAM CAPSULES Coach’s Corner: Getting a Created Player onto Your Team Once you’ve created that player, you’ll need to assign him to a team. From the Player Create Screen, Press the B Button once to back out to the Customize Main Menu. Then select Free Agents, highlight Teams, and Press the Black/White buttons to scroll to the team you wish to sign the player to. Scroll down to your player and press the A Button. Press the START button to add the player to that team.
Chicago Bulls Head Coach: Bill Cartwright Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/bulls/ 2000-01 Record: 15-67 (8th place, Central Division) Team Outlook: With one of the youngest and most inexperienced squads in the NBA, the Bulls will have to rely on youthful enthusiasm to get by this year. They’ll be buoyed by the return of former Bull Charles Oakley, who adds an instant credibility to the front line.
Houston Rockets Head Coach: Rudy Tomjanovich Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/rockets/ 2000-01 Record: 45-37 (5th place, Midwest Division) Team Outlook: For the first time since 1984, Houston fans will not see a fella named Olajuwon roaming the paint for their club. The Rockets must hope that diminutive scorer Steve Francis can grab the torch from Hakeem and become the heart and soul of the franchise.
34 Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach: George Karl Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/bucks/ 2000-01 Record: 52-30 (1st place, Central Division) Team Outlook: Things are definitely looking up in Milwaukee. Finalists for the Eastern Conference crown a season ago, the Bucks may in fact be the frontrunners this time around. The Central Division champs feature a trio of top scorers in Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen and Sam Cassell, and added power forward Anthony Mason from the Miami Heat.
36 Phoenix Suns Head Coach: Scott Skiles Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/suns/ 2000-01 Record: 51-31 (3rd place, Pacific Division) Team Outlook: Health is really the only obstacle between the Suns being merely a better-than-average club or being a threat to advance deep into the playoffs.
CREDITS Utah Jazz Head Coach: Jerry Sloan Internet Site: http://www.nba.com/jazz/ 2000-01 Record: 53-29 (T-2nd place, Midwest Division) Team Outlook: Sure they keep getting older. Sure they’re due for the big crash. Yet somehow, the Jazz quietly go about their business, win 50+ games during the regular season, and forge into the playoffs as one of those teams that nobody wants to play. Things should be no different this year.
Quality Assurance Cont. Joey Edwards Drew Gall Albert Huie Robert Nelson Tor Unsworth Derek Williams David Winslow Intro Movie Created by DragonLight Additional Testing Marion Dreo Kai Ma Carl Palomino Mark Washington Donell Williams Menu Music C&G Entertainment Audio Script Writing Rob Thomas Additional Arena Music Directed and Supervised by CouchLife Ltd., London, UK Composed and Produced by Matt Hales HSP (Tom Hills) Voice Over Bob Fitzgerald as Bob Steel Rod Brooks as Rod West Ira C.
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