• Just about any computer system today will run NBA Live 98.basketballer dribbling ball image by patrimonio designs from Fotolia.com
  
  NBA Live 98 is the 1998 iteration of the NBA Live gaming series. This game was developed by EA Sports and features NBA player Tim Hardaway on the game's cover. In addition, the in-game commentary features the voice of Vern Lundquist, as well as the full rosters from the 1997 and 1998 seasons. It is a relatively outdated game, so most computer systems today should be able to run this game properly.
  
  

Processor

• To run NBA Live 98, you will need a computer that has an Intel Pentium processor running with at least 100 MHz, a Cyrix 6x86, or an AMD K6 Processor. The computer's processor is essentially the central unit of a computer that controls information and directs system tasks. Most computers today are well beyond the game's minimum requirements, and typically run at the GHz level.
  
  

RAM

• NBA Live 98 requires at least 16 MB of RAM. This component helps give the computer the memory space it needs for the processor to read and write information. Today, RAM levels go anywhere from the hundreds to the GHz levels with thousands of megabytes.
  
  

Disk Space

• The disk space needed to have this game installed is approximately 90 MB. The disk space in a computer equates to the amount of data a computer can store. Back in 1998, computers had much less storage than today, and it was rare to find a PC that had one gigabyte worth of hard drive space. Today, PCs can hold hundreds of gigabytes worth of disk space and sometimes even into the terabyte levels.
  
  

Video Card

• NBA Live 98 needs a minimum of 1 MB of video memory from a PCI or AGP SVGA-compatible video card. In addition, the video card must also be DirectDraw compliant. Today's video cards hold video memory in the hundred's range, and are compatible with a large library of video drivers, including DirectDraw.
  
  

CD-ROM

• You will need at least a CD-ROM drive that can read CDs at 4x speed. Higher speed equates to faster read times on the discs so the NBA Live 98 games will load quickly. Currently, CD-ROMs can read well beyond this range--from 8x speed to even as high as 72x speed.