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NBA Live 96 is the second installment of the NBA Live series, developed by Hitmen Productions/EA Canada and Electronic Arts and released in 1995 for PlayStation, MS-DOS, SNES, Sega Genesis and Game Boy.

A Sega Game Gear version was planned and it was to be based on the Game Boy version, but plans were eventually scrapped.

Why It Was Cancelled[]

  1. THQ/Black Pearl Software pulled out of the Sega Game Gear market, alongside other games like the Sega Game Gear version of NHL 96.
  2. The Sega Game Gear was discontinued in 1997.

Result[]

The Sega Game Gear version was permanently cancelled, likely because THQ/Black Pearl Software is pulling out of the Sega Game Gear market.