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  Yay! I have successfully imported graphics into the Celtics court graphics files using Console Texture Explorer, OPTPix Image Editor for PS2, and a hex editor! This took quite a bit of trial and error, but as you can see, I've got a custom Sonics center court logo on the court and a custom baseline logo as well!   The big hurdle I still have is trying to figure out how to change the color palette and having it transferred to the MSH graphic file. I changed the palette in the texture (TM2) file and it shows up with the new colors in Console Texture Explorer after editing, but it defaults back to the old color palette in the game, so that's why the colors in the center court image isn't eye-popping yellow and emerald green.  

I'm getting a little restless from trying to mod the NBA Live courts to make it work with the Sonics. My latest go-round has been trying to mix and match courts/arenas and Sonics graphics, since I can't figure out how to hex edit the o/ord/orl court files that NBA Live uses. There's editors out there for these files for the PC versions of Need for Speed/NBA Live but it won't work with the console versions unfortunately. The screenshot shown here is using the Boston Celtics court with SuperSonic logos. The green/yellow combination goes really well! The only problem is the baseline graphic is blackened out and I am still trying to figure out why this is happening. I've also tried combinations with Milwaukee Bucks (also green with red), Golden State, Indiana, EA Sports Arena, Adidas Arena, and others. The Celtics and Bucks are the best looking, though having a black court with Sonics logo is kind of cool too. I'll keep working at it...

I've been working on modding the final release of NBA Live series on the PSP by subbing in the Seattle Super Sonics with the Oklahoma City Thunder with some great success! As you can see in the video above, I've managed to import the logos, jerseys, and all the contextual stuff. I've also successfully imported in-game jerseys and audio over. The only thing I am having challenges with right now is importing Key Arena over.

The Sonics leaving Seattle is a sore subject for many folks around here including myself. It's been increasingly frustrating to get your hopes back up and then thrown to the curb again and again. Thank goodness for retro gaming! I've been trying to figure out how to update some old PSP NBA Live games to be the Super Sonics once again. This photo here represents the Seattle Sonics in NBA Live 08. Yes, the game is the last one on PSP to include the Seattle franchise, however, I imported rosters from the NBA Live 10 series over, which was the last one from EA Sports on this console. So, my Sonics have Westbrook and Harden, and whoever else joined post-doom+gloom-era. It wasn't too difficult, as EA Sports is really lazy and didn't even change Seattle named files out of the database. The content was different, but the file names were exactly the same. I just had to make sure what worked and what didn't. So while the above screenshot is basically just extracting the defau...