Not sure when the NXT came out but I know the "Professional" was released in the late 90's. It had a more durable cover than its predecessor, the Balata. Im sure there are some very knowledgeable folks here who will clear this up for you!

I remember playing the Titleist DT, HP2 and then HP2 Tour during that time I think.

From memory the Professional and the Prestige were the two wound "balata" covered top quality balls in that era, and I think the HVC (High Velocity Core) was their first offering of a solid non wound construction premium offering possibly the forerunner of the Pro V1, I think Corey Pavin won a major using a HVC.

In the 90's I would either play the HP2 Tour or the Professional.

I remember the HVC, HP2 and the Tour Distance. I played those and liked the Tour Distance best. It had a wound center. I also remember the Professional and Tour Balata. Those were both wound balls.

Does anyone have the dates various titleist balls were initially launched into production?

I'm trying to put together a comprehensive list of non-ProV's and here is what I have so far. It would benice if I could fill in the blanks for some of these regarding when they were first produced. Here is my list:
1 DT TruSoft   (Yellow) (DT's introduced in 1974)2 DT TruSoft   (white3 -DT Trusoft - 4 DT Wound 905 DT Wound 1006 DT 2-Piece7 DT 2 - Piece 8 DT Wound 90 9 DT 9010 * DT 90 *11 *DT 80 *12 --DT Roll-- (launched in 2008)13 --DT Carry--14 DT Spin  15 DT*Distance16 DT Distance 17 -DT Solo - (launched in 2010)18 DT So/Lo19 -DT SoLo- 20 *DT 100*21 * 384 DT 90 * (launched in 1983)22 * 384 Tour 100 * (launched in 1983)23 PTS Wound 9024 PTS 2-Piece25 HVC - Soft Feel (launched in 1992)26 HVC   9027 * HVC 90 *28 HVC   10029 *HVC 100*30 HVC Distance31 HVC Tour32 Tour Distance-9033 .-Tour Distance-.34 Tour Distance35 Tour Distance SF36 Tour Prestige 37 Durable Surlyn Titleist DT
38 Titleist (Acushnet on the side)39 HP2 * 10040 HP2 Tour41 HP2 Tour42 HP2 Distance43 HP Eclipse 44 HP Tour  45 HP Distance 46 HP . Distance  47 Tour Balata   10048 -NXT Tour-49 .-NXT Tour-.50 -NXT Tour S- (curved arrow)51 -NXT Tour S- (connected arrow, not curved)52 -NXT Tour S- (Yellow)53 -NXTExtreme- 54 - NXT -
55    Velocity     56 -Velocity-57 -Velocity-58 Velocity  
59  Tour Soft  (2018 product)

The professional was the best ball on the market at the time. The Tour Prestige was a longer lasting version of the Balata. I used the ProV1 * for a while. They were only produced for a year or so. I still have a few of them.

Rusty, I like your list of years balls came out. Its difficult to get a comprehensive list. I am clearing out a 1000 balls and i have balatas, dt, professionals etc. I would like to save a few and would like to put them in chronological order. I will look for more of your posts or info from anyone. Thank you

i have a bunch of --PRO V1-- and PRO V1 that are printed in gray. When di Titleist start selling these 2?