NHL 94. twitter

[dukedukowski]

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[FiveTacos]

I still play it on an emulator. Usually with updated rosters and bug fixes. I have way more fun than I do with more recent EA games.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

94, was probably the first year I vividly remember in my mind (from a life not hockey standpoint). Sometimes I think it was recent and then I see shit like this.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

In the SNES game Joseph, or I guess the blues didn't have another goalie, it was just CuJo

 

[JianYang]

nhl 94 tends to get the most love, but all the early ones were fun. My personal favourote was actually nhl 95 when they introduced a some breakthrough features that we now consider standard, such as a season mode, and trades. They even would have an awards show at the end of the year.

 

[bov]

Thought this was going to be twitter somehow being mentioned or appearing in a video game from 1994.

 

[BallardEra]

So many memories using the Multitap on the SNES and playing with 4 people at the same time.

 

[bleedgreen]

I was an addict from the day they brought out 92. Used to have huge tournaments with friends. That version you couldn’t see who the players were beyond their numbers and you couldn’t change up the lines. So you’d often play with your friends with just the starting lineup all game instead of using lines. It was simpler and often more fun. I had to find a hockey digest to know who was who on half the teams. Everyone would play with Chicago (Roenick), LA (Gretzky) or Pitts (Lemieux).

Thanks to that hockey digest I used Calgary and laid waste to my enemies.

Roberts - Nieuwendyk - Fleury
Suter - MacInnis
Vernon

 

[sxvnert]

Original NHL or nhl 93 on the sega genesis are better imo.

 

[elmaco]

I like 99 the best, with the Lindros cover and amazing features for the time.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Best NHL game ever made.

Snes or Gens version. Both have something different to offer

 

[tarheelhockey]

This game was so unrealistic. Just look at this example, they have Felix Potvin out there doing Ron Hextall’s moves.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I like 99 the best, with the Lindros cover and amazing features for the time.

And that intro? Sheesh..

Loved the balance in that one. When I loaded up the roster my 99 overall create a player didn’t shine too much, everyone scored lots, so then I tried having an awful roster and one star. I forget the exact results, but 120+ points for one guy, then 45 and below for everyone else, which makes sense. Then I figured maybe one decent player would help, so I picked up Kevin Dineen. I forget the exact numbers, but Dineen got between 80-120 points, and my created star scored 150+ or somethin ridiculous. Point is, the game did a really good job keeping scoring stats reasonable, to the point where 10 year old me started simming whole seasons just to see the effects of different rosters on scoring. Shit, learned a lot from that?

 

[Roo Returns]

nhl 94 tends to get the most love, but all the early ones were fun. My personal favourote was actually nhl 95 when they introduced a some breakthrough features that we now consider standard, such as a season mode, and trades. They even would have an awards show at the end of the year.

Yup, 95 with the trades and create a player. You could at least keep rosters current for 1-2 years after.

I remember trading for players and I kept releasing a jobber create a player to ensure the uniform number was correct for the traded guy, and my Niklas Sundstrom won the Selke Award every year.

 

[JianYang]

This game was so unrealistic. Just look at this example, they have Felix Potvin out there doing Ron Hextall’s moves.

Coincidentally, hextall and potvin fought each other for real and potvin cut him open.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

This game was so unrealistic. Just look at this example, they have Felix Potvin out there doing Ron Hextall’s moves.

 

[McRpro]

Best NHL game ever made.

Snes or Gens version. Both have something different to offer

As a SNES fanboy I very much prefered the Genesis version. Although I had a friend who swore the L and R buttons on the SNES version, to quickly select the defensemen made the SNES version superior.

 

[EdJovanovski]

As someone who wasn’t born yet I think this has to be pure nostalgia goggles, this game is primitive AF and boring. I remember playing it that one year where they included it with the newer NHL for free. Current games have their issues but this barely even resembles hockey

 

[Jason316]

NHL 94 and NHLPA 93 were the best than ESPN NHL 2K3-2K6 rocked

Than NHL 07 happened and CRUSHED the 2K series

 

[Bruce Granville]

Best NHL game ever made.

Snes or Gens version. Both have something different to offer

Sega CD might be the best version…

 

[dukedukowski]

NHL 94 and NHLPA 93 were the best than ESPN NHL 2K3-2K6 rocked

Than NHL 07 happened and CRUSHED the 2K series

How/why?

 

[JackSlater]

nhl 94 tends to get the most love, but all the early ones were fun. My personal favourote was actually nhl 95 when they introduced a some breakthrough features that we now consider standard, such as a season mode, and trades. They even would have an awards show at the end of the year.

Nice, I also prefer 95. Comfortably so.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

And that intro? Sheesh..

Loved the balance in that one. When I loaded up the roster my 99 overall create a player didn’t shine too much, everyone scored lots, so then I tried having an awful roster and one star. I forget the exact results, but 120+ points for one guy, then 45 and below for everyone else, which makes sense. Then I figured maybe one decent player would help, so I picked up Kevin Dineen. I forget the exact numbers, but Dineen got between 80-120 points, and my created star scored 150+ or somethin ridiculous. Point is, the game did a really good job keeping scoring stats reasonable, to the point where 10 year old me started simming whole seasons just to see the effects of different rosters on scoring. Shit, learned a lot from that?

I consider that the golden age of sports video game intro’s, just after the advent of FMV but before the CTE lawsuits:

 

[Breakers]

Guaranteed goal on the wrap around

You knew it was coming a mile away

 

[Satans Hockey]

As someone who wasn’t born yet I think this has to be pure nostalgia goggles, this game is primitive AF and boring. I remember playing it that one year where they included it with the newer NHL for free. Current games have their issues but this barely even resembles hockey

South Park did a whole thing about this kind of situation, it's called member berries.