Edge of '94 Midwest

They had some technical difficulties so things started late. It was just one of those days. That being said here's the clip from the interview I did.

Gens groups would be as follows if the tournament started today. Group 1 Angryjay93 DPS Green Majik Phil Naumann Mike R Group 2 Kingraph Tyler Votaw Trojan Sean Cunningham Ahman Green Group 3 Darik Aho Mort Graham Tesch PunkyQB Hank the Tank Group 4 EA Kevin Cabarello Troy Evers Ryan K Tony Nguyen Group 5 Leif Erikson The Shield Moe Man Lil Trojan Timpapi

Gens seeding if the tournament started today 1/29/18 based on NHL94 world rankings 1) Angryjay93(1) 2) Kingraph(2) 3) Darik Aho(6) 4) EA(8) Group 4 5) Leif Erikson(12) 6) The Shield(14) 7) Kevin Cabarello(22) 8) Mort(25) 9) Tyler Votaw(42) 10) DPS(48) 11) Green Majik(50) 12) Trojan1979(64) 13) Graham Tesch(167) 14) Troy E(174) 15) Moe Man(207) 16) Lil Trojan(214) 17) Ryan K(215) 18) PunkyQB(216) 19) Sean Cunningham(unranked) 20) Phil Naumann(unranked) 21) Mike R(unranked) 22) Ahman Green(unranked) 23) Hank the Tank(unranked) 24) Tony Nguyen(unranked) 25) Timpapi(unranked)

Today's the day! I'll be talking with Ahman Green and Nyxi on the TGFN weekly show about our tournament weekend! We go live approximately 2PM EST.

This weekend on the eve of the Tundra Bowl, I was able to meet up to play some Gens games with Mort, Green Majik, and DPS. No joke, all 3 of these guys have stepped up their game tremendously. Literally a month ago I had a measurable advantage against these guys. They are grinding weekly to get better. I look forward to their continued progression, and overall tournament performance come tournament weekend!

It wouldn't be Barry Melrose Place without something Barry Melrose related to give away. One lucky player will win this signed puck on Saturday Feb 23rd!

Love the 100% CRT factor man, keeping the dream alive!

We will be live on the TGFN weekly show with Ahman Green discussing our tournament weekend. Tune in to www.twitch.tv/truegamefanstv at 2PM EST Tuesday January 29th.

I can't believe it, but we are only a month away from tournament weekend! Sign ups are on a similar pace to last year, but we have a number of people waiting in the wings to pull the trigger. If you haven't invited some friends or shared our event out with the public, we sure would appreciate any support in this area. Here are the big hitters What : NHL94 and Tecmo Super Bowl tournaments Who : Anyone who wants to compete for bragging rights, or simply turn back the clock. Oh yeah, Ahman Green will be there When : Feb 22nd 7pm Tecmo Feb 23rd 10AM NHL94 Where : Edge VR Arcade, the raddest new place to get your game on in Green Bay, WI, just down the road from the Airport Why : Free pizza Friday night, awesome throwback era sports prizes, Lord Manly's Cup, Cash prizes, special VR rates, Spotted Cow, some of the raddest dudes you'll ever meet in your life. Lock it in and make a guys weekend of it. Sign up today, and tell some friends! tinyurl.com/2019nhl94 to signup!

With people learning how to get port forwarding direct connection working on RA, the experience for online NHL94 has been vastly improved. I've attempted to get these guys to hop online, but local is how they like to get down. I think they could be playing competitive paper slide football for all they care, just as long as they get together in person. I do admire the effort and energy. I'll try to be available given notice to play some online games if you schedule something that works for a decent number of people.

They are playing on Genesis, so I'm sure they'd love to give that team to you.

Move to Chicago, convince @angryjay93 to do the same, and I may be forced to move my annual tournament there. It wouldn't suck.

@mort1237 very much appreciate what you guys are doing in the Windy City. I hope other similarly motivated individuals will start meeting up in their own respective communities to drive interest in this timeless classic. On another note, hopefully you can get an additional player or 2 to make the journey with you guys in February. Thanks, Trojan

I must have neglected to post this here, but we did lock down another sponsor. If you are planning on playing Tecmo with us Friday night, free pizza will be provided courtesy of Titletown Financial Services LLC. Mike and Mike(can't make this up) from TFS will be playing Tecmo with us, and it's possible one of the Mikes will be with us for NHL94 as well. You are encouraged to ask them questions about finance, to distract them during your games with them, which should ultimately get you a win. Thanks Mike and Mike!

If someone has the answer great, but keep in mind this is site focused on NHL94 and other 16 bit 90's hockey versions, and not the PC versions 2K and beyond. I'm not saying your question can't be answered, or someone here doesn't have the answer, just understand the audience. I hope you can find your answer bud. Peace.

He's coming back! Yes Ahman Green the Packers all time leading rusher will be there to play and commentate with us all weekend long!

Here's a map on our represented states so far.

Went live to discuss tournament prizes and sponsorships tonight. Skip ahead a few minutes if you want to skip the awesome NHL94 Sega CD music.

Yeah I don't play RBI often, like not enough to improve between attempts. That being said I played in a fun tournament held by the Retro Sports Gamer. You had to pick the retro game out of a chip in a bag to determine what game you were playing. The games in play were RBI Baseball for NES, NBA Jam TE for Genesis, NHL94 for Genesis, and Tecmo Super Bowl for NES. Angryjay and I were arguably the best two NHL94 players present, but that means jack when you pull out a chip for RBI against RBI studs. I did share the link in their Discord. I know they focus hard on regular local meetups.

I know quite a bit of people that play locally, and are excellent at this game. Perhaps if we can use this to bring them into the community a bit deeper. Most of them are Chicago guys that I competed with along with @angryjay93 this past weekend. Although you guys are probably using Retroarch, there is a much better online experience to be had using the Brudtopia emulator that we use to play Tecmo Super Bowl. If you already have port forwarding setup for RA, you can tell the program to host using the same emulator. There is also a record/playback feature in the emulator for those that want to try that. This is the emulator I use for our online Tecmo Super Bowl tournament play, and as long as people are wiring in, it plays like a dream. Here's a link for anyone that wants it. Create a folder in the c:\users directory and call it "user" without the quotes. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1t965NBt-1kbgtkySlstRJFnKyOh4IXCm

Another Tecmo related update, but this is a big deal for us. We are happy to announce that the winner of the Tecmo Super Bowl tournament Feb 22nd will win automatic free entry into the Tecmo Players Championship April 6th. This tournament is run by the legendary Mort, and is a stacked high stakes marathon tournament. This is valued at $100, we are currently the first and only tournament in 2019 awarded this privilege. Don't wait and get signed up today! tinyurl.com/2019NHL94

I've been told our friend @MikeGartner22 will be joining us and has booked his flight already. I'm sure his signup will come later this week officially. It's always great when we add a 1st time player from our long established community!

Our friends at Press Start Games have donated gift cards to be given away during NHL94 tournament. Their store is amazing, and they also gave us very low priced Genesis hardware to add to our capacity.

We secured a huge sponsorship prize given to use by Player 2 Arcade Bar for available to win by anyone daring enough to compete in the Friday night February 22nd Tecmo Super Bowl tournament! Want to win this signed jersey? Just compete for $10 more with your paid 94 tournament entry, and you have a chance to win this by drawing!

We are giving away an awesome Wayne Gretzkey Kings McFarlarlane's figure. Head on over to Facebook to see how to win this great prize, while helping us spread the word on the tournament!