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For those who don't want to watch me ramble for over an hour on my stream (btw stream is here - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2120586640) Using the source code from 92 (Link - NHL Hockey Source Code), we are now able to find out how things work a lot easier than finding a needle in a haystack like we had done in the past. NHL94 has improved upon 92, but much of the code is the same (with some refinements and added things, like bonuses). The most important thing is we have an idea how the RAM is laid out (basically all the variables for the game). How does checking work in 94? Weight is involved. Where you are on the rink is involved (You're getting checked against the boards? You're getting knocked down). Checking rating is involved. Also, impact value is involved (how hard you are hitting depending on your velocity and your opponents velocity, and the distance between the 2 of you). Are you controlling the player checking, or is the AI? Also, the weight bug (lets lighter players check heavier players, regardless of a lot of factors above) - Here's the checking formula for 94: Check if checking player is in checking animation If impact value is more than 20 decimal, the check will initiate. If not, there will only be momentum transferred between the 2. Starting value for calculation (120 decimal or 240 decimal if player controlled) - Subtract (Wgt * 8) of player checking - Add (Wgt * 8) of player being checked - Divide total by 2 - Check if player will hit the wall (see below) - Subtract impact value - If the total is 0 or negative, proceed to knock down. - If total is positive, then check if player will hit wall. If he will, proceed to knock down. - If total was positive, and player is not near a wall, then randomize the result from above (the RNG will choose a number >= 0 and < result from above) - Load the checking attribute (which is Chk rating * 5 + bonuses (Hot/Cold and 3rd Period Bonus). Divide it by 2 (Value will be between 0 and 15) - Next, subtract Checking value from above from the RNG result. If the answer is <= 0, then proceed to knock down. If positive, then check Agression attribute and see if there will be a penalty from the hit. Knock down section also checks for penalty from contact, but there is slightly less of a chance of a penalty compared to them not getting knocked down. After this part of the code, it will check for toddle (related to stickhandling). This checking formula is almost the same as it is in 92, except for the fact that some math is different (there's no bonuses, attributes are on a 0-15 scale instead of 0-6), the starting value for ALL checks is 60 decimal. In 94, the attributes are stored in RAM with a 0-30 scale (which is why you see a divide by 2 in a few places here). What's the weight bug problem? Lighter player can check heavier players with ease, when player controlled. This is because of the large boost given to the starting value. The subtracting and adding of the weight in this formula is done "byte" size, which means that value can never be over 255, it will overflow and 256 = 0 (it will start over at 0). Because of this, the rest of the calculation is pretty much thrown out the window (impact value will play a very small role in a weight bug check). So how to fix the weight bug? Remove the boost to the starting value when player controlled. I believe this may have been left in during testing, since the formula itself is almost the save as in 92. If the starting value was set to 120 decimal for both AI and player controlled checks, we would see much more "realistic" results. Weight difference won't be a huge factor anymore (still a bit of a factor), but impact and checking attribute would play more of a role. What's impact value? This is something I was able to figure out using the source code. The game tracks the velocity of the players (speed + direction). When it senses 2 players are close enough for contact, it will calculate a transfer of momentum between the players (when players hit, they slow down, bump each other back, etc). So it will calculate impact based on the velocity of both players, and the distance between them. The players speed is controlled by their acceleration, which in turn is controlled by Wgt and Agl attributes. So the faster a player is going, the more impact they will cause. If 2 skaters are skating at each other, the impact will be higher. If a player getting checked is skating away from the checker, the impact will be lower. If you hit the player near the end of your speed burst, the impact may be lower (not going as fast as you originally were). Funny thing is even with the weight bug, its actually harder for Theo Fleury (3 wgt) to check Marty McSorley (14 wgt), than it would be for him to check someone like Mats Sundin (7 wgt). He needs some impact to check Marty, where as with Mats, as long as he meets the minimum impact value to initiate the checking calculation, hes knocking him down. Here are some examples with weight and impact: 4 wgt checking (player controlled) a 10 wgt with minimal impact just makes it to the knock down phase (-4). 4 wgt AI player can do it with a ton of impact though (and some RNG luck). Closer weights here. 5 wgt AI checking a 7 wgt player with 50 impact value can definitely have a shot with some RNG luck (RNG result would be between 0 and 18 here), then subtracting the Checking attribute (0-15 scale after divide by 2). Marty McSorley might be able to survive this check from Theo Fleury with the right RNG and minimal impact. AI controlled Mario Lemieux might struggle knocking down Mike Gartner with low impact. Gotta get a good RNG roll (low value here).

Hey folks, new update is live! This is a roster and lines update for every single team, covering everything through the trade deadline. I hope you enjoy.

"So you got all the other ones, what about the Pocket?" "What?" "The NEO*GEO Pocket version of Hockey Stars." "Hm... I'll look into it." Okay. So the idea behind this one, for those who need a quick backstory. As per wikipedia, "The Neo Geo Pocket (NGP) is a monochrome handheld game console released by SNK." It was released in Japan only in late 1998 and was essentially discontinued six months later with the release of the Pocket Colour. It launched with six games and saw another three released by the end of the year, before efforts were switched over to making Colour ports. As a side note, the Pocket Colour would meet the same fate as all handhelds that try to compete with the Gameboy and be discontinued two years later, as would the company. Be discontinued that is. Having declared bankruptcy. Correction: They made ten games that year. But since most people don't have a NEO*GEO Pocket kicking around, we're going to cover the port that came in the same re-release collection as Hockey Stars 0. Alright, that preamble was pretty amble-ly, but it seemed important to set the stage for what this is. A SEGA Genesis game that looks like a Gameboy game. So I present a retro-style review of: While titled simply "Hockey Stars", it is known colloquially as Hockey Stars Pocket or Hockey Stars NGP. And it was developed primarily buy Saurus, a subsidiary of SNK that also developed the NGP version of Baseball Stars. Getting into the game, this port doesn't stick to the original resolution of the pocket screen thankfully. but many of the graphics, as well the the monochromatic-ism of an original Pocket release. Maybe at some point we'll see if they ever ported this one to the colour. It's notable that the team names and logos this time were borrowed primarily from the NES version of Baseball Stars II, rather than the Pocket versions of Baseball Stars, as many of those were heavily baseball themed. One change though is that several of the teams have had logo updates when they looked too much like some initials on a ball cap, and changed cities from some smaller baseball towns, to more traditional hockey markets. At least the game is colour blind friendly. One thing to note, while the 18 playable teams all have colourful fictional names, being restricted to eight total grey tones including black and white, means that a lot of thought had to be put into contrast, and every team looks the same with light grey home and dark grey away uniforms for maximum discernible-ness at full speed. I though Denver was a dinosaur, not a dragon... The game does support up to four players, but being that this is half of the grey tones, telling everyone apart might not be the easiest task. I did like the starry "O" from the original NES game's assets. Alright. One of the best parts of the original NES game, was the player profiles. And we revisit those here too, even if the game doesn't have the capacity to allow for hiring, firing, trading and upgrading. We are treated to a nice set of unique photos. Checking out the player abilities. It would appear that the rosters are also borrowing from Baseball Stars II, and are as usual in this series, vastly min-maxed for acute player specialties. Some playing around with rosters may be required to get a starting lineup that you find best suits your playing style. Goalies be crazy. Some even bright their old-school masks to picture day. While the limited grey scale seemed to relegate everyone to a mid-toned skin shade, it is notable that almost every team has one or two co-ed members. Finally, there are three game modes, Single Exhibition, or play for the SNK Cup in a 16-Team Tournament with Single Elimination or Best-of-Seven formats. There is also a Shoot-out mode from back before those were played out. And what overtime goalie duel would be complete without declaring the lone goal scorer to be the game's first star. I don't know if there was a colourized version of this game. Might have to see how the reception to this one went. Hockey Stars NGP.bin

Hello NHL95 Fanatics!!! Im bring you a database of games. A long project but an important one for the history of the NHL, and preNHL leagues as well. Cause that is where the roots lie, in the NHA, ECHA, MPHL, PCHA, WPHL, WHA, IIPHL, and so on. Ive created the beginning of this projected and wanted to share with everyone with time specific rosters, ratings, teams, arenas, rinks, logos, and much more. - The roms will span the history of hockey in North America from 1908-09 to present date. - Teams specific to each season and their actual schedules of that season (side note, when playing season mode, please allow about 10 seconds to allow the mode to start) - Logos, Arenas, Player Cards, Jerseys and even players with no helmets including the goalies. A huge thanks goes out to a few members @von Ozbourne @kingraph and others. 1908-09.bin 1909-10.bin 1910-11.bin 1911-12.bin

Sorry guys. That bug was intended to be a feature. If you tested out other teams, you might have noticed a trend in that all of the teams that are within reach of making the playoffs are featured in the game, and all of the teams that are functionally eliminated, were told to empty their lockers and go home. Except for the goalie. Who donned practice gear. But he does eventually decide he's had enough and will bugger off as well at the start of the third period. After further reflection, it was probably a missed opportunity to not set the goalie roaming area to the entire rink. Uh...April fools. To make it up, I'll probably set up a real update once the playoffs start.

Had to test this out in the other games of course. The numbers are a little different between games so I had to limit my search for instances of "0002 6600", but found that the sequence that @smozoma laid out above held true in all of the games from '92 to '95 in some form of 6B00 xxxx B07C 0002 6600 xxxx 0C78 003C. Tested them all with a few extreme numbers and they all behave as described above [if my tests did mean chaos ensued] No luck with '96-'98 sadly. For anyone interested, here is the complete list of offsets. NHL'92 offset 7AB2 = 6B00 [change to 6300] offset 7AB8 = 0002 [goals at which CPU team pulls goalie] offset 7ABA = 6600 [change to 6200] offset 7AC0 = 003C [seconds remaining in third period at which CPU team pulls goalie - in hex] EA'92 offset 76A4 = 6B00 [change to 6300] offset 76AA = 0002 [goals at which CPU team pulls goalie] offset 76AC = 6600 [change to 6200] offset 76B2 = 003C [seconds remaining in third period at which CPU team pulls goalie - in hex] NHLPA'93 offset C308 = 6B00 [change to 6300] offset C30E = 0002 [goals at which CPU team pulls goalie] offset C310 = 6600 [change to 6200] offset C316 = 003C [seconds remaining in third period at which CPU team pulls goalie - in hex] NHL'94 offset F758 = 6B00 [change to 6300] offset F75E = 0002 [goals at which CPU team pulls goalie] offset F760 = 6600 [change to 6200] offset F766 = 003C [seconds remaining in third period at which CPU team pulls goalie - in hex] NHL'95 offset 83674 = 6B00 [change to 6300] offset 8367A = 0002 [goals at which CPU team pulls goalie] offset 8367C = 6600 [change to 6200] offset 83682 = 003C [seconds remaining in third period at which CPU team pulls goalie - in hex] Eliteserien'95 offset 80BD4 = 6B00 [change to 6300] offset 80BDA = 0002 [goals at which CPU team pulls goalie] offset 80BDC = 6600 [change to 6200] offset 80BC2 = 003C [seconds remaining in third period at which CPU team pulls goalie - in hex]

1912-13 and 1913-14 1912-13.bin 1913-14.bin

I dunno if this happens to you folks, but have you ever been trying to think of something different to hack into the game and see if it's possible? It happens to me ALL the time... yet I always seem to forget. So as a way to catalogue or debunk some of these wacko ideas, I have decided to start cataloguing them here. I welcome all modding mythbusters to come in and state if these thoughts are confirmed, plausible or just busted and to be sent to the area in my brain where the bad thoughts go (not THOSE bad thoughts... perv!) Here goes: IDEA 1: Multi-track music files So most of you know I managed to stick in a new title theme into HNIC 90-91, complete with 4 instruments. I'm wondering if there's a way where we can isolate and reinsert each individual instrument so that they play their own part of the main track. Right now, I just made a faux harmony thing, where a specific instrument plays a certain pitch range. That's far from perfect though. Using smoz' python script, I had to fake the theme by breaking it. And it was a slow agonizing process. One that I wouldn't inflict on my worst enemy - so I'm loath to explain how I did it to all my good buds here. It's a torture I don't want to inflict on people I like. If smoz script could be adapted to read more than one instrument off of a midi file, that would be absolutely grand. IDEA 2: Visors We've done a variety of little hacks here and there. Adding tape, players on the bench, coaches, adjusting stripes on player jerseys, referees and timekeepers, goalie equipment and so on. Here's my random thought... has anyone considered a visor on the player helmet instead of those dead little eyes they have? IDEA 3: Fighting Okay, before you start throwing tomatoes, hear me out. We always get someone waltzing in here asking if we can put fighting back into NHL 94 - we all know logistically it's not plausible. But have we considered looking at it a bit differently... what if there was a way to figure out how to implement a one-timer in NHLPA93? All of the animations are there for a slap shot and bullet pass... it's now trying to figure out how to trigger it. Just a thought, of course... but I couldn't just let that one evaporate into the ether without asking at least. *SIDE NOTE* I am still alive and kicking. Just doing some updates to HNIC 90-91 (Colour portraits? Coach's corner theme?) before I unleash the final version of the opening day rosters and the long awaited playoff roster version... before moving on to HNIC 91-92. It's good to be back.

More to come...Have the next 3 slated for this weekend.

Just a mini update today. Rated a few new players. Made an edit to the "pull the goalie" formula after remembering to go back and review the summary that @smozoma was excellent enough to post on that subject. Decided to turn this one into a Path to the Playoffs Edition to highlight all the teams that are gearing up for a run at the Stanley Cup. The trade deadline sellers are still there despite having fewer bodies than they did at the start of the season, but lets face it, much like the fans that are still showing up to the games in real life, you're probably going to have more fun playing as the teams that are looking to extend their season and not their lottery odds. an April Fools joke. Have fun. NHL 2024 - Retro 94 PTTP Edition.bin

@AdamCatalystthank you! :-)

nhlpa80olympics.bin --Rosters, ratings, and lines from the 1980 Olympics by Coach Mac. --Ratings are exactly aligned to the original NHL Hockey ratings template. --Awesome EASN Splash screen. --Awesome new Center Ice logo. Olympic Rings. --Banners updated. --Ron Barr Team introductions are updated to reflect the 1980 Olympics. --Sim Data updated to match 1980 Olympics. --Starting goalie sim accurately reflects the 1980 Olympics. --Playoff Match-ups accurately reflect the 1980 Olympic Pools, or a second option featuring the Medal and Consolation round match-ups. Only 12 teams were in the tournament, so I added the 4 teams that played in the 1976 but not in the 1980 tournament. --Uniforms right out of 1980. --Eliminated NHLPA symbol on the playoff brackets. --Eliminated second splash screen with the goalie. --Eliminated numbers from Ron Barr intro screen. (Replaced with rom info) --Weight Bug Fixed. --C/B check fixed.

WOW! Well done

00344 - Located in: Lafitte, Louisiana, United States H07136 - Located in: pictou, NS, Canada H24460 - Located in: Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, United States A17558 - Located in: Mankato, Minnesota, United States A24244 - Located in: South Elgin, Illinois, United States

This is a really interesting concept and the contrast is well done (haven't had a chance to see it in action yet) but I'm also hoping reception was favorable enough for a color version. 😉

Well with the wife away all weekend and into next week Ill get more completed. The schedules is trickiest thing. But they are date accurate.

These are all I've played recently cuz their so well made

Behold! F01048 and L01048!

This and goalie control...

https://codecpack.co/download/FFInputDriver.html

working on the music thing is... on my list somewhere... if you've got notes on how you'd like it to work, i could try to upgrade it

Okay. This one might not be the one you are waiting for, but it's time to lighten up the backlog and make a retro review. The year is 1998. <examples of events and pop culture stuff no one cares about> and the NHL is finally allowing its players to play in the Olympics. To mark the occasion, a couple of video games came out, both of which admittedly were ported from existing games to varied results. The [possibly] more well known one was Olympic Hockey '98 published in North America by Midway for the N64. The game was panned for being a recycling of Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 [which itself was recycled from Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey]. Ignoring the international reskinning, the game also had the dubious distinction of being a 3-on-3 game, with a broadcast angle view and early era 3D graphics and voice acting that haven't aged well. The second [likely even less well know] game based on the monumental tournament was itself a port, this time based on the EA Sports NHL games, specifically the engine that the '96 through '98 entries were based on. Even more specifically, long time small team developer Team 1920 was contacted to help convert the PAL version of Elitserien'96 over to an Olympic hockey game. Perhaps scared off by the critical panning of the N64 game, EA decided to not have the game ported to NTSC markets, leaving this one as a European-only release. Not wanting to get the improper experience, I was able to import over a nice vintage 21" PAL CRT TV and original SEGA Mega Drive. I was told by some "electrician expert" that I would not be able to convert my house to 50 cycle electrical power, but I was able to get a generator that had the proper output, which coincidentally also had these weird shaped plug sockets that fit the weird shaped plugs on my new-old TV and game system. On a side note, I had to play with the window open, even though it's winter, because apparently "generators aren't supposed to be run indoors you idiot", but I don't think it affected my play too much. Anyway, this is supposed to be a game review, not a baking recipe, so let's get on to it. Presenting: Olympic Hockey: Nagano '98 [or apparently originally Nagano Hockey '98 in Europe] Apparently the original EA publisher logo had to stay [they're so boring], but Team 1920 changed it up for this one as usual. The first thing you'll notice in this game is that the number of teams has been reduced. As opposed to the original 26-31 teams available in NHL '96-'98, this game only has 14 teams. These include all twelve countries that took part in the main 1998 tournament, as well as final Group A qualifiers Italy and Austria. [Italy actually placed higher than Japan in the final standings, but being that the Olympics did take place in Nagano, it's obvious why they were in the main group] Season mode was nice inclusion, even if the national teams don't necessarily play full "seasons". This would be based on the 44-game schedule of the Swedish Hockey League, with the top eight teams qualifying for the playoffs. The game lets you pick your team and shows some team ratings that are [probably] based on how well they stack up against the rest. It appears that even though the game never got an official North American port, Team 1920 was already working with CBC Sports [your official Olympic Games Broadcaster] in Canada. You can also play a standalone Playoff Mode if you chose. This comes in Single Elimination or Best-of-5 varieties. But if you play trough the season [and qualify] you are given a chance to go for gold as well. The difference however, is that if you win the tournament in Season Mode, you are rewarded with a team photo. [that looks suspiciously like...] Another award for completing a season is... awards. The top players [or coaches] get to have their names under medals for being atop their respective metric. One thing to note with this version of the game as opposed to the original NHL games, is that the simulated opponents in a season are a lot more mixed, so unlike NHL'96-'98, where a simulated game or season would normally result in a very predictable outcome [Detroit, New Jersey, Quebec/Colorado finishing near the top of the standings and/or reaching the Finals] the AI is a lot more random in this case, which keeps things interesting. In ten full simulations, I had eight different countries win the championship. Speaking of players, one interesting wrinkle that turns up here that [normally] didn't come up in international hockey [although it is becoming less rare in more recent years] is the inclusion of player transactions. In addition to creating custom players, adding new players to your roster or trading players between different countries, you can straight up deport anyone who under performs. Harsh. [interesting coincidence with this screen shot, as real life Sweden's Samuelsson would actually be dropped from the team after their first game for having applied for a U.S. passport] You can also view all of the rosters and player ratings in this game. Most of the big teams' player ratings come courtesy of NHL'98, probably for consistency's sake and nothing to do with how time consuming it would be to independently calculate every single player from scratch. While annoyingly not on by default, you can also turn on line changes and add your new acquisitions to your starting unit. Another side note. Canada's roster actually includes the injury-reserved Paul Kariya as an extra player, so you can play with either him, or his replacement Mark Recchi, in your lineup if you chose. Game play is pretty standard actually, if you've already played the Genesis versions of NHL'96-'98, but unlike ol' number 99's Atari arcade game, and the subsequent ports, it sticks to real 5-on-5 hockey. Hook up the official EA 4-Way Play adapter for some 2v2 couch multiplayer, or when you get tired of getting charlie-horsed by your big brother, 1vCPU is okay too. There's also a shootout mode, but why the hell would you ever want to play that? On a side note, if you don't feel like tracking down a real copy, I guess you can use an emulator. A couple things to note is that you will want to use the auto-detect or PAL option on your CPU settings or else the game won't boot up. However, once you have the game running, you could actually change the CPU setting to 60hz NTSC, but it will basically act like all of the players are pumped up on steroids and cocaine and the game physics get out of control. Another artifact of the Swedish originated port, is that the player position indicators are still using the Swedish initialization. I guess the code for the single characters was hard to find or something. But as long as you are familiar with your player's numbers, you should be fine. Anyway, no review score. Just try it out yourself if you want. Olympic Hockey - Nagano 98.bin

nhlpa76.bin --Rosters, ratings, and lines from the end of the 1974-75 season by Coach Mac. --Ratings are exactly aligned to the original NHL Hockey ratings template. --1974-75 was the first year of using (Wales, Campbell, Patrick, Adams, Norris, and Smythe) --Awesome EASN Splash screen. --Awesome new Center Ice logo. America's Bi-centennial. --Banners updated. --Ron Barr Team introductions are updated to reflect 1974-75 season. --Sim Data updated to match 1974-75 Season. --Starting goalie sim accurately reflects 1974-75 season. --Playoff Match-ups accurately reflect 1975 playoffs to the best I could. Only 12 teams made the playoffs in '75 and the seeding and reseeding was done differently. --Uniforms right out of the 1970's.. --Eliminated NHLPA symbol on the playoff brackets. --Eliminated second splash screen with the goalie. --Eliminated numbers from Ron Barr intro screen. (Replaced with rom info) --Weight Bug Fixed. --C/B check fixed. --Bonus Teams from the movie SLAPSHOT.

Can't believe I still somehow missed the release date despite having it on pre-order for so long! Ah well, on the Mega Drive Mini it goes, and back to 1998 I go trying to catch 3mins worth of hockey highlights hidden among the BBC's 7am Winter Olympic coverage.

Great stuff, loving all the graphical changes and the mini info pack replacing the credits. I'm not big on '95 but these will definitely get me playing it more often!

lol I love it!!! That’s a good April Fools Joke! 😂 you got us

Clever! You got us good!

I tested it on real sega hardware, yeah, I replicated the bug. Super funny bug.

@von Ozbournetried playing with Minnesota Wild tonight on the new update and there seems to be a glitch with that team. It'll freeze up if you listen to announcer Dave. If you press start immediately instead of listening to Dave's intro you can get into the game but there aren't any Minnesota players. Weird?

Amazing!!! These are crazy good. Graphics are awesome.

it is tough to score it is usually off a weird bounce or a perfect one timer taking a wrist or slap shot works 5% If that now sounds like hockey 🏒 but a little too simulation style especially if you just playing around with your mates it is usually in some glitchy way you score like goalie gets stuck on net 🥅 or fails to even move also the floater goal is dirty but works still 😀🏒🥅

Hi Friends, Eldritch here, from Whitehorse, Yukon. I coached in the New Players League and had a blast, squeaking into the playoffs at 7th and getting my Habs promptly swept by Detroit. Looking forward to improving alongside you all in the Classic League!

Thank you @AdamCatalyst! You're work and dedication to these updates is appreciated by myself and the 94 community buddy!

you're the best Adam. Thanks. A couple of things you forgot. In your wishlist: Make a Sega CD version. Or get the sega CD music to work on the genesis version. Isn't the SCD version the exact same game as nhl94 with added videos and better music, etc?

The mad genius strikes again! Love how you are able to visually make these look like entirely different games.

Eh, what the heck, I'll link these two here just to complete the "Trilogy" in one place.

This is great! Thanks!! A Nagano 98 for NHL94 would also be superb.

Wow, this sounds like an incredibly detailed and thoughtful customization of the World Cup '96 ROM! I appreciate the effort you've put into updating the teams, attributes, and implementing various hacks to enhance gameplay.

Sorry for the delay in updating folks, but you know, sometimes life doesn't accommodate for the number of roster moves that NHL GM's decide to push through. Also intended on this being version 3, but that trade deadline really snuck up on us while we were working adjusting the rosters and player stats. So now that the dust has settled, he's our Trade Deadline Edition. Changes for this version: Roster updates as of 17 Mar 2024 All player attributes have been adjusted to reflect performances through to the All-Star break Rosters are re-alphabetized and many player photos have been touched up A few small graphical changes, some of which I don't remember and most probably went unnoted by all but weirdos like me anyway Update in the original post as well. Hope you enjoy. NHL 2024 - Retro 94 x 30th Edition v2.1.bin

Not sure which way emulator your using. I've used some emulators that it works with as well. It's major issue is the battery that caused most of the errors. The biggest work around was retro arch. Might be an issue I have to look into. Sorry I've haven't been able to respond recently. Been swamped with work.

Wow, what an experience this was! I haven't been to a live NHL94 tournament since 2 of these ago. And this one was much better than even that one was. The setup and the people were TOP NOTCH. Thanks Trojan and Leif for doing all you did. Thanks to everyone who helped! And SEGA for being sega. (And EA for saving me :) )

nhlpaOriginal6v2.bin nhlpaOriginal6.bin --Rosters, ratings, and lines by Coach Mac. --Rosters are not from an exact year but from an era as described below. --Ratings are exactly aligned to the original NHL Hockey ratings template. --The 6 teams are divided into 4 Divisions with each team appearing in each Division. 1951-55 Gordie Howe Division (The Red Wings won 3 of 5 Cups) 1956-60 Jean Beliveau Division (The Canadiens won 5 consecutive Cups) 1961-67 Bobby Hull Division (The Blackhawks won the Cup in 1961, Toronto won 4 Cups) 1991-92 NHLPA93 Division (The Original 6 teams taken directly from NHLPA 93) --Awesome EASN Splash screen. --Awesome new Center Ice logo. --Banners updated. --Ron Barr Team introductions are updated to reflect the team. --Sim Data updated to match the team.. --Starting goalie sim accurately reflects that team. --Playoff Match-ups accurately reflect Divisions listed above. --Uniforms match the teams in each time frame. --Eliminated NHLPA symbol on the playoff brackets. --Eliminated second splash screen with the goalie. --Eliminated numbers from Ron Barr intro screen. (Replaced with rom info) --Weight Bug Fixed. Version 2 --I added the C/B check fix. --Put fatigue back in the game. --Corrected some mistakes and made improvements to the Ron Barr intro quotes. --I added some nicknames, line names, and when teams won the Cup to Ron's intro. --Updated the title in forum.

Have you ever wondered what all the player names were associated with the numbers in the Original NHL Hockey? Well here it is!! This is the Original NHL Hockey (1990-91 Playoff rosters) inside NHLPA 93. --Rosters, ratings, and lines are taken directly from the original game. --San Jose is not included as the players were totally fictional. --Awesome EASN Splash screen. --Awesome new Center Ice logo. --Banners updated. --Ron Barr Team introductions are updated to reflect 1990-91 season. --Sim Data updated to match 1990-91 Season. --Starting goalie sim accurately reflects 1990-91 season. --Playoff Match-ups accurately reflect 1991 playoffs. --Uniforms mostly match the original with minor more realistic improvements. --Eliminated NHLPA symbol on the playoff brackets. --Eliminated second splash screen with the goalie. --Eliminated numbers from Ron Barr intro screen. (Replaced with rom info) --Weight Bug Fixed. (The original NHL Hockey did not have the weight bug either.) Updated to version 2 on March 9, 2024. I added the C/B check fix and cleaned up some errors on the Ron Barr intros. nhlpa92v2.bin nhlpa92.bin

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Hi, can you tell us what you downloaded? Normally we recommend the package from here: https://nhl94online.com/html/getting-started.php Which includes the original versions of the Sega and SNES NHL'94 games, which include the Blackhawks. If you downloaded a customized ROM from a thread on the forums, it depends on what the creator of that ROM wanted. Another possible issue... Maybe your controller is double-mapped so every time you press right or left the teams change by 2 teams instead of 1, so it always skips every other team, including the Blackhawks... does it look like all the other teams are there?

@Brodeur30 reached out and I think I am able to help solve this PP clock (you guys can further test). QUICK ANSWER Change the value at offset 128CC from 0018 to 003C LONGER ANSWER First, here's how the actual code works for the game clock. As referenced above, the value at 015DEC is 0AAA, and this value gets subtracted every frame from RAM address FFC46A. The value starts at 0000, and subtracting this value keeps lowering the figure. When the value goes below 0000, the game clock subtracts one from the time. It's a little funky in Hex values, I'll explain in decimal terms to make it easier to follow. 0AAA in decimal is 2,730. The starting value is 65,536 (think 10000 hex). Again, at each frame counter, 2,730 is subtracted from this value and when it essentially goes below zero the second on the game clock subtracts 1. 65,536 divided by 2,730 = 24.01. So every 24 frames, a second ticks off the game clock. The game plays at 60 frames per second, which means the clock is actually 2.5x faster (60/24 = 2.5) than a regular second. Nothing new here, but I thought it was interesting to explain by code. To adjust this to "real" time, you would want 60 frames per second on the counter, so changing 0AAA to 0444 makes that a hex value of 1,092. 65,536 divided by 1,092 is 60. Boom, done. Now, the Power Play clock works similarly, but it has a different counting process. The RAM address FFC3E8 gets loaded with the value 0018 (or 24 in decimal) and it counts down one at a time. You guessed it, when it reaches zero, the Power Play clock ticks one second and the value 0018 gets reloaded. 24 frames, same as the original game clock. So, changing 0018 to 003C (decimal 60) will align the two clocks. One thing I did notice though, for whatever reason the power play clock (or cycle clock) doesn't always tick down each frame. The count is off a few frames, but it's so small it shouldn't matter in the long run. I didn't bother looking at that cause. I have tested this with home and away penalties and it seems to work. Enjoy! nhl94_realtime.bin

Mutant League Hockey and Mutant League Football are two of the greatest creations that mankind has ever come up with. The only things rivaling them are NHL 94 and the wheel. The wheel comes in at a distant 4th place.

used to play the s**t out of that game. and yes it is a a lot of fun

Hey there - I’ve moved my efforts to working on a mod for NHL Legacy just so I have more surfaces to mod and make something more realistic. It runs on less devices because it has a high CPU overhead, but it’s had great results (see attached). Sadly I only have time for one mod lately, so this mod is not going to be worked on much more (if ever).

Alright, time for a return to an old series, but this time with a little bit of a twist. The "retro review" is going to be about a "re-release turned prequel" of a "fan favourite" series. It all started with a game originally released in Japan, where the sequel saw a North American localization and new title, but dropped the "2" in order to not confuse the silly English speakers. [Think the Mother/Earthbound or New Hot-Blooded Tough Guy/River City Ransom/Girls series] This game, with it's original Japanese title of BIGGUSHOTTO NO PURO AISUHOKKĒ has the literal translation of: Big Shot's Pro Ice Hockey. Apparently being a pun of a "Big Shot" being both a "Star Player" and "Booming Slapshot". But when SNK decided to release the sequel two years later, it was localized to English as Hockey Stars. Now, with remastering and releasing older games being in vogue, it became necessary to fix the numbering to show that this was an earlier game. So with that, we subtract 1 from the original Japanese Mega Drive release and localize it to a North American SEGA Genesis release as: SNK kept the original low resolution opening screen, but spruced up the title screen in this translation. The main menu shows the design similarity to its baseball counterpart, while highlighting that this is a much more exciting and fast moving sport. The player [or two] can select from 16 teams with names you will recognize from the NES Baseball Stars or the NEO*GEO Baseball Stars Professional. Game options include a single game, a 16 team, single elimination tournament or a best-of-7 playoff to win the golden goblet. This nonchalant fellow is showing off how many goals he scored. The games are preceded by a cameo of Athena [another SNK character] introducing the match, the two competitors and their starting lines. For context, Eikichi Arena is named for SNK founder Kawasaki Eikichi. and "Shin Nihon" is literally "New Japan" and is also what the "SN" in "SNK" stands for. This will become relevant later. The team introductions are a bit on the nose, we'll blame that on the localization team. Once you're in the game, you are looking at an in-game menu/jumbotron, similar to the later games. In addition to the basic stats and summaries, you can view and edit the lines, where you can note that the players all still have their single name identities, accompanied by their uniform number and playing position. Oh look, its the logo of the Eikichi Arena in Shin Nihon on that Zamboni. I wonder if the sprites were compressed and they had to keep the original Japanese initialization. The AI simulates a full night of games. Each of the 16 teams seems to have an "A" and a "B" squad. Wonder if that is like a minor league affiliation thing. You don't seem to be able to play as the "B" teams though... No trademark player photos in this one, or building your team up with trades and training upgrades, which is a bit of a drag, but I guess that is why it's a prequel and not a sequel. What about the asterisk? [61*] Finally on to game play, we see SNK slyly gets their branding in there. We also see blood. Something that was removed for the North American "1" version. Probably at the behest of parents' groups rather than the kids that would have played this one. Don't know if that low wall between the benches would be much help if the teams were inclined to be a little more "supportive" of their probably concussed team mate. But it's fine, the trainer will stitch him up and he'll be back on the ice after the intermission. Happened to catch this replay. Nice shot of a nice shot on net. With the old school square crease, even though that was being phased out with a semi circle being added around the square three seasons earlier. And with the final whistle in the final game of the Finals, the golden cup is awarded. With three Canadian All-Stars getting the accolades. As for game play, the first noticeable thing is that the players have the same sort of specific attributes that they had in the later games, so some players are wildly min/maxed for specific roles. Some practice and adaptability will likely be needed to get the most out of your team, but if you enjoy a challenge, this is the game for you. Rating: Two and a half thumbs up. ...wait, what does that even mean. [what my mom always said would happen if I play too much NHL'94] Hockey Stars 0.bin