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Thanks! I am thinking of doing a final, quick "Stanley Cup" update to this rom, in which I will generally tick up the forward ratings a little, but keep the general approach.

I was waiting to announce this, but me and my team of artists I have completely re-done the game in unreal engine with polygonal graphics. With a little extra work, we will also have photorealistic coaches on the bench, 4 officials on the ice, and accurate team goal horns. Also adding AHL, KHL, SHL, and national teams. 50/50 if we can have every NCAA team as well. ROM will be free and 512kb download.

This quote bugs me. I don't know Naples from the man on the moon. BUT, Naples bust his a--. Making this rom. Does amazing work and does it all for free. Plus he has made some great roms from the 80's, 90's and 2000's. I think he and Skip push each other and it makes both their roms better. Skip didn't use to have player pics but I think the good competition between the 2 pushed Skip to get it done. Skips rom is jacked up with way more highly rated players than the original rom. Rated more like todays EA games. This is awesome and appeals to many people. Naples stays more true to the Original 94 ratings. With only the very elite rated in the 90's This is awesome and appeals to many people. The Original rom has 11 guys rated above 90 and 27 more rated above 80. So 38 guys on 26 teams. Just a little more than 1 per team on average. That's not very many. It has nothing to do with who is better todays players or the guys in the 90's. It is how a "Video Game" plays. I make Original 6 roms. That you may not like as I do not jack up ratings. I try to stay true to the Original rom in the percent of players rated in the 90's, 80's, etc.... Those guys were not nearly as fast, or shots as hard as the guys in the 90's or todays players, but I maintain the same basic rating scale. So the guy with the hardest shot in 1967. Gets a 5 rating for his shot. The fastest skater gets a 5 for speed. Some of this also has to do with equipment used at the time. If you like Skip's rom better awesome. But IMO keep it to yourself or at least don't post it in Naples thread.