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A few days late on this one, but better than never right? And with the fairly predicable trend in the current playoffs, I guess this means one can virtually correct reality. Presenting: The reason why this one is getting its own entry is because it is by a new team comprised of @AdamCatalyst, @Jkline3 and myself, and combines hopefully the best contributions of both of our previous games, under the banner of the X-Factor Edition. Also switching it up with some retro art style adapted to the modern logo. And Ron Barr gets called back to call the games. And if the duo-tone Oilers uniform and logo isn't enough of a clue, this edition puts its emphasis on the alternate uniforms when available. Retro and modern styling combinations stretch into the Player Cards. Not in black and white though, but that's kind of just channelling the SNES version. Player benches are imported from Adam's release, with some new animated Coach sprites. Players can play any position. Long names contracted to original 9_10 format. Player sprites adapted with the composite sticks New 3-Star calculator And more... Hope you folks enjoy this one. NHL 2024 - X-Factor 94.bin

Hi all! I recently dug out my childhood SNES from the basement dungeon it was locked away in for over a decade and have gotten hooked on ‘94 again. I picked up nhl ‘96 to play seasons and it just feels gross to me. A bit too fast, and way too easy to score garbage goals. The community here seems pretty awesome, and I’m totally astounded by the mod community and the work they put into roms. Today I’ll be trying out a couple genesis roms with current rosters on my living room tv, and I’m totally excited for it! I might want to get into some online play, but once upon a time I got way too invested in competitive gaming, and don’t want to go down that road again.

Aww schnapps!!! Thanks for the heads up. Fixed it so the goalies have their original Sega ratings. Each team also has their own page if you wanna print. NHL 94 Teams & attributes final copy.xlsx

The most impressive part is that the wedding ring is still on the finger!!! ..We know the fate of some people here in marriages

Insert development hell joke here. But the good thing about retro games is that you don't need to stick to a stringent release schedule. I also guess I could have waited two more days to get to that "half a year to the day" mark, but here it is anyway. In honour of the 100th anniversary of the oldest invitational hockey tournament still played today, although due to mostly war and pandemic reasons, six tournaments had to be cancelled over that time span, serendipitously making this the 94th tournament to be held, I would to present a "review" of: Quick history, as noted, the tournament was first held in Davos, Switzerland in 1923, and originally devised by Dr. Carl Spengler, mainly as a way to promote friendlier competition with clubs from German speaking regions who may have been ostracized within Europe due to that thing that happened in the previous decade. It is held between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve and according to the foundation charter, he wanted to offer nations that had previously been enemies the opportunity "to test their strength in peaceful battles and to take one another’s hand in friendship." The tournament was held outdoors from 1923 until 1977 when its current home, the Eisstadion Davos, was built and where every tournament has been held since. Interestingly, that original outdoor rink still exists today right next door to the stadium, yet the organizers completely missed the opportunity to add a "Winter Classic" style outdoor game to the slate to commemorate the event. Anyway, as for what did happen, fittingly the home side was able to break a twelve year drought, winning the tournament they host, and are now in a tie with other tournament favourite Team Canada for the most overall titles with 16. On to the game. The art style in this one is a little different from typical Team 1920 games a it features a more "vintage computer" look with a much higher reliance on dithering than typical console games of the era. This becomes apparent right from the opening screens. As is the featuring of sponsors, which used to be much more visible than what you would see in a typical North American setting. While the title screen shows the exterior of the unmistakable Eisstadion Davos, the main menu brings you inside where you see the iconic wooden beams that form the signature of the building. The title bars are a bit of a throwback to the previous font used by Davos and the colour player photos lean into some of the inconsistencies that are found within the photographic methods of the different European teams and leagues featured this time around. While not an official team photo, Josh Jooris was excited to meet his new team. This being a North American release, the only North American based broadcaster at the games was TSN. Apparently host and play-by-play announcer Dustin Nielson showed up a bit early for his local co-host and colour commentator Doug Honegger so he could make the pre-game presentation solo. TSN's SportsCentre also presents the scores from around the sport. Foreshadowing some other events held at the same time. The Player Cards mix a bit of old and new styles while main tournament sponsor UBS... [which apparently like many banks these days, is no longer an acronym, because having a city or country in your name is not good for multinational aspirations] ...gets a main sponsor presentation. Interesting note here. The Head Coaches get a nod in the team listing, but they aren't available for play, so don't worry about that 23 overall rating. Of course there is an option to compete for the Spengler Cup. I'd recommend the one game playoff as it is more in line with the short tournament, but an extended Best-of-7 option is available as well. Due to the nature of a six team format, the method used to fit in to a normal four round playoff is to just give teams byes. Every team gets an option to go straight to the penultimate or just ultimate game, but you as the player will always start in the round of the bottom four. Some breakthroughs in the coding mean that matchups are quite varied, which is nice. Once in a game, line changes can be made so that every player is available for every position other than goalie. Players are listed numerically though because that is aesthetically pleasing. It would have been visually interesting if that trophy pedestal could continue all the way to the bottom of the screen, but fading out works too. As that line now takes to the ice, we start to see some other changes to the usual format with the TSN branded game clock, the referee facing the correct direction [thanks. I can no longer unsee that @AdamCatalyst] and a wood coloured floor nonchalantly sitting off to the side there. Which prompts a closer look. Wood construction is very much the hallmark of Eisstadion Davos, so it had to be featured in the background here. Sadly the developer seems to have not been able to come to an agreement with another tournament sponsor, Skoda, so there is no car in the corner of the arena, just more seats. Main sponsor UBS's logo can also be seen here peaking out from it's normal place at center ice. Skoda does get a feature on the game menu screen though. In the banner over the exits at the top of the arena stairs. Which are here in wood. Another sponsor, Swiss Air, get their usual spot behind the penalty boxes. And while they did not keep this feature up this past year, the penalty box bench give a nod to a feature used in previous years of replacing the penalty bench with a row of airline seats. It was an interesting feature, much like the old Swiss Milk sponsored jersey cow referee uniforms, that instigated a lot of talk on previous TSN broadcasts. No Hitsch mascot here, but he Zamboni driver decided to don a Davos jersey and helmet. Of note here is that while typical "Five and a game" penalties don't mesh well with the '94 coding, injuring a player will get you a double minor on those fancy seats. And there are those national teams again... As there was some space available, this game comes with a bonus Two-for-One Holiday Special pre-installed DLC if you will, in that the other Boxing Day to [just after] New Year's tournament, the World U20 Hockey Tournament, or as simply known in North America as the World Juniors, is available to play as well. The caveat being that while you can play as the ten Juniour teams, the branding will still be Spengler related because the game doesn't support multiple... everything presentation related. Someone else will just need to take the teams out and make that game. Wrapping up, what's a good score... One and a half hat tricks out of a Zamboni. Hope you enjoy. Updated version Spengler Cup - Davos 2023 v1.3 CAN.bin and the localized Swiss Edition. Spengler Cup - Davos 2023 v1.3 SUI.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