Sean

'93 is fun because you get to punch people in the face and I think that's neat.

Everything experimental with ROM hacking has a sense of masochism to it… but oh my. You have really raised the bar. Awesome work.

What do you mean? The NHL is a major four sport if you don’t count European soccer, MMA, golf, NASCAR, college football, college basketball, or any of the others more popular than it. /s

@von Ozbourme the ticket prices if you live in a city with a team doing well… yikes. Boston was already crazy expensive relative to the rest of the country, now it’s *$200 US* to get into a game (resale with face value not far away). Not sit near the glass - sit in the last row with your feet folded in half because they needed to fit more seats in. I‘m a student, but don’t go to any of the D1 schools in the area so NCAA tickets are still $25+ depending on the game (most schools will raise price by $15 for their main rivalry game as a means to cash in a little since these teams are barely profitable), but 8 NCAA games VS 1 NHL game isn’t a hard equation to solve if you have $200 burning a hole in your pocket.

I, like V.O./Betts have sort of moved to other hockey products with the NHL being a bit iffy of a broadcast product lately. I still watch a lot, but don’t pay for anything aside from my “streaming service (wink wink)”. Down here the lower levels are a bit more pure with no gambling or animated board ads - not sure how it is for CHL in Canada though. For the talking heads being annoying - I think lots of places have seen what happened with NBA on TNT and want that same dynamic, but just can’t really catch it since that’s a very special group that has been doing that forever. Can’t just put Keith Yandle or Biz on and expect magic.

Nice to see you’re still doing these, I’ll have to check it out tomorrow (or today depending on your view of time…)!

I’ve heard it’s actually a really cool idea and makes the viewing experience even better based on a survey that the Gary Bettman is Smart and Handsome Research Bureau did.

So the last issue I can notice is that in 94, the bench animations and fans that get up and move around are out of place. Still amazing work, and if anyone was super eager these could be turned off by coloring transparency over the sprites. I am guessing that these are treated differently than the fan arms because they’re multiple tiles moving in conjunction as opposed to new drawings that go over the same tile.

I also noticed this in 94.

Thanks for posting here!

I really like the idea that a newspaper would put out a personalized headline for all of the players on the team. As usual, amazing work!

Oh you Canadians are too kind I just have way more free time than everyone else and waited until all of you did the hard parts so I could build off your ideas LOL. To quote those repetitive commercials, we’re in a “new golden era” right now with all of the amazing hacks!

When I first found this site back when I was 10 or so, I really really really liked the Roamin’ Goalies hack, and I’ve always liked the Canucks. I spent a few hours on playoff runs just taking off with Kirk McLean and running into the opposing goalie at full speed. So I’d have to say Kirk McLean is the one I have my favorite memories playing as. BUT My general favorite player who is also in NHL ‘94 is probably Teemu Selanne.

Is that a gradient in the menu banner?????? Wow!

This does not link to anything Minnesota.

I like Carolina in both. But if every other team is as accurate as possible, I would lean black. Just spitballing though - this is an anniversary year for Carolina, so maybe could use the 25th anniversary logo at center since it has barely any white? But then again, the red jersey is for the 25th anniversary… decisions decisions.

Not going to try and debate you, but will add that 94 does not have fighting. 93 does though, so if you’ve been playing 93 instead of 94, come try 94 since it’s amazing!

Yeah… but then you have to play 95

Hey all, Just wanted to share an update on the scope of this project (mostly for my own gain/to track progress). First, I have decided to revamp the branding to get away from the ESPN+ imagery. There was some serious East Coast bias in that decision given only 2 conferences are on the service. Second, I am changing the pre-game experience to be a bit more true to college hockey and cohesive with the NCAA branding. Colby Cohen takes over as the color commentator given he's the only Frozen Four broadcaster who played D-I, and team rankings appear. Drezz's background hacks appear on both pre-game screens. This is a screenshot of the rough draft of this stage of the game, and I am very excited with how the final looks. Third, the rink and arena tile layout has been updated to feature a more realistic atmosphere. Ice logos are as authentic as possible, and fan colors are now "dynamic" based on the home team's color palette. The signs are also going to be on the bottom of the glass as to match actual NCAA rinks. I hope to publish the podded update where you can see all of the changes in action within the next few weeks, these large scale changes take a lot of time but they are necessary to create a ROM worthy of the amazing league that is D1 NCAA Hockey.

I was a DS-generation kid, but was late to the party because I wasn’t really old enough to play until near the end of its life cycle. I remember we could only get BYH in DS on eBay, which I thought was way bigger of a deal than it was! Was elated when I got it for Christmas when I was 9 or so.

In absolutely no particular order… Von Ozbourme’a World Championship series AdamCatalyst’s updates DeterminedApathy’s IHL ROM Coach Mac, Naples, and Slapshot’s Deadline ROMs JKline’s original run of CHL/KHL/USHL/NCAA ROMs KidsWasted’s GOAT Players ROM For stuff I made, which by no means compares to the works above… My NCAA set, especially with expanded teams Champion Edition (best teams) Pond Hockey

Noting my interest in this as well.

1. New York Rangers 2. Bo Horvat to Boston or Washington 3. Tampa’s space is maxed out, so likely nothing will. Maybe a good depth forechecker? Always worked before.

His contract is not up for a long time, so if he did it would be quite the haul considering his upside as a goal scorer, age, and time locked down.

Hey all, Working on a roster update for this project and I will also be touching up some visuals while I'm at it. Looking to have this done before the rivalry weekend at the end of January (BU v BC AND Cornell v Harvard, yes!) I will also be making a name change to the project as to avoid confusion with ECH's College Hockey Gameday.