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  1. Hockey 93

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted

    Super cool! Subtle but well done. Vancouver Hockey Team legend Taylor Miller has always been a favorite of mine, nice to play as him!

    Would love to see a Hockey '94 w/o NHL or NHLPA branding and generic logos for the teams. I suppose your IHL ROM fits that build, but I think you did too good of a job for it to anyone to call that ROM generic :).

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  2. Editing music/sounds in NHL '94- a start

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    Posted · Edited by seamor

    https://youtu.be/o--vwFE52iM - Kernkraft 400 (the woaaaaaaa, aaaaooooo, aaaooooaaooo goal song the Bruins have - needs tweaking)

    https://youtu.be/SNA5cbHp6YY - Dirty Water

    Just a few notes so other newbies can try this tool out:

    • I used Visual Studio and imported Smozoma's Github through the repository download feature - I recommend doing this and installing mido using the built in features if you're new to Python like me.
    • MuseScore has free trials and all of their notes sheets allow you to download midi versions. MidiEditor then is good tool to combine tracks or delete things you may want to. These were more reliable since they were midis made for transposing/learning and not for listening.
    • If you see any values on the Excel output column fourth from the right or furthest right that get up above 30-40, you may want to shorten them if there aren't major gaps in your song.
    • Count the # of bytes whatever track you're replacing has and then convert to decimal and divide by 4 to count how many rows of Excel cells to copy.

     

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  4. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted · Edited by seamor

    1 hour ago, I got the puck said:

    do you intend to do roms for Final four?

    Good question - I personally consider the neutral site ROM to be the playoff ROM. The only reason I used the general NCAA Hockey logo instead of the Frozen Four logo was to make it flexible for anyone who wanted to play conference championships or in-season tournaments (as a proud Bostonian, I love the Beanpot!).

    If you look closely at the splash photo, it’s actually from one of the NHL rinks they had the FF tournament at a few years ago.

    In terms of future updates - I have a small graphics tweak (added scorekeepers, coaches, and refined bench players) I hope to publish soon after some more testing. I may or may not add a separate pod with all of the major club teams that people speculate could go D1 within the next few years around Christmas time. 

    Thanks for the continued support!

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  5. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

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    Hey all, 4.0 just went up.

    Included in the update...

    • Spreadsheet Season Simulator
      • Regular Season schedule tracker, conference playoff seeding randomizer, and NCAA tournament seeding randomizer
      • There is an example spreadsheet so you can get a feel for how it works - feel free to delete my notes or the conference/non-conference game designations, but make tweaks to the total games played or formulas at your own risk.
      • I tried to make this as user friendly as possible, but it may be finicky for some and hell, there's a chance no on even uses it! If you have any issues, send me a Discord message and I can try to help you out.
    • Updated ROMs with small visual tweaks
      • ESPN+ scorebug updated, bracket banners restored to original pallette, and portraits updated

    Anyways, let me know if there are any problems.

  12. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

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    Posted · Edited by seamor

    Hello (again). 3.0 is live now.

    Outdoor Net.pngOutdoor Menu.pngSnowy Scoreboard.png

    • Outdoor Rink is set up, with lots of details I enjoy. There have been a few outdoor rink templates (including my own), but this is in my opinion the truest look. The glass is "transparent" and the lighting is ever so slightly tinted yellow to give a sunshine/stadium lighting effect.
    • The scoreboard is snowy, the splash screen is Soldier Field, and teams that I have seen wear alternate uniforms outside receive updates to wear those jerseys. A few football inspired uniforms too.
    • Bugs have been tracked and fixed.

     

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  13. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted · Edited by seamor

    Hey all, 2.0 is out now!

    • There is now a folder in the download with all six ROMs redone with neutral rinks
      • The advantage is set to 1/1, which in my opinion, creates good balance
      • The dasher is now yellow to look more like an NHL rink, and the ice logos is this stock logo the NCAA uses for hockey so you can make whatever tournament you want (if you want to edit it, it's in the first logo slot and uses the arena palette)
    • Hopefully can get the outdoor ROM done before December.

    Edit: finding some bugs that came with the change. Marking here so I know: benches, and color of boards on ref screen.

    Neutral Ice.png

     

  16. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

    in Genesis Roms

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    12 hours ago, AdamCatalyst said:

    Awesome man!!! I know next to nothing about NCAA hockey (except Matthew Knies, since I'm a Leafs fan), but I know that I like your ROM. Love all the little touches with the fans in particular. The "YOU SUCK" sign made me laugh. Seriously great job!

    Thanks! So much of it was because I was able to build off of your work and JKline's, I really appreciate the foundation you guys laid!

     

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  18. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted · Edited by seamor

    13 minutes ago, jmastert said:

    I would love to commission a project from you one day.. love supporting your work.. you have brought joy to my  life lol .. but doing good bud, hope all is good with you and hope you finish that hockey book i believe you were working on..

    Your high praise really means a lot - but I do this simply for fun and also would never want to get paid, since I think it puts us in tricky copyright territory and if you're paying the other hackers here who are much more talented deserve it!

    I ended up transitioning that book project into something else and it was pretty neat - got to talk to some NHL and media guys and practice some digital design/content stuff.

    If you ever have any ROM ideas or notes on how projects like this one could be better, shoot me a PM and I can add it to the list.

    Have a good one :)

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  22. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

    in Genesis Roms

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    Version 1.1 is live, with JKline's NCAA trophy mod added in.

    Also, some developer's notes:

    • I enjoy playing with either 5 or 10 minute periods and line changes on - the game was tested and rated that way as well, so if you want to feel the biggest difference between a powerhouse like Michigan and an upstart like Stonehill, then take that route.
    • Penalty box player sprites could be better - I will see where I missed something before v2
    • Replacing the cup on the bracket screen does not mean that the cup is completely out - they lift it at the end of a tourney. I will also check that out and see what I'd be working with to change it. I believe it's the rink palette, which may be a challenge

    Thanks for trying this out everyone - 21 downloads on V1!

     

     

  25. NCAA Hockey: Road to Tampa Bay (NHL 94) - 2023 NCAA ROMs - Final Update

    in Genesis Roms

    Posted · Edited by Sean

    THIS. IS. MARCH!

    Hi everyone! I have FINALLY finished the complete overhaul of the music, logos, presentation, and rinks of this ROM and I am excited to share the results. I haven't merged the regions for the superset yet, but in the spirit of the conference playoffs, here are the east and west ROMs in a .zip.

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    The branding on the ROMs has changed from ESPN+ College Hockey Gameday to NCAA Hockey 23: Road to Tampa Bay. Only the ECAC and Hockey East are on ESPN+, so the fictional NCAAtv covering games felt like a much more natural fit.

    Integrating Unique College Assets

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    Team branding has also been shifted to embrace two unique aspects of college sports - rankings and mascots. When possible, a mascot was either emphasized or replaced a team's current logo.

    NCAAtv Presentation

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    The pre-game experience has been updated with new background graphics (thank you @Drezz) and new background music (thank you @smozoma, Stompin' Tom Connors, and The Alan Parsons Project). Colby Cohen replaces Barry Melrose, because the imaginary NCAAtv network wanted a college hockey alumni doing pre-game.

    In-Game Experience

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    The in-game experience has been changed somewhat radically - stats have been entirely recalibrated, the crowd wears team colors, center-ice logos have been turned, and organ music has been redone to have more modern songs or college arena/band classics. Lines are as accurate as possible. Line charts were taken from CHN Now app.

    The most noticeable change will be stats - I did a preliminary round of ratings based on season and per-game numbers and then followed that up with a sweep through each team to ensure greats felt like greats and no one who will be an accountant in two years time plays like a future NHL legend.

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    Download here!

     

    NCAA Hockey 23 - Road to Tampa v1.0.zip

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    Dev Notes

    - There will be no outdoor patch or "expansion pods" for the foreseeable future

    - I cannot watch 62 teams and make notes on 20 players. If a player you like has bad ratings, it is because he has bad counting stats. Stats were generated using counting stats put on a percentile scale and then placed in a custom range of overalls for each stat that was different across positions. A manual sweep was conducted to accommodate for injured players or D3 games. Goalies were rated manually.

     

     

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