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Hand this man the Bud of the Year award! Said it plenty of times before... great work @chaos!

Some good suggestions and requests as of late and one scary one (3 goalies in the net). LOL At the risk of Brett Favring/Aaron Rodgering, I should have cut those requests off at the pass rather than say "open to suggestions" or "tbd". While I won't make the mistake of saying "no more", it's not looking like I'll do a rom for the upcoming NHL season. At least, not for the beginning of the season. I have a big trip coming up with the family and then some business trips & projects so the next couple of months will be hectic/busy and I don't want to promise and then not come through. The good news is, as most likely know, @AdamCatalyst is killin' it on the NHL season rom front. He's become the "gold standard" today by pushing limits/innovation and sounds like he'll have some cool stuff in the future. Plus, he's generous enough to provide you all with several updates during the season. As I tried to do the same, I can confirm it is time consuming so make sure to always say "thanks". So, stay tuned for what he's releasing for next season! Like most, I'm looking forward to fighting being added to the game as one day I'll probably tinker with adding it to a rom for fun! If I do, I'll see about potentially posting it for fun. Cheers!

Cool! I haven't played the 2021 version since...well... 2021. I'll have to go back and check it out again. As for the AHL rom, it's not likely that I would create one. It's a lot of work and after posting 20-some-odd versions of the 2025 rom (UHC, Yeti and Mammoth) plus the 3v3 version of it, I'm looking to scale back vs create new. But, if someone wants to create an AHL rom, I am happy to point them in the direction of some stat sites that might be helpful.

I don't have a horse in the race but I like Kris Knoblauch. I liked him when he was coaching in the AHL for Hartford. The Rangers were idiots for letting him go! Typical of the current management team!

@Puck Defender Not sure if that is even possible but, there is/was a 12 goalie bug reported once upon a time... Maybe it can be re-engineered so you (I recall you being a Blue Jackets fan) can have Elvis, Danill and Jet all on the ice working in tandem!

@Toe-Knee You saw well into the future...good call/prediction! https://www.nhl.com/video/lane-hutson-awarded-calder-memorial-trophy-6374058307112 @Flame4Life Sorry. I was feeling that Wolf deserved it as well but Hutson had a great year and I can't knock the voters for giving him the Calder.

Not sure about that request as I had my reasons for the change BUT, I will keep an open mind to the suggestion. TBD. Certainly, feel free to make suggestions as who knows... Which older rom(s) are you playing?

Thanks for downloading it! Glad everyone is enjoying the Mammoth!

If enough compression can be done, it could come in handy if the league expands to 34 teams. The 32 team roms are already very limited for space.

Gotcha. Not sure if anyone has either. However, I'm sure there are those who can... might be a good question to ask on the 97 forum of this site.

AWESOME work @chaos! Nice to see that you're almost at the finish line. Thanks for sharing this update!

TBD. But, certainly, I am very interested to see where the fighting add-in goes for NHL94 roms.

@waynehigh My apologies for missing this as I originally read it as a comment vs a question. As it stands now, no. NHL94 doesn't allow for schedules/season mode. Although, as fighting can now be added in one should never say never to other additions. Maybe one day, someone will figure it out. But, for now, a 32 team hack would have to happen for NHL95 and up for schedules to be added for a season mode.

This is awesome! Great work to all involved! I have to think that the original game developers/engineers would be impressed with how much has been accomplished, to push this game forward, over 30 years after it was released. The ingenuity and creativeness, displayed year after year, by folks doing this kind of stuff for free, is fantastic! Thanks for sharing your progress on this work. Looking forward to the end result!

Thanks! I, historically, have started work during late July/early August. Not sure about next season just yet. TBD As for help/feedback, I usually just go it alone but welcome feedback once I post. I’ll always keep such stuff in mind and appreciate it!

Thanks! Assuming that I create a rom for next season, that's where I'll have the new Mammoth logo. Besides, I kinda like the one that I'm using now and it is very similar.

Sounds good and you're welcome!

I forgot the exact reason why this sometimes happens. I had a PM with Clockwise in which he explained the why but I have since lost it. I think it has something to do with the patch being created for roms that will use the new trapezoid art/edits (which the classic original 94 & classic 30 team roms do not). Anyway...when you apply the patch, it "flips" certain tiles to be black/grey and messes up the goal area by adding a trapezoid that includes some funky lines. This can be corrected. You can use the map below to determine the hex location where the black/grey tile is occurring in your rom. Then, using a hex editor, change it back to what the hex code should be for those locations. The same approach should also work with the trapezoid as well. I recommend having your new modded rom and the original 30 team version open, side by side, to determine what hex code to switch it back to for desired results. Top advice... save a back up version of your modded rom in case you make a mistake and need to start over.

The OT programming logic works the same as 5v5 regulation logic. There doesn't appear to be a way to change that as there was no 3v3 back in 1993-94. As such, the developers didn't need to give it a thought.

Cool! Glad to hear that you are enjoying it! Thanks for stopping by to say so.

Wish I could take credit for designing it but... Google Images...

Hi @waynehigh - what, specifically, do you mean by "this"?

No plans to do so. The 3v3 just isn't as popular so I don't plan to switch UHC to be the Mammoth as I did for this rom. Nor, add Landeskog or E. Kane as I did for this one as well. But, if you are only looking to add some players, that's easy enough to do with the NOSE tool. If you're interested in how to do so, PM me and I'll walk you through it.

I thought you were a Kraken fan? I noticed your new avatar but could have sworn it was the Kraken logo in the past.

You’re welcome! I prefer using the Mammoth over UHC too.