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But there is no fighting in 94. Won't you have to add fighting first?

Clockwise, you crack me up. That's one of the best posts ever.

This is a dream list. I know some of these things won't happen. Better pass reception (fewer passes bouncing right off your stick) Season mode Line changes without dumping the puck in No skating backwards

Same here. The computer just doesn't have the AI to deal with offsides. They always end up going in ahead of you & you spend half the game circling around in the neutral zone. It's a shame too, because I wouldn't mind using offsides to add that extra element to the game, if only the computer could deal with it.

The first team I played as was Pitt with the original NHL. Mario Lemieux absolutely rocked in that game.

I always use auto line changes. Players don't fatigue with auto line changes & you get to use more players.

Wow, guess I'm a lightweight. I have over 700 solo wins with recordkeeping on my gen cartrige + nearly 100 wins with teammates (all played over 10 years ago). Add in emulator games & early games I played without records & I'm probably around 900.

I always play with penalties on as a handicap.

Jeremy Roenick But seriously, it's hard to name a worst player because if they're really bad they get no ice time, so I never play as them.

Aww shucks. I have the game on emulator, but have never played online over an internet connection. I would love to play some games though, if you'd be willing to put up with an online gaming noob. How would we set up a game? You could PM me here or hit me up on MSN messenger. I'm usually available evenings after 8 eastern time.

Never played Hat Trick. I'll have to check it out.

Holy crap. I thought that game sounded familiar. THAT is the game I was talking about, NOT Hit the Ice. Whoops.

vote #2 for Hit The Ice. It's by no means a classic, but it's fun to pick up & play.

Oh my god, I'm going to have a seizure

I think there's a difference between them & I think it mainly lies in the controller being used. I happen to be used to the console controller, so I prefer to play it on a console.

Sounds like a hard hack to make. Graphics & name data are easy to manipulate. In-game mechanics and logic are harder to change.

I think what you're describing is a fanned shot. There is a whiffing sound the player can't uncork the shot. I don't know that it's a glitch, probably just simulating human error, like a shot that goes wide.

If you don't want to sell the Genesis or NHL94, just sell the other games. These days the Genesis & 94 combined probably would sell for about $20. Just take off the genesis & 94 expect to get $20 less, unless you are really desperate for the extra $20.

:bows: 183 decibles Did you know that an actual 180 decibel sound will kill you by making your lungs hemorrhage?

EA does have their moments. They have their hand in some good games, like Burnout & the Madden series (which I heard they screwed up this year), but some of their games are just brutal to play. MVP is alright, but NHL, FIFA & NBA Live are just awful now. Playing any of those games is as much fun as an abortion.

Getting back on topic, it seems EA sports in general went downhill after 94 or 95. Both NBA & FIFA peaked at 94-95. I just bought FIFA 97 thinking "It'll be like FIFA 95 with create-a-player & indoor mode!" It is one of the worst games I have ever played on ANY system. I couldn't believe it was actually made by a legitimate developer, let alone EA. Some of the changes EA made to their games after 94-95 are completely inexplicable. It's like they intentionally made the games worse. I think NHL may have suffered this curse the lease. At least their post 95 games are playable, unlike NBA, FIFA & Madden (until you get to ps2/xbox madden).

I have a scored a couple of goals with 0:00 left (Genesis version), but it has never frozen on me. Admittedly it is a very rare thing for me to do though.

A records area for the boards may be a good idea if it's going to be too difficult for the mods to keep the records page up to date. I'm don't want to complain, but the records page has fallen so far behind that this seems like the best option. I also think it would foster more individual player records to be posted, which would be fun.

Sounds interesting. It certainly is a fun style to watch, but I wonder how effective it can be. If there is one drawback to 94, it's that passing percentages are too low. Often your teammates are completely incompetant at receiving passes.

I think by "trading players" he means manually switching names & attributes with NOSE or otherwise.