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Woo I made a list! Now, I just need to make the playoffs.

Roenick scored six goals taking a dump this morning.

I am furious that i made no-one's list.

Mark Lesser can't give us the source code. I don't think he works for EA anymore. EA owns it (as far as I know). With the source code, people could edit the game to their heart's content. They could add new functionality. There are websites online that teach how to program for the Sega Genesis. I took a course or two in university in which we programmed for the same CPU the Genesis uses (though I didn't know that at the time!). The ROM contains the compiled code. This is the low-level CPU instructions that tell the Genesis hardware what to do when you press the C button, what to draw to the screen, etc. The source code, on the other hand, is written in a way that people can read it and understand it. The compiled code says stuff like "add the value from memory location 4238 to the value from memory location 894032 and store it in location 9873. if the value in 9873 is greater than 7, then... etc" While the source code would say, "add the speed of the puck to the current location of the puck. if the puck location is now in the net, then...etc" (or rather, a person could look at the source code and understand that that is what it means). The first thing added would probably be a season mode. I would try to fix the "weight bug" so that the heavy players could check the light players. I'd like to see more statistics, like a stat counting checks by individual players. Maybe fighting could be added by copying the code from NHLPA93 (assuming they were to release that, too). Someone with AI experience might try to make the computer AI better, so it can score goals. Bugs could be fixed. Currently, all we can do is change the constant values in the compiled code (the ROM). For example, we can change the speed of the players, since it's just specified as a number. We can change the names of the players, since they are just written in the code. We can change some of the graphics. With the source code, we could change the actual logic behind the scenes, that makes things happen. "theoretically" we could reverse engineer the ROM compiled code into the source code, but it would be very hard. We can't see what the variable names are, so all these numbers in the ROM code.. we don't know what they represent. Plus, the source code would have documentation explaining what each section of the code does.

BHF, EA.. sebe could be a surprise, he's doing pretty well with a team he didn't even draft.

Even if Lesser still has the source code on an old diskette in a closet somewhere, EA undoubtedly owns the source code. it's not just about the trademarks : ) If we want the source code, we have to go through EA... We need to convince them to be cool like id Software and release the source, like id did for Quake 1,2,&3 (http://www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads/). Unfortunately, I think id released the source for those games in order to attract programmers to work for them, since experience working with Quake's code is still relevant. I don't think NHL94 is analogous, in that respect -- 68000 assembly isn't something they use anymore. They'd have to release it out of the goodness of their hearts, and I'm afraid the company is too big to do it. Enter Plan B. Queue Mission: Impossible theme song.

you bunch of whiners! I have a job, i play hockey, i watch Scrubs, and you expect me to do all the work! j/k Here ya go! two wins by kings greatly improved his chances gr81 won 5 in a row, but snoboarder is in freefall due to a wonky controller, so things are looking up for pill, unless snoboarder can fix or replace that controller. i won a game tonight, putting my whole division above .500, but I still need to win 9 of my next 10 to have a hope at a playoff spot. Another "if only i'd been in the other conference" year. .

Whoops, that was off topic. Yeah, DS version would be cool. I think you can already hack PSPs to play a Genesis emulator?

I think with the virtual console on the nintendo wii, they won't be releasing the source code there's money to be made. it really sucks, though.. i mean Id software released the source code for quake 1,2,&3.. can't EA release it for NHL94?

There are some guys on here who can score 100 goals in a game, 10-minute periods. I think my best ever was 36 goals with Quebec in a 20-minute periods playoff game, back when the game came out. I'm better at defense Do you play the Sega version, or the SNES version?

I can't figure out who the girl is... Looks a bit like Tiffany Amber Thiessen(sp?) It's the hight of the sig pic that is the issue, really. But I guess with the avatar pics and the user info in the left column, it doesn't really add any length to the screen.. so.. oh well. There have certainly been bigger ones.

Here's how things are shaping up right now. GR = Games Remaining W Need = Wins needed to make the playoffs if the current 8th-place guy keeps his current win% pace. % Need = win% needed to make... ditto Looks like I'm done, I need 10 wins in 11 games, despite already winning 4 in a row (damn Evan Division!) Guys in blue haven't necessarily guaranteed a playoff spot yet, but things look good.

I can't score worth beans with Buffalo. I like Roenick more because I use onetimers a lot, and he's just so smart for them. That sig picture.. a little on the large side

Video with a better translation of the song, plus the story of why they are called Les Dales Hawerchuk

The awesome video for the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3JYkrXNzqQ and a (rather poor, but entertaining) translation:

Whoaaa...

If the bills are still being payed, then might as well just flip the switch and turn it back on! If he doesn't want to pay for it, though, then of course we can survive without it. With the p2p revolution, I don't suppose it gets too much use anymore... can you play 2on2 through p2p?

Here's how I did it: 1. learn HTML http://www.w3schools.com/xhtml/default.asp 2. learn ASP http://www.w3schools.com/asp/default.asp 3. learn how to use ASP to access a Microsoft Access database http://www.w3schools.com/ado/default.asp http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp 4. learn how to extract the stats from the savestates from the emulator http://nhl94.com/forum/index.php?showtopic...&hl=extract 5. put all the above together and make a site 6. find a host that can run asp and upload your site to it http://www.brinkster.com/ http://somee.com/ Could also use PHP and mySQL instead of ASP and MS Access http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/phpmysql

also, POINTS! OTL faceoff win % rather than just the numbers period stats (percent of goals scored in each period)

What i'd really like to see fixed is the links from the Standings page. They go to the wrong team page. They go to team.aspx instead of team.asp. wrong http://65.36.133.56/nhl94_draft/team.aspx?id=40 right http://65.36.133.56/nhl94_draft/team.asp?id=40

These are cool, but are not as easy to grab from the database (at least in the way I have it), especially the time-dependent ones.

Here are some ideas.. http://mcapewell.servehttp.com/nhl94/records.asp Team Records, One Game Most Goals Most Shots Highest Shooting Percentage Most Powerplay Goals Most Shorthanded Goals Most Breakaway Goals Most One-Timer Goals Most Penalty Shot Goals Highest Faceoff Win Percentage Most Bodychecks Most Penalty Minutes Highest Attack Zone as Percentage of Game (need to factor in overtime length) Highest Passing Percentage Most Passes Completed Combined Team Records, One Game Most Goals Most Shots Highest Shooting Percentage Most Penalty Shot Goals Most Bodychecks Most Penalty Minutes Highest Passing Percentage Most Passes Completed Highest Peak Crowd Level Player Records, One Game Most Goals Most Assists Points Most Shots Most Penalty Minutes Most Saves Most Saves in a Shutout

nice!

If the league is in Russia, people won't play there. If (most of) the teams are in the Scandinavian countries, where the standard of living is pretty high, it might have a chance. However, I don't think many North American players would go play there unless they couldn't get a job in the NHL, due to the language barrier. Basically, you'd just have the European players stay in Europe, and the Canadian and American players stay in the NHL. I like having the NHL as the top league.. I get to see all the best players.

amazing series, we really need to get people recording games : ) (capslock suck, though)