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  3. NHL 93 - Win Cup w/ ONLY Goalies Scoring

    in NHL'94 Community

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    @Champ Weit,  you should invest some time learning to play online, if you can.  I, and a lot of others, are always looking for guys who think they are the best to play.  You may very well be good, but it's usually a humbling experience playing against some of these top guys.  I think if you can keep within 5 goals vs me, @Uncle Seth, @angryjay93, or any top player, that is a much greater challenge than scoring 100 goals vs the CPU.  

    While I'm sure scoring with only goalies is a challenge, it doesn't sound particularly interesting or something I want to spend time on.  Especially '93, as the atrocious auto goalies make it quite a snoozefest.  

  4. NHL 93 - Win Cup w/ ONLY Goalies Scoring

    in NHL'94 Community

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Champ Weit said:

     

    Does anyone know what the record is for goals scored in a game in NHLPA 93 and/or NHL 94?  Sega Genesis WITHOUT changing the game code!!

    Records are done in the 10 minute period setting, and it's biggest blowout (net difference between goals scored and given up).  Records, and videos, can be found on the Twin Galaxies website.    

    Documented list is here on the forums: https://forum.nhl94.com/index.php?/topic/12639-nhl94-world-record/&do=findComment&comment=180043

    For NHL'94, the recent record is 104 (110-6).

    For NHLPA'93, it's 87.  

     

     

     

     

  7. NHL 94 Rewind

    in NHL 94 Rewind

    Posted

    59 minutes ago, 77 said:

    DO NOT GIVE EA YOUR MONEY!!!   BOYCOTT THEM!!!

     

    wait til you see the eye and stick patch and weight bug fix

    I believe the weight bug fix is included, let's see how they handled that.

  9. HOW TO: Bring Back the Green Guy In Stands (Fix severed leg)

    in How-To & Reference

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    8 hours ago, Brodeur30 said:

    I am so glad to see the Green shirt guy finally reunited with his long lost leg. But now he's the only fan without a mirrored twin on the right side of the scoreboard! What happened to his reflection - every other fan looks in the mirror and sees themselves, but the green shirt guy looks in the mirror and all he sees an empty seat.

    And another thing - the Green shirt guy only has 1 leg, while the guy in the orange shirt sitting next to him has what looks like 3 legs!! Why does the orange shirt guy get to hog all the legs. Who needs 3 legs anyway, surely the orange shirt guy could spare a leg and give one of his 3 legs to the Green shirt guy!

    I agree, the 3 legged orange guy can use a little touching up on the sprite!  Not sure if this is some goofy shared/mirror tile thing happening, or if it's just sloppy drawing.  I haven't looked into that, but maybe will because that is also now bothering me, lol.

    One more interesting note, when you remove the menu, you can see the rest of the crowd sprites.  I don't believe these are shared with the in-game crowd sprite tiles, so you never see the man in yellow, or that little kid on the edge of the seat in the middle aisle.  Meaning, these tiles are never seen in game and can probably be re-used if anyone ever wanted to create a new scoreboard graphic.  Or more visible crowd sprites.  I don't think the menu ever goes away?

     

    behind the menu.png

    I THINK, the reason they removed the green guy on the left is because his arm is cutoff by the stairs.  You can see him fully in the other (hidden) sprites.  So instead of re-drawing one sprite for one guy, they probably just cut him out and never noticed the severed leg.  I guess you can also fix the severed leg with the correct empty seat tile on the right if the arm bothers you.  :lol:

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  10. HOW TO: Bring Back the Green Guy In Stands (Fix severed leg)

    in How-To & Reference

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    One thing that has always bothered me, is that there is a severed leg in the stands in the scoreboard screen.  Second row from the bottom on the left:

    nhl94_000.png

     

    leg_wtf.png

     

    It turns out that this appendage belongs to a guy wearing a green shirt, who was in the stands in the '92 version of the game.  Check him out right here!

    NHL92_expand2_005.png

    asfds.png

    So this was converted to the empty chair/weird leg in NHLPA93 and kept in '94, but it turns out that the actual graphic tiles are still in the game!  So in order to correct this, all you have to do is remap two tiles:

    BDEAE: Change from 0063 to 206A
    BDEEE: Change from 006E to 2074

    And voila!  Our friend in the green shirt returns!

    nhl94_leg_000.png

     

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  13. How to break the glass. The definitive answer.

    in General NHL'94 Discussion

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    I don't think it's quite as simple as just hitting the sweet spot, but maybe?  Here's my reasoning:

    I forgot why, but for some reason I needed to make a video clip of the glass breaking.  I never really tried to break the glass, but I did know that the glass always broke in the same spot, and always while shooting up.  So I started playing and just taking shots up, and to the extend I could I kept aiming at that same location.  I swear I hit that sweet spot a bunch of times, but it didn't always break.  In fact it took friggin' forever to get the glass breaking animation!  As I thought about it, it really is quite rare that I see a glass break in a game.  Maybe 1/50...75?

    I do like that Simmons says it's 3 pixels wide by 5 pixels tall.  It's so specific, and from 1993 when this was fresh in his mind.  GREAT FIND, thanks for sharing. 

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  14. NHL 94 Rewind

    in NHL 94 Rewind

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    4 hours ago, lilacsnarl said:

    Hmm I never realized they changed the behavior of the players... makes everything else moot  :(

    That was my impression when I played, but I can't confirm that for sure.  It'd be interesting to hear if others have the same experience.  

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  15. NHL 94 Rewind

    in NHL 94 Rewind

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    Sega Genesis is still the best version. The extra video graphics and sounds on the Sega CD don't really make the gameplay any better.  Unfortunately the game slows down/lags for a split second, usually on a change of possession.   Happens a lot and it's awful. Second, it seems to me that EA reduced the effect of speed in this game -- fast guys don't have as big of a burst, breakaway speed. In addition, the CD reader (on the physical console) make some noises when loading a new crowd noise which is annoying. I was pretty disappointed in the CD version, I thought it would be Genesis with cooler sounds, but it's not as smooth!

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  18. Continual Improvement and Evolvement Discussion

    in Edge of '94 - Midwest

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    Question #1  In relation to GB, Minnesota is preferred for two main reasons.  1 - direct flights and 2- actual hockey town.  

    Question #2 : TBD, but Minnesota is better (see Q1)

    Question #3 : Sunday would not be preferable as it would force a day off work.  

    Question #4 : Unless other known SNES top players make it, I personally find it uneventful.  

    Question #5 : Chicago, ease of travel and city highlights.

    Question #6 : KO94 takes precedence and I could not do two traveling retro gaming events so close to each other. 

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  20. Player Retention Ideas - how to attract and keep new players?

    in Welcome Rookies

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    1 hour ago, Decadent said:

    I just found this site yesterday and spent a good amount of time trying to understand what was going on which led me here. As someone less than 24 hours into this foray, I'd like to give my perspective as an outsider. Documenting it now is better than waiting a few months and forgetting what it was like to be an outside. 

    First, I just want to say the only reason I'm taking the time to give this feedback is because I appreciate what you have all done so far, I hope to be a part of the community, and I give this feedback with good intentions so that the community might be better off for it. I'm in no way a troll just spewing criticisms from a dark corner of the internet because it makes me feel better. I simply don't have the inclination or time.

    To start, I'll preface that I'll parallel this little diatribe to that of a business trying to obtain and retain customers. If you all want to increase the number of people in the community and thus the amount of people playing this game, ask yourself what you would do as a business if you were trying to charge people for this experience. Simplifying that approach for the benefit of this post, a business should:

    1. Sell the experience,
    2. Reduce the friction for the prospect to be a customer,
    3. Provide great customer support.

    So, the specifics...

    A. The homepage is busy. Actually, both are. After a couple of hours of bouncing around and reading everything I'm still not sure why there are two homepages. It's all too much information for someone new. A business would create one homepage, sell the experience, and make it very clear what the visitor to the site was supposed to do next (the "call to action")...which is download the software to play. Everything else is a distraction for a new user. If you need all that other information later, great...bury it out of sight in the menu and funnel the new users there once they're up and running. 

    B. I downloaded the software for my mac to install it and was a little confused. I know what an emulator and ROM is which gives me a bit of a leg up on other newbies, but I'm in no way up to date on what all the technologies are -- I haven't used an emulator in 10 years. So, there were some little nuances like the unusual interface and getting past Apple's security that made it a bit confusing. The site's instructions helped a bit, a simple Youtube tutorial would have been much more helpful.

    Those two roadblocks are probably enough to keep most people away. I kept going because my brother and I used to play this game for hours a day as kids and we're looking to recreate the experience remotely so we're a little extra motivated. We ordered controllers and will be able to figure out how to start playing against one another, but I'm honestly not even sure what to do to get into some pickup games or register for upcoming leagues/tournaments.

    C. I'm sure you're all busy and being a full-time customer service rep is not on your bucket list. That being said, it'd be nice if I knew that to go for help I should consult this message board, go to the Discord channel, go to the facebook group, or click one of the email links to ask for help. Again, too many options, too much friction. Funnel everyone to the most active place and consider killing the rest.

    Again, I don't want to sound like an angry, ungrateful person who showed up to spit vile. That's not my intention. It seems like this community has been active for a long time and everything has been piecemealed together as technology has progressed, with no major revamp to refresh the groundwork.

    I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually and hope to see you all in some games at some point in the future.

    This is perhaps the most constructive and helpful feedback received!  Thanks for taking the time to share, this is good advice and something we need to consider.

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  25. Getting Back in the Game After 20 Years

    in Welcome Rookies

    Posted

    Welcome!  94 & 95 are two completely different games.  In the 92-94 series, The skating dynamics and overall gameplay just feels much better.  That's pretty much the simplest answer.  It's just better gameplay.

    What really kills 95 is the skating.  In many ways, it feels like what you said about deck/street hockey -- way too much running!  

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