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Hey, thanks! I'll try that!

If you don't know by now you'll never know, that's why you NHL '95 lovers all suck!

Just curious if anyone has any bulletproof theories on Manual Goalie control. Do you control the goalie the entire time the opponent has control of the puck in your zone, or only on breakaways, or just in times of desperation? I can't find an emoticon to express my feeling of confusion!

I'm more impressed that you won 17 fights in a row in one game! That's not NHL '92, that's friggin' NHL '76!!! Yeehaww!

Thanks, Joetberry - it's nice to see there is still a forum for these games. What happened to the Nosebleed Section site? Maybe a lockout casualty? It took me a while before I happened on this site. I've been here before but didn't notice a forum section. Yes, our little tournament changed servers to www.theunholygrail.com, which is probably why you had lost the original link. I've been in quite the slump lately at the events, haven't won (or even made the finals) in the last three tournaments. I tried to boost my defensive play for the last few tournaments and it hurt my scoring too much. But everyone else plays defense to the max in that tournament, so I've decided to go with my all-out firewagon offence next time. Thanks for visiting the site, next time I'll try to get an extra t-shirt printed up and send it your way - don't worry, there won't be an invoice attached (hehe) I get a few extra printed up each time - be sure to email me your address if you want one.. My theory is the more you play it, the more defence-oriented it becomes - you don't get easy wrap-arounds and one-timers against good defensive players. It's not as good a game vs. the computer, you really need to play other people to appreciate it. Maybe that's why the game gets trashed so much. I don't want to say anything bad about '94, especially on this board, because it's definitely harder to beat the computer in that version - which isn't a bad thing. The only thing I'll say is once I started playing '95, '94 seemed really, really slow and seemed to have less player control. The players slide around too much, unlike '95 where you can really control your player. But it still is a great game. I guess everyone has their preference.

I have to agree with Joetberry on this one. Although I am new to this board, I get together with buddies of mine (7 to 9) and play an all-night tournament twice a year, so I'm no rookie to classic video hockey. But anyway, my point is that Joetberry is bang on in his critique of '94. NHL 95 is superior, in my opinion, because of the speed and the control. I've played this game for 5+ years - religiously - and the depth of the control is staggering. It's better than every other video hockey game because of the similarity to the real game. There is always an opportunity to score - or defend against a score - on almost any play, but you have to learn how to play like a real NHL team. In the real NHL, you have to be able to defend against high percentage opportunities at high speed. This is where most of the complaints come against '95, it's too easy to score. But I can tell you firsthand, once you learn how to defend against the easy opportunities (like picking up the trailer, or tough play near the net) it's a much more rewarding game to play than '94. Great to see this site is running a board for these games - thanks!