Hey guys. New to the forum, but have checked the site before and played the updated roms. Let me say it is great to see people so committed to keeping the greatest hockey game ever alive!!
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has ever tried "NHL Hockey" for PC, released in 1993. I found it on the net the other day, and have been fooling around with it a bit. It has a horrid mouse interface, apparently no goalie control (as far as I can tell), and extended rosters with more options (4 lines as requested in the edit forum the other day). Besides all that though, the actual gameplay seems to be based on NHL 94, if not identical.
It runs pretty well in DosBox after turning up the CPU cycles, although trying to edit lines makes the game crash in DosBox. My first thought is that this version of the game holds promise as you would think it would be much easier to edit than the genesis hex, but it seems wboy's impending editor will make that moot. (I did look through the game files, and on first glance I didn't see obvious ways to edit the rosters anyways, which is what I care about). Also, I assume you can't do netplay with it, so that's two strikes against it. Strike 3 would be lack of manual goalie, assuming that is the case. Regardless, I was just curious if anyone has ever tried or seen this before. Sorry if this all old news to you guys, just thought it would be worth asking.
Info from Abandonia
Download from bestoldgames.net
EDIT: Okay, I've played it more tonight and done more poking around on the web. Game seems to be kind of it's own thing--going for a sim effect. You set up to four lines and have decide who to dress and scratch, features a full 82 game schedule (includes real NHL schedule from 93), has speech for intros and goals, ref skating around on the ice who always gets in the way....
Anyway, the gameplay is mix of 93 and 94 on the consoles. Pretty sure no manual goalies, and goalies seem to play much more like 93. One-timers are in the game, but come off the stick like a wrister instead of super-slapper. Gameplay is also slower than console versions.
The only bright side is their is an editor out there that makes it extremely easy to change just about everything. Player names, attributes, numbers, default lines, team names, what division they should be in...etc. Guess it's kinda moot though because it is not the same exact gameplay we all treasure. Interesting game to have in the collection though...
