LeftistGorilla

IceStorm, the fighting was removed at the behest of the NHLPA. They didn't like the optics of fighting in a video game that small kids were going to be playing. If EA didn't remove fighting then the NHLPA wasn't going to issue their license and without the NHLPA license that would mean no player names or likenesses. Essentially, a reversion back to what we had in NHL Hockey (the original version of the game). http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660713 My questions for Mr. Brook would be...How did the "illegal, offsides one-timer" make it past beta testing? And as a follow up...On a delayed penalty, if the team who the penalty was called on executes a one-timer the system reads that as possession and the whistle blows the play dead and the penalty is assessed. Why does a one-timer satisfy possession on a delayed penalty but not an offsides call? ~LeftistGorilla

Thanks, HABS...it was the frame skip. I don't know how it got changed from the default "AUTO" setting but, it's back to normal now. GAME ON, HOSERS!

Greetings all, As one of the forum's newest members, I posted this in the Newbies forum and I didn't get a response. I apologize for the double posting but, I'm trying to get this issue resolved. I'm running a Windows 7 platform with service pack 1. I've been playing with the Gens emulator for many weeks now without a problem. Then last week, I started up the app and everything is running at hyperspeed possibly 10X the speed the game should run in. How do I fix this and how do I prevent this from happening again? ~LeftitstGorilla

Greetings all...So, I've been playing the GENS emulator version of this game just fine for a few weeks with no problems. Tonight though, I started it up and everything is running at 10X speed...help, please! I apologize if there's already a thread on this, please feel free to post links to existing threads. I just wasn't sure what to put in the forum's search field to help me find previous threads on this.

Thanks for the nice welcome. Well, I'd have to give a nod to "NHL Hockey", the original from 1991. Without that version, none of this exists as we know it today. But, I didn't play that version until well after it was released. I didn't even own a Genesis console in 1991. It wasn't until NHLPA 93 that I was convinced of the game's greatness and went out and bought a console. I had just moved out on my own then so, dropping half of my then rent on a console, cartridge and an extra controller was a huge expense. It seems like such a small thing nowadays because it's so common now but, getting the NHLPA license was a really big deal. It really added weight and fullness to the game. When you go back and play "NHL Hockey", it rings hollow because there's no player names. In short, the addition of the one-timer was what really took everything to the next level with NHL94. Before the one timer, goals were scored off the deke or slappers and that was really about it. The one-timer really opened things up. The one timer allowed you to score goals with players who couldn't score off the deke or a slapshot. The worst forward in the game (if positioned properly and the angle of the primary assist pass relative to the goalie provided an opening) can score on the one timer. The game is 22 years old and I still get fired up when I score off the one timer. Removing fighting from the game is a well-documented watershed moment. To some people it's a big deal that they are still pissed off about...to others it was no biggie. For me, I remember thinking at the time that it was an unwelcome change. But now, I really don't miss it. If they could've programmed it to have a positive or negative effect on the team's momentum depending on whether you won or lost the fight, then it would be a genuine loss to the game. Our group really liked that NHL 95 offered a full season. The drop pass, fake shot and shot blocking were nice add-ons but after hours and hours of gameplay on previous versions, it was sometimes hard to remember that you had some additional tools at your disposal. None of this really mattered though because we hated the new game engine. I used to just say I didn't like the feel of it but, now...many years later I can explain it more clearly. First of all NHL 95 is simply too fast. I suppose EA thought it was doing us all a favor by "amping it up!" (remember THAT 90's word?) but, it's just too fast. The real issue though was that too much Madden football code got spilled into the player movement programming for NHL95. What I mean by that is, player movement has a very angular feel to it in 95. You're skating along and change direction by 45 or 90 degrees and the player JAMS his skate in the ice and you immediately cut in that direction. In the previous game engine, the player movements had this nice float and glide feel to directional changes. A good example of this is when you are swooping a 180 degree turn through the neutral zone with the puck to get lined up for a walk-in deke. If you're controlling a really fast skater as you come through your turn at center ice to go in on the goalie, there's a point at which you come out of the turn and sometimes you extend your turn too far and have to over correct to get lined up. Kind of like you're fishtailing...Anyway, this doesn't exist in NHL 95. You just plant a skate and turn and are immediately headed in the direction you want. I don't know...if 95 was the original game engine and then they went to the 93 engine, I might feel differently. There's something to be said about what you first experienced being what you're most comfortable with. The ideal game would be the NHL94 game engine with ALL of the features from 95 to present day. After 95, we kept buying future versions of the game but, we always came back to 94. It was the best version then and the best version now. We even tried NHL 97 on our PCs but we stayed with 94 on the Genesis. I think part of that was the experience or hanging out all night with all of us in the same room. Believe it or not, NHL could be played over a dial up connection, but it was laggy. Even with a headset and Skype, there's nothing that replaces human beings gaming side by side in the same room. I'm sure this will be an important part of McBryan's film. A tournament like that could easily be hosted online. Human contact is better. I just learned that NHL 09 is the last PC version of the game. I don't own it but, now I'm curious to see what that version is like. I don't have a modern console currently, but I'm sure I'll get around to that too eventually. One question I did have is why you have chosen the rules that you all have chosen for your league? I'm just curious how you came to that set of rules...5min periods I get, you want to keep the scores realistic and the time a game actually takes to play. The two rules I'm most interested in hearing about are manual goalies and no line changes...thoughts? (And if there's already a rules discussion on this forum, please feel free to just post a hyperlink to it...I haven't had a chance to really look around here much yet.) Also, if you have any links to ROMS that feature edited versions of 94, I'd be interested in those too. I'm just playing the basic ROM listed under the downloads section here...

Greetings all...new guy here. This is a real homecoming. I've played the NHL series religiously since its inception through NHL 97 and then...life got in the way. I hadn't really thought about the game much over the last 18 years but as a lifelong hockey player and fan, I consider the series to be amongst the finest video games ever created. And I am in full agreement that '94 was the zenith of all the versions. Needless to say, I'm thrilled to have installed GENS and the accompanying ROM. As soon as I fired it up and heard those opening theme notes, it brought back a lot of great, great memories of getting off work and heading to a friend's house with a case of beer, a bag full of subs for the guys and a change of clothes. We had a group of about 10 people, some of whom are no longer with us, and we would play LONG into the night sometimes seeing the sun come up and then heading right back to work hungover, with no sleep. 70's rock blasting in the background...I remember when the 4-way-play adapter came out for the Genesis and it was like looking into the face of God. It changed the game...forever. For now, I'm just focused on beating the motherboard and remembering many skills that are missing but not forgotten. I look forward to playing against all of you online sometime in the future. I just read up on the KingOf94 Tournament and I'm really sorry I have to miss out on that. It's going to be a blast. Hopefully, this becomes an annual tradition (and moves further south?). I wish McBryan the best of luck with the tournament, his film...and may the best player win. As a nearly lifelong DC resident, I've been rocking the red for our Capitals since 1974 but, when it comes to NHL '94 my preference is the Detroit Red Wings. Thanks again for putting together a great site, forum and game community. Keep your sticks down, your heads up...and don't get beat, hosers.