Was a ton of fun playing the game again with my brother tonight. It’s been about 20 years?!!
We were pretty rusty but got better fast. My little nephew had a blast. He got to play with his uncle and daddy. He also got better as the night progressed and started to score.
I gave my nephew Boston since he likes super villains. My brother chose McJesus and his Oilers.
A couple thoughts from playing NHL94 again:
• the game was far more pixelated than I remembered (it was a huge TV, though). But I got fairly used to it
• for whatever reason, I found the Naples 2018 ROM easier to get the hang of than the Skip ROM. Not sure what the actual difference is between the two other than 75% burst speed on Naples.
• regaining the ability to leverage the game’s subtleties and nuances were much tougher than expected. I didn’t score a single pass shot
• I learned that I have zero motivation to play the original NHL 94 version, even though it’s what I grew up with. Am just really excited to play with the new team line ups and all the bug fixes and tweaks. We just kept passing on the opportunity to play the original
• need to upgrade one of my controllers ASAP and figure out how to get the Y button working for immediate control of the goalie. A mapping issue, probably.
• And ... I need to work on my defense.