kingraph Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Yet another NHL'94 feature on NHL.com came out today: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660713 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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halifax Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Many believe the 1992-93 NHL season was among the finest staged in the League'shistory. From the addition of two teams through expansion, to the suddenprominence of European players, to the heroics of Pittsburgh's Mario Lemieux,to the crowning of Montreal as Stanley Cup champions, the season was full ofmemorable moments. On its 20th anniversary, NHL.com will spend the year lookingback at the key moments of that '92-93 season to see if it may indeed be theNHL's Greatest Season. In an NHL career that spanned 20 years,Jeremy Roenickplayed in nine All-Star Games, scored more than 500 goals, registered more than1,200 points, won an Olympic silver medal and established himself as one of themost colorful characters in hockey history. But for many of his biggest fans, JR'sgreatest achievements did not take place on an actual sheet of ice. That's because the 2010 inductee intothe United States Hockey Hall of Fame is also one of the most dominatingvideo-game characters of all time, thanks mostly to the skills demonstrated byhis avatar in EA Sports' NHL '94. The classic game was released 20 yearsago this month and introduced countless people to hockey through their Nintendoand Sega consoles. It alsohelped make Roenick a star. "It's the No. 1 comment that ismade to me over the course of every day, whether it's over Twitter or meetingon the street. Whatever the case may be, I would say one out of three people Imeet mention '94 Sega," Roenick told NHL.com. "They say one of threethings: One, 'You couldn't beat the ChicagoBlackhawks [in the game] because of Jeremy Roenick.' No. 2,'I got through college playing Jeremy Roenick in '94Sega.' The third is it was a rule that you couldn't be the Chicago Blackhawks in the game, becausethey were that unstoppable. "That still happens almostdaily." NHL '94 is remembered primarily forRoenick's virtual exploits, not to mention a legendary scene in the 1996 movie"Swingers," although the film's characters actually played thepredecessor, NHLPA Hockey '93. That also was a revolutionary game that earnedits place in history. After the previous year's iteration from Electronic Artsincluded an NHLPA license but no NHL team licenses, NHL '94 was the firsthockey title to include entire player rosters as well as all NHL team names andlogos. The innovations didn't end there. "They wanted some hockey realism.I had this list of features they wanted to add to the series," said MarkLesser, the lead developer for the game who previously worked on EA's MaddenNFL series and by his own admission didn't know a thing about hockey."Goalie control was one of them. They wanted a shootout game in it. Theywanted the replay improved. They wanted flip passes and one-timers. They wantedimprovements in the music. It goes on and on. "I liked the fighting in [NHLPA]'93 and we removed the blood. The NHLPA, as I recall, required us to remove theblood." Twenty years later, EA's NHL franchiseremains one of the best-selling sports video games in the world. With everypassing year, the game becomes more intricate and lifelike, thanks in largepart to EA's team of developers and designers. But it all started with one developerworking in a barn in Maine. "In those days, there weren't bigproduction teams. There was a sole programmer, me, and a graphics guy who Ihired," said Lesser, who spent hours trying to perfect the accuracy ofone-timed shots in the game. "Then EA supplied a sound guy todigitize the organ music. In fact, most of the work on that game was done in abarn in Brooklin, Maine. Around 2:30 in the morning, I was playing and hit theone-timer button and it was a perfect one-timer. When I forget everything elseabout NHL '94, I'll remember that moment. It was a moment of real joy." From the day it was released, NHL '94was a hit. It allowed gamers everywhere to play out their favorite rivalriesand changed the way many people viewed both hockey and video games. NHL.comcelebrates NHL '94 20th anniversary Weekes'Beat: NHL '94 anniversary NHL'94 Quick Picks: Cam Neely NHL'94 Quick Picks: Adam Oates NHL'94 Quick Picks: Kirk Muller NHL'94 Quick Picks: Penalty Shot NHL'94 Quick Picks: Baker Crushes Hogue NHL'94 Quick Picks: Mark Messier NHL'94 Quick Picks: Cliff Ronning NHL'94 Quick Picks: Brendan Shanahan NHL'94 Quick Picks: Mario Lemieux NHL'94 Quick Picks: Lemieux to Stevens MORE 1992-93STORIES › "NHL '94 was about that couchexperience where we battled," said Sean Ramjagsingh, EA's current leadproducer for the NHL franchise. "I was in university at the time, so weused to battle for everything, whether it was cleaning the bathroom or cookingdinner or washing dishes. NHL '94 was the decider in who had to do thosechores. "It's one of the first games thatI played religiously. I always wanted to be a part of hockey. NHL '94 was thegame that put video games on the road map for me and turned it into acareer." Though the Nintendo and Sega consolesare now considered primitive technology, there are several gamers who continueto play NHL '94 online through web emulators. In November 2010, the Kamloops Blazers celebrated theirWestern Hockey League win over the Regina Pats by mimicking the roboticmovements of the NHL '94 avatars. It was a tribute to the game thatcame out when most of the players were 1 year old. In fact, practically everyoneassociated with the game has become a cult figure of sorts, including Ron Barr,the longtime sportscaster who served as its pregame host. "I was on an airplane once and aflight attendant comes up to me and said there were a couple of kids who saidthey thought they knew who I was. They were about 10 years old and one of themtold me, 'You're the dude in the hockey game.' Even now, kids will recognizeme," Barr told NHL.com. "I didn't expect that type of recognition andexposure, but I'm really proud of it. It's a pop culture thing. You ask anybodyabout the first video game they remember, they're going to say NHL '94." The game even struck a chord withhockey dilettantes. Gal Lavid, a Rutgers University graduate, in college becameso enamored with the game he adopted the Blackhawks as his team. By the time hebegan dominating the game in local competitions, he went so far as to get aBlackhawks tattoo. "It was definitely a gateway forthe NHL for me. I always had a cursory interest in it, but didn't have thatkind of passion for it," Lavid said. "After Sega came out, I had aBlackhawks poster in my dorm room be cause of the game." Like 40-year-old Lavid, most gamersassociate the title closely with Roenick, who became a breakout player in agame that included names like Gretzky, Roy, Lemieux, Yzerman and Bourque. Andfor the man who was named history's fourth-greatest video game athlete bygaming website IGN.com -- behind Michael Vick, Bo Jackson and Mike Tyson --it's a legacy he is happy to embrace. "It's one of my claims tofame," Roenick said. "I'm very proud of it. I'm down in the annals ofhistory, whether it's being on the ice or in video games. I like that aspect.Whoever it was at EA who gave me the [great] rating in '94, you've left mesomething to be proud of for eternity." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickenest Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Someone's paying attention to what NHL.com is doing, cuz my top NHL '94 YouTube video, which usually gets 20-40 hits/day, got almost 200 hits on the 19th and 500+ on the 20th. No numbers for the 21st yet. The traffic sources say it's mostly YouTube searches driving the views, the top term by far being "nhl 94" (versus "nhl '94" and "nhl94.") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer_33 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/10-greatest-things-ea-sports-nhl-94-roenick-143029155--nhl.html#more-53758 Great write-up and link at Puck Daddy today couldn't be more perfect for this community. EA Sports’ influential hockey video game classic “NHL ’94” was released 20 years ago. In its honor, we’re running a multi-part celebration of the game this week on Puck Daddy. Here’s blogger and radio host Scotty Wazz on the 10 greatest things about the game. Even though this game is two decades old and many Sega Genesis’s and Super Nintendo’s are long gone, many still continue to play the game through emulators. The top NHL ’94 community--NHL94.com—provides links to download emulators and games, to which they put together leagues and tournaments throughout the year for those who want to connect with other NHL ’94 followers, as well as maybe relive the old times they used to have with their neighborhood friends, but make new ones in the process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingraph Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer_33 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 We should be adding a link to the Spring Classic registration in the comments (if allowed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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