clockwise Posted August 23, 2014 Report Posted August 23, 2014 EA Hockey, NTSC-J cart. Since I don't own a Mega Drive or an adapter, yet, I'm unable to find out if there are any differences between other regions. I did look around to see if there was a ROM dump of this cart, but I wasn't able to find one. Quote
LA Robbie Posted August 24, 2014 Report Posted August 24, 2014 Sensible Soccer & Madden there too. Decent sports collection Quote
smozoma Posted August 24, 2014 Report Posted August 24, 2014 I'm not sure what's rarer, a Japanese version of EA Hockey, or a Clockwise appearance 1 Quote
clockwise Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Posted August 24, 2014 For some reason I was thinking that I couldn't test the game because the cart slot for the Mega Drive and Genesis are different, and that they have to be disassembled or modded to be played. But it's actually the Super Famicom and SNES that have different sized cart slots on the consoles. I have a SFC, and should know better. Region lockout with Mega Drive games didn't begin until around '93, I think, but I'm not sure if that applies to EA carts. So, let's see if they're compatible, or if the game is locked out and won't go past the Sega-license screen. The weather made it worth lugging the HTPC outside. Had to go back in once I remembered how massive the AC adapter is for the Genesis, and I needed to grab a power strip. Brought NHL Hockey along to compare, and I couldn't find my PAL, EA Hockey cart. Haven't played on this since I did the component RGB comparison in 2011. _ Twins; should fit fine. The standard size cart with the tan PCB and gold pins is Sensible Soccer, European Champions. Just wanted to hear the intro tunes and see the menu before I try to do any comparisons. Memories. Moment of truth. Nice. Looks and sounds the same as the PAL version. Everything looks normal. Wait, what? Member change? In case you're wondering, there are no special or different teams between the PAL and NTSC-J version. That means no extra Japanese team, which I was hoping to see. Good lord. Poland is so boned. In the PAL version of the match-up screen it has Goalie instead of Keeper. Since the game doesn't show who scored or assisted, the time after a goal till a center-ice faceoff is really quick, and I couldn't get pics of the first two goals, but both of them were slappers. Neutral no more. Taking this pic cost me the scrap. And this one. A Winrar is you, Polka peoples! The PAL version has Stats instead of Status. I'll update the post if I find any more differences worth noting, but EA Hockey is still as fun as it's always been. gg Quote
tru Posted August 25, 2014 Report Posted August 25, 2014 cool stuff. I love that game. it plays a lot better than '93. I prefer it over Genesis '94. everybody should give this thing a chance. 1 Quote
halifax Posted August 25, 2014 Report Posted August 25, 2014 Enjoyed the pics and comments clockwise...thanks for posting this. I'm on my way over there for a few games bud. 1 Quote
kingraph Posted August 25, 2014 Report Posted August 25, 2014 Awesome...I think I fell into a 5 minute daydream looking at the first pic. Cool summer breezes, nice drinks, good friends, Genesis...that room! Quote
smozoma Posted August 26, 2014 Report Posted August 26, 2014 Awesome...I think I fell into a 5 minute daydream looking at the first pic. Cool summer breezes, nice drinks, good friends, Genesis...that room! His house's "outside" is nicer than mine's inside Quote
chaos Posted August 26, 2014 Report Posted August 26, 2014 NHL '94.com 2014 meetup in Clockwise's sun room 2 Quote
LABS_66 Posted August 26, 2014 Report Posted August 26, 2014 Awesome stuff! Love the originals despite the slower gameplay Quote
clockwise Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Posted August 27, 2014 NHL '94.com 2014 meetup in Clockwise's sun room Fine by me. I'll be in the garage. Let me know when you're all ready. 1 Quote
halifax Posted January 22, 2017 Report Posted January 22, 2017 I bought this off ebay today. big tourney coming up in feb. 1 Quote
clockwise Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Posted April 18, 2017 On 8/25/2014 at 11:10 PM, smozoma said: His house's "outside" is nicer than mine's inside My inside might be "outside", soon. I lost that house and pretty much my whole family. Life can turn on a dime. Quote
kingraph Posted April 18, 2017 Report Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, clockwise said: My inside might be "outside", soon. I lost that house and pretty much my whole family. Life can turn on a dime. Very sorry to hear this bud, that's rough. Hope you make it out to Vegas in September for KO94 II, your Guinness is on me. Quote
clockwise Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Posted April 18, 2017 Thanks bro. If what doesn't kill you makes you stronger; I'm going to be jacked. Quote
skip Posted April 19, 2017 Report Posted April 19, 2017 Sorry dude...that sucks. Is this the same game? --> https://www.emuparadise.me/Sega_Genesis_-_Sega_Megadrive_ROMs/EA_Hockey_(Europe)/38252 Quote
clockwise Posted April 19, 2017 Author Report Posted April 19, 2017 Thanks all. Probably shouldn't have posted that, but you do things like that when bad things happen. 10 hours ago, skip said: Sorry dude...that sucks. Is this the same game? --> https://www.emuparadise.me/Sega_Genesis_-_Sega_Megadrive_ROMs/EA_Hockey_(Europe)/38252 That's the Euro version. Maybe there is a dump of the Japanese version, but I've never played it on an emulator. Quote
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