How-to: Use the Hacks in Adam Catalyst’s ROMs (NHL '94)
How-to: Use the Hacks in Adam Catalyst’s ROMs (NHL '94)
This is a counterpart to my ROMs NHL 94: 2022 Edition, NHL 94: 2023 Edition, and NHL 94: 2024 Edition, but you can use this information with most NHL '94 ROMs. I wanted to document and share how you could tweak some of the game to suit your own tastes better, and to document what each of these hacks do. Furthermore, I wanted to make it easier for anyone to lift any of these hacks for their own ROMs. Grab a HEX editor (I use Hex Fiend
1. Allocate Player & Team Data (v24.1.0 / 2023 12 01)
I have found it beneficial to used fixed easy to remember addresses for as many Team & Player parameters as possible. Here is how to implements the 1024-bytes per team structure that I am using.
Please note, following these instructions will write-over any of the following data: Team Overall Ratings, Rosters & Player Ratings, Lines, Location Name, Club Name, Acronym, Arena Name, Team Rating Attributes (Off, Def, PP, PK
