Were are my Hawks ?

[Jeff201]

Hi, I have played  NHL 94 for years and still play it on my mac using open emu...  Ime try  to understand why my hawks are not on the game that i downloaded from here they are one of the original six teams.. Only thing that i can think of is the game ran out of memory....

Edited March 9 by Jeff201

[smozoma]

2 hours ago, Jeff201 said:

Hi, I have played  NHL 94 for years and still play it on my mac using open emu...  Ime try  to understand why my hawks are not on the game that i downloaded from here they are one of the original six teams.. Only thing that i can think of is the game ran out of memory....

Hi, can you tell us what you downloaded? 

Normally we recommend the package from here: https://nhl94online.com/html/getting-started.php

Which includes the original versions of the Sega and SNES NHL'94 games, which include the Blackhawks.

If you downloaded a customized ROM from a thread on the forums, it depends on what the creator of that ROM wanted.

Another possible issue... Maybe your controller is double-mapped so every time you press right or left the teams change by 2 teams instead of 1, so it always skips every other team, including the Blackhawks... does it look like all the other teams are there?

[Jeff201]

Hi, thanks for responding ... I downloaded from the websight the Retroarch but it so frustrating to try and get started... Ime so use to.   openemu were you just take the rom and drop it in openemu and your all set..   JEFF

[smozoma]

1 hour ago, Jeff201 said:

Hi, thanks for responding ... I downloaded from the websight the Retroarch but it so frustrating to try and get started... Ime so use to.   openemu were you just take the rom and drop it in openemu and your all set..   JEFF

Hm so if you got the main retroarch package, the original ROMs are actually in the package, too.

You should load RetroArch.exe, then Load Core (pick the Sega one), then Load Content.

In Load Content, click "Start Directory" or something like that.. it's the first option.

Then click ROMs, Genesis, nhl94.

If you pick "CDL" or something like that, that is not the original game, that's a custom league game.

So at this point the game runs...

And you are saying the Hawks are missing? Can you go team-by-team and see what other teams are missing?

[smozoma]

On 3/10/2023 at 2:24 PM, Jeff201 said:

Hi, thanks for responding ... I downloaded from the websight the Retroarch but it so frustrating to try and get started... Ime so use to.   openemu were you just take the rom and drop it in openemu and your all set..   JEFF

Hi Jeff, were you able to sort this out? Is there a particular problem you're running into?

[Jeff201]

Hi, thanks for responding ... I downloaded from the websight the Retroarch but it so frustrating to try and get started... Ime so use to.   openemu were you just take the rom and drop it in openemu and your all set..   JEFF

[Jeff201]

Hi, thanks for getting back to me... no.  since was useing  openemu on my. Macbook pro. ... ime having a hard time getting set up and trying to understand  Retroarch.. JEFF

[smozoma]

4 minutes ago, Jeff201 said:

Hi, thanks for getting back to me... no.  since was useing  openemu on my. Macbook pro. ... ime having a hard time getting set up and trying to understand  Retroarch.. JEFF

Is there a particular bit you're stuck on that we can help with?

Although, if you're happy with openemu, it's fine to keep using that instead! We distribute RetroArch because it's what we use to play against each other online, but if you don't intend to play online then there's no reason to switch.

As for your original problem, the blackhawks being missing... Can you tell me which version of the game you downloaded? Not all versions on here have the Hawks (for example, if there is a draft league that doesn't have the hawks but has other teams like the Colorado Rockies instead...)