Out of Bounds: NHL 95/96 and the Trappings of Old

[swil]

Quote: Originally Posted by matt8204

Crazy as it sounds, if they just updated NHL '94 every year with current players and teams and released it for PS3, I'd probably buy it. The game was that good. The primitive graphics and sounds wouldn't bother me for a minute.

Actuallly... they do. Via mods.

www.nhl94.com

[russwg1970]

I think NHL 94 was the first hockey game I ever got. I remember that - it not having fighting was a let down.

[King10Sooted]

I remember playing NHL 94 -NHL 96 forever. I remember making a virtual Mighty Ducks team with all the kids from the movies and keeping stats and stuff on a piece of paper. I was probably like 12 at the time. Was one of the best games I have ever played.

[Ktulu]

It's funny to look at how far the game has come and yet there are things which were actually done better 15 years ago.

The one thing that stands out to me is the old edit lines screen from the PC version around 95'ish. Every single player and every single line (1-4, pk & pp, & goalies) was visible on ONE screen! Nowadays you have to flip through 6 different "pages" to edit the lines, even the process of scratching/dressing players is more complicated.

[bruinsftw2k]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerseySuave4

NHL 94 is one of my favorites. But it was sooo easy to score. You go down to one side, come straight across the ice in a line and shoot and it was a guaranteed goal.

Yeah that is so true, just for the hell of it I wanted to see how many goals I could get using 20 min periods, and I got something like over 85 goals.

Basically you would just have to deke and you would score every time. (Deking back then was just skate to the left to draw the goalie to the left side then as you are moving to your right take the shot, it would go in 80% of the time).

[FBeaule04]

I played almost every year of NHL except NHL 03.

I started with NHL 92, on the Genesis. I had **** battles with a friend who was a Wings fan while I use the Hawks for the rivalry purpose. It was a ton of fun at the time, with the goal post crazy sound and the siren at the end of period.

NHLPA 93 wasn't bad, the only version we're we had blood but it's true, NHL 94 was a pretty good game.

I wouldn't go back to those years since the game as progress a lot, but back at the time, it was fun.

I think it was NHL 96 that had the season, scoring leaders, etc. This one was also a blast but the bug that made your season get away when you hit the 77 or so games ruined it for me.

NHL 98 with online leagues was a ton of fun too! :-)

[Eski33]

I agree. I am 39 years old and I have seen the evolution of sports games over the years. The NHL series has been my favorite. NHL 94 is my all-time favorite because of the teams, the ability to make trades and it was the first in the series to have a season mode.

I made an 80's Oilers team with Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Andy Moog, Grant Fuhr, Paul Coffey, just to name a few that were on other teams at the time.

I also miss the Nordiques, Whalers (which I used a ton) and the Jets, which were all around during the NHL series birth.

Going back to the Genesis days, I played NBA Live 95 on my computer a couple months ago. Talk about fun. That game is still awesome....

[JaFFiTh]

I think nhl 95 was the game I had (the season right after the strike season) then first one I owned too. Just checked out the 94 site and omg.. the graphics are definitely a BIG difference! But I remember I was addicted to the game, gilmour, andreychuk.. and all that player as a Leaf.. can't get any better than that! I have also owned pretty much every game since 97 or 98 except for that one year off due to the strike.

I also enjoyed playing Blades of Steel for the Nintendo. My buddy had that so whenever I went over we'd play that. One day a couple years ago or so we played it for the heck of it.. omg so damn different. I wouldn't go back to the games 'cause I'm HUGE on graphics so ****ty graphics = garbage to me lol but it was fun while it lasted

[Eski33]

Quote: Originally Posted by FBeaule04

I played almost every year of NHL except NHL 03. I started with NHL 92, on the Genesis. I had **** battles with a friend who was a Wings fan while I use the Hawks for the rivalry purpose. It was a ton of fun at the time, with the goal post crazy sound and the siren at the end of period. NHLPA 93 wasn't bad, the only version we're we had blood but it's true, NHL 94 was a pretty good game. I wouldn't go back to those years since the game as progress a lot, but back at the time, it was fun. I think it was NHL 96 that had the season, scoring leaders, etc. This one was also a blast but the bug that made your season get away when you hit the 77 or so games ruined it for me. NHL 98 with online leagues was a ton of fun too! :-)

I almost forgot NHL 98. NHL 98 was awesome. I remember the first time I played an exhibition and the Bruins sported their yellow alternates. The graphics at that time were outstanding and the music when you scored a goal was sweet. I believe it may have been the first licensed music to be incorporated in a game...Can't remember the song though...

[BurghFan]

Heh, I remember NHL 95 for Genesis mainly because the copy I had had all kinds of bizarre and funny glitches. Sometimes I would have 2 goalies in my net, sometimes I would have every goalie in the NHL on my bench, and sometimes a mysterious extra player with a screwed up number would skate in from the crowd to join my team on the ice. Unfortunately some guys who were supposed to be remodelling our bathroom stole that game (and Sonic the Hedgehog 3). They did a lousy job on the bathroom too. Anyways, I also remember being really good at one timers and it being really easy to score.