Offsides and penalties can be turned on and off but icing must remain on at all times. There is an exhibition mode and a playoff mode with the winner of the playoff mode collecting the Stanley Cup. It featured organ music and a digitized audience that cheered and catcalled with every decision made on the ice. NHLPA 93 (Release Date: December 31, 1992) No adventage or disadvantage would be had from winning or losing a fight. After the fight was completed normal game play would resume.

During the fights the crowd would cheer and all other team mates and officials would stand by watching. Players would have a 'fist-fight' with a computer player (or a friend in 2 player mode) which would go on until one of the 'fighters' was floored. Although the game has all of the NHL teams that existed at the time, the only competition present is the Playoffs, either decided in one or seven matches.Ī component of the game which added to the game-play was the fact that fights would breakout in the event of a bad bodycheck. However, this change is merely cosmetic, as most team colors could be tracked to NHL teams. The Mega Drive version was released soon after, titled 'EA Hockey' and featured international teams. However, lack of a license from the National Hockey League Players' Association NHLPA resulted in all players being referred to by their numbers rather than names. It also features a National Hockey League license, so all of the team names and logos are used. The game used a vertical view, which was unique at the time since most previous hockey games used a horizontal or top-down view.

It was considered the most realistic hockey game of its time. The first version of the game, titled 'NHL Hockey,' was released in August of 1991 for the Sega Genesis. For the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, it's the first game in the NHL Hockey series. NHL Hockey is an ice hockey game by EA Sports. 'The National Hockey League (NHL) series, is a professional ice hockey video game developed by EA Canada and published yearly by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand.' With the release of NHL 09 comming in a few days, I will take a quick look at the past Electronic Arts hockey video games that have been released.

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