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Old 02-27-2015, 05:06 PM   #1
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The Man Who Programmed NHL 94 Knew Nothing About Hockey


“Do the developers even watch hockey?” is an insult that frustrated sports gamers often type on the Internet to express their dissatisfaction with the (lack of) authenticity in Electronic Arts' NHL video games.

The day-to-day realities of making sports video games, however, often require designers and producers to convey their gameplans to programmers who may not have much experience with the sport that their scripts are designed to simulate. This remains the case today, to a large extent. But as the tools and languages that companies use to make video games are becoming more standardized -- and are being widely taught to thousands of college kids -- the number of sports gaming programmers with relevant, real-life sports experience is on the rise.

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Old 02-27-2015, 07:05 PM   #2
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It was a damn good game for its time. Kudos to him!
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Old 02-27-2015, 07:33 PM   #3
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Funny that he was an EE.
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Old 02-27-2015, 10:12 PM   #4
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same thing can be said about the current programmers
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Old 02-28-2015, 05:32 PM   #5
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Re: The Man Who Programmed NHL 94 Knew Nothing About Hockey

during an intermission, NHL 94 showed a list of scores and even ran some highlights from games around the league.

NHL 94 had that.

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Old 02-28-2015, 10:21 PM   #6
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Still have NHL 94. Still fun as ever. Same with Live 96 and Madden 93. Still hold up to
The test of time.
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Old 03-01-2015, 09:39 AM   #7
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Who knew Peter Dinklage had so many talents.
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Old 03-02-2015, 08:07 AM   #8
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Still have NHL 94. Still fun as ever. Same with Live 96 and Madden 93. Still hold up to
The test of time.
Hold up the test of time might be pushing it but then again I was 4 at the time madden 93 came out. NHL 98 is my game that holds up, suppose its where you were at that time that makes the games so amazing.
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