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

[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.

[swil]

Quote: Originally Posted by GaryT531

Remember the scene from the movie "Swingers" where they're playing NHL on Genesis and Vince Vaughn says "I'm gonna make Gretzky's head bleed for super fan # 99 here!" lol classic

did you click my link dude?

[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! :-)