NHL 98 (Saturn)

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NHL 98

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Electronic Arts Canada

MBL Research

Licensor: National Hockey League, National Hockey League Players' Association

Peripherals supported: Saturn Backup Memory

Genre: Sports (ice hockey)

Number of players: 1-8

Release	Date	Code
US	1998-01-15^[1]^[2]	T-5026H
EU	1998-01	T-5026H-50 EAX02501314I
DE	1998-01^[5]	T-5026H-50 EAX02501314I
ES	1998-02-11^[6]	T-5026H-50
UK	1998-01-23^[3]^[4]	T-5026H-50
PL	1998

Non-Sega versions
PlayStation Super NES Windows PC

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NHL 98 for the Sega Saturn is a sequel (or update) to NHL 97.

NHL 98 stands as Electronic Arts' last developed Saturn game, and by extension, its last game developed for a Sega system.

Production credits

Realtime Associates

Saturn Development Team:' MBL Research
Saturn Programmers: Jan Lenferink, Ken Williams, Ross Comstock
Saturn Artist: Greg Summers
Senior Lead Programmer: Jay MacDonald
Lead Platform Programmers: Lance Wall, Mark Gipson
Platform Programmers: Mark Johnston, Trenton Shumay, Ben St. John, Adriano Celentano
PC Programmers: Tedd Streibel, Victoria Wong, Funky Swadling, Gary Johnson, Andy Harris, Mike MacKinnon, Mark Lesser
Lead Graphic Artist: Phil Chow
Graphic Artists: Cory Yip, Sissel Tangen
Lead Animator: Dejan Stanisavljevic
Animators: Mike Smith, Jason Bulbrook
Lead Gameplay Artist: Tom Papadatos
Gameplay 3D Artists: Gregg Haggman, Bryce Cochrane
Technical Artist: Ted Nugent
CG Supervisor: John Rix
CG Artist: Craig Hui
Video Lead: Troy Church
Video Assistant: Dwayne Wudrich
Additional Art: 32 Design, Annie Geiger, Ken Thurston
Lead Audio & Music: Jeff Dyck
Music: Saki Kaskas
Sound Effects: Jeff Mair
Play by Play: Iain Macanulty, John (Juan) Jacyna
Play By Play Announcer: Jim Hughson
Colour Commentary: Daryl Reaugh
Rink Announcer: Michael Donovan
Front End Announcer: Jim Conrad
Studio Engineer: Hiwatt Marshall
In-Game Ditties: Brad Mair, Dan Handrabur, Frank Pellico
Anthem Singers: Serena Whitters, Kathleen Daluz, Chuck Boyle, Saki Kaskas, Yanick Lebel, Cary Chao
Speech Editors: Angela Somerville, Bart W. Gurr, Aleksandar Zecevic, Andreas Kahre, Phil Giborski, Hans Samuelson, Jennifer Lewis, Jason Ross
Recording Studio: CrossTown Studios
Color Transcriptions: Lisa Baskett
Tools & Libraries: Tony Lam, Frank Barchard, Andrew Brownsword, Dave Mercier, Kurt Kennett, James Fairweather, Patrick Ratto, Shaun Don
Technical Director: Erik Kiss
Manager, Motion Capture: Evan Hirsch
Motion Capture: Peter Saumur, Demian Gordon, Moses Kaplinsky, David Coleman, Daven Coburn, JJ Gonzales, Vincent Ng, Iris Benbasset
Manager, 3D Tools: Paul Lewis
3D Tools: Mathew Selby, Sean Halliday, Frank Henigman, Ian Gilliland, Sal Melluso, Scott Swan
Riggers: Action Stunts, Inc., Burnaby BC
Rigging Coordinator: Curt Bonn, BAMF
Stunt Team: MAC Stunts
Stunt Coordinator: Mike Cresteio
Stunts: Bill Ferguson, Paul Wu, Scott Dawson, Mike Dopud
QA Coordinator: Rod Higo
QA Lead: John Johnson
QA Assistant Leads: Kristen Olafson, Joel Frigon
QA Team: Michael Gascogne, Richard Barrett, Andrew Hendriks, RJ Thompson, John Brett, Kris Marshall, David Yan, Colin Pattinson, Bill Person, Jeff Yu, Dave Miller, Wade Lindley, Tim Dale, Dave Ham, Mike Kelly, Mike Lee, Paul Rodgers, Brad Mcgraw, Aaron Watmough, Mike Toothaker
QA Mastering: Peter Petkov, Cary Chao, Jeff Hutchinson
QA Tech: Zech Prinz, Chris Wallace, Jason Feser, Paul Breland, Colin Cox, D'arcy Gog
QA Database Administrators: Randy Parmar, Bob Purewal
Executive Producer: Bruce McMillan
Producer: Ken Sayler
Associate Producers: Dave Warfield, Vince Nason
Development Directors: Eric Lau, Dave Pierce
Assistant Producers: Mike Mann, Doug Hollinrake
Production Assistants: Janie Toivanen, Jennifer Campbell
Director, Product Development: Warren Wall
Product Managers: Eric Petersen, Gary Knight
Public Relations: Charlie Scibetta
Documentation: Bill Scheppler
Documentation Layout: Corinne Mah
Package Art Direction: Corey Higgins
EASM QA: Simon Hall
Player Ratings: John Rosasco of the New York Rangers
Statistical Data: Stats Inc.
NHL Photography: Bruce Bennett Studios, Inc.
Additional Photography: Superstock, Inc.
NHL Footage: NHL Productions
Special Thanks: Paulette Doudell, Steve Fitton, Catherine O'Brien, Mike Oulette, Ilene Kent, Ted Saskin, Marc Crawford, John Vanbiesbrouck, Lenny Davis &

Five Hole Inc., Mott Linn, Nick Roberts (Orca Bay Entertainment), Rob McDonald, Kirsten Beazley, Rob Bailey, Kevin Pickell, David Bollo, Jeff Bond, Joerg Brand, Nilas Nordlander, Rolf Busch, Blue Zone, Devin Smith, Exide Electronics Canada, Inc, Henry Irizawa, National Training Rinks, Gabe Boys, Graemme Brown

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING NHL ARENAS

The names and logos of all stadiums are trademarks of their respective owners and are used by permission.

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, Fleet Center, Canadian Airlines Saddledome, Greensboro Coliseum, United Center, McNichols Sports Center, Edmonton Coliseum, Miami Arena, Great Western Forum, Molson Centre, Madison Square Garden, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Corel Centre, Corestates Center, Civic Arena, San Jose Arena, Kiel Center, Maple Leaf Gardens, General Motors Place, America West Arena, Ice Palace

"GET READY FOR THIS"
Written by: Joan Paul De Coster, Filip De Wilde and Simon Harris
Published by: Music Corporation of America, Inc.

International Rights Secured

Not for broadcast transmission

Source:

US manual^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: NHL 98 (Saturn)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #99: "October 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Print advert in Secret Service (PL) #52: "Grudzień 1997" (1997-1x-xx)
also published in:

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) #59: "11/1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[8]
Gry Komputerowe (PL) #41: "12/1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[9]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) #60: "12/1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[10]
Neo (PL) #2: "Grudzień 1997" (1997-xx-xx)^[11]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL) #61: "1/1998" (1997-xx-xx)^[12]
Secret Service (PL) #53: "Styczeń 1998" (1998-xx-xx)^[13]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Edge (UK)

PAL

60

^[14]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

74

^[15]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

90

^[16]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

52

^[17]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

68

^[19]

Mega Console (IT)

PAL

62

^[20]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

72

^[21]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

88

^[22]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

62

^[23]

	71
Based on 10 reviews

NHL 98 (Saturn)

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Technical information

Main article: NHL 98 (Saturn)/Technical information.

References

↑ http://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)
↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-02-01 23:32)
↑ http://www.sega-europe.com/saturn/satinfo.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-02 14:09)
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1998-01-19), page 24
↑ MAN!AC, "02/98" (DE; 1998-01-07), page 30
↑ http://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-04-30 18:14)
↑ File:Nhl98 sat us manual.pdf, page 31
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "11/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "12/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 12
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 24
↑ Neo, "Grudzień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 2
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "1/1998" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 80
↑ Secret Service, "Styczeń 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Edge, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-24), page 106
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 120
↑ Fun Generation, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 75
↑ GamesMaster, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-26), page 63
↑ Game Informer, "March 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 56
↑ MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 67
↑ Mega Console, "Aprile 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 81
↑ Sega Magazin, "April 1998" (DE; 1998-03-11), page 22
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 70

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[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19990221172240.2Fhttp:.2F.2Friehlspot.simplenet.com.2Fvgame.2Fnew.2Fsaturn.html-1] ttp://riehlspot.simplenet.com/vgame/new/saturn.html (Wayback Machine: 1999-02-21 17:22)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980201233233.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-saturn.com.2Fsoftware.htm-2] ttp://www.sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-02-01 23:32)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19981202140918.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-europe.com.2Fsaturn.2Fsatinfo.html-3] ttp://www.sega-europe.com/saturn/satinfo.html (Wayback Machine: 1998-12-02 14:09)

[4] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1998-01-19), page 24

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-02.pdf_p30-5] MAN!AC, "02/98" (DE; 1998-01-07), page 30

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19980430181425.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fcentromail.es:80.2Fnuevo.2Fconsolas.2Fsat.asp-6] ttp://centromail.es:80/nuevo/consolas/sat.asp (Wayback Machine: 1998-04-30 18:14)

[:File:Nhl98_sat_us_manual.pdf_p31-7] File:Nhl98 sat us manual.pdf, page 31

[8] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "11/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 40

[9] Gry Komputerowe, "12/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 12

[10] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "12/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:Neo_2_PL.pdf_p2-11] Neo, "Grudzień 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 2

[12] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "1/1998" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 80

[13] Secret Service, "Styczeń 1998" (PL; 1998-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:Edge_UK_056.pdf_p106-14] Edge, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-24), page 106

[:File:EGM_US_104.pdf_p120-15] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1998-03.pdf_p75-16] Fun Generation, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 75

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_066.pdf_p63-17] GamesMaster, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-26), page 63

[:File:GameInformer_US_059.pdf_p56-18] Game Informer, "March 1998" (US; 1998-0x-xx), page 56

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1998-03.pdf_p67-19] MAN!AC, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-11), page 67

[:File:MegaConsole_IT_47.pdf_p76-20] Mega Console, "Aprile 1998" (IT; 1998-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1998-03.pdf_p81-21] Mega Fun, "03/98" (DE; 1998-02-04), page 81

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_53.pdf_p22-22] Sega Magazin, "April 1998" (DE; 1998-03-11), page 22

[:File:SSM_UK_29.pdf_p70-23] Sega Saturn Magazine, "March 1998" (UK; 1998-02-11), page 70

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NHL 98 (Saturn)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

References