NHL Hockey (Mega Drive)
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| NHL Hockey | ||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Electronic Arts | ||||||||||
| Developer: Park Place Production Team | ||||||||||
| Licensor: National Hockey League | ||||||||||
| Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Rob Hubbard | ||||||||||
| Genre: Sports (ice hockey) | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | ||||||||||
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NHL Hockey is an ice hockey game for the Sega Mega Drive, released exclusively in North America in 1991. Other regions of the world would receive EA Hockey instead.
NHL Hockey on the Mega Drive follows in the footsteps of Electronic Arts' John Madden Football, being the first in what would become an annual tradition of the company launching North American licensed ice hockey games for home consoles. It was also the first game to use official NHL licensing since a 1979 NHL Hockey hockey game for the Intellivision.
EA have recycled the "NHL Hockey" name on several occasions, including a Sega Game Gear NHL Hockey (based on NHL 95) and a DOS version (based on NHL 96).
Contents
Gameplay
NHL Hockey takes a top-down approach to the sport, with a vertical rink that scrolls depending on where the puck is. It features all 22 NHL teams of the era and 500 players.
Teams
Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres- Calgary Flames
Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings
Edmonton Oilers- Hartford Whalers
- Los Angeles Kings
Minnesota North Stars
Montreal Canadiens- New Jersey Devils
- New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers- Pittsburgh Penguins
Quebec Nordiques- San Jose Sharks
- St. Louis Blues
Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver Canucks
Washington Capitals
Winnipeg Jets- Campbell All Stars
- Wales All Stars
History
Legacy
Like several of EA's Mega Drive sports games, NHL Hockey was a big success and led to a string of yearly sequels for the platform up to and including 1998. Virtually every 2D hockey game released by EA is thought to stem from this game, and many just consist of aesthetic and line-up changes.
The company was unable to obtain a full NHL license for its immediate successor, NHLPA Hockey '93, which although has officially licensed players, does not have officially licensed teams. Likewise EA Hockey (which uses unlicensed national teams) was sold outside of North America instead of this game.
Production credits
- Team names and logos depicted are Officially Licensed Trademarks of the National Hockey League
- © NHL 1991
- Designed by: Scott Orr, Richard Hilleman, Michael Brook, Jim Simmons
- Developed by: Park Place Production Team
- Programmed by: Jim Simmons
- Graphics Design by: Brian O'Hara, Steve Quinn, Curt Toumanian
- Production Assistance by: Michael Knox, Troy Lyndon, Jim Haldy for Park Place Production Team
- Music and Sound by: Rob Hubbard
- Executive Producer: Richard Hilleman
- Produced by: Michael Brook
- Technical Director: Scott Cronce
- Assistant Producer: Ed Gwynn
- Special Thanks to: Mark Hughes and Scooter Hanson of the San Diego Gulls
- Filming and Modeling: Steve Quinn & Brian O'Hara
- Product Manager: Karen Schulman
- Quality Assurance: Hunter Smith
- Documentation: T.S. Flanagan
- Documentation layout: Jennie Maruyama
Magazine articles
- Main article: NHL Hockey (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)[5]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #bg92: "1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (199x-xx-xx)[6]
- GamePro (US) #16bit: "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (1992-xx-xx)[7]
- GamePro (US) #34: "May 1992" (1992-xx-xx)[8]
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: NHL Hockey (Mega Drive)/Technical information.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 29
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 38
- ↑ File:NHL Hockey MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:NHL Hockey MD US Manual.pdf, page 2
- ↑ Sega Visions, "Winter 1991/1992" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "1992 Video Game Buyer's Guide" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ GamePro, "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 100
- ↑ GamePro, "May 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 153
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1991" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 6
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 148
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 20
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 10 October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 84
- ↑ GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ Game Informer, "Fall 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 6
- ↑ Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 65
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 128
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