EA Hockey

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EA Hockey
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts (EU), Electronic Arts Victor (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥6,8006,800 EM20002
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E187SMX
Sega Mega Drive
AU

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EA Hockey, sometimes referred to as Pro Hockey (プロホッケー) in Japan, is a hockey game developed by Park Place Production Team and published by Electronic Arts.

EA Hockey is the overseas version of the late 1991 North American exclusive game, NHL Hockey. EA Hockey does not have an NHL license, instead using national teams with fake names. The game is, however, largely identical outside of this feature, and is frequently confused with NHL Hockey.

EA Hockey received a second outing in the form of EA Sports Double Header, and would be brought to the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear as Championship Hockey. Its successors, starting with NHLPA Hockey '93, retained their NHL license when brought overseas.

Gameplay

Teams

  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Soviet Union
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Yugoslavia

The EA Sports Double Header re-release does not adjust the teams in relation to world events, i.e. the break-up of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the Yugoslav wars during the early 1990s and ths dissolution of Czechoslovakia in late 1992.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English EA Hockey EA Hockey
Japanese プロホッケー Pro Hockey

Production credits

  • 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


Magazine articles

Main article: EA Hockey/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #2: "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (1991-09-13)
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Print advert in Mean Machines (UK) #18: "March 1992" (1992-02-27)
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Print advert in Joystick (FR) #20: "Octobre 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #8: "Juillet/Août 1992" (1992-07-07)
also published in:
  • Joypad (FR) #11: "Août/Septembre 1992" (1992-07-1x)[4]
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-12: "December 1992" (1992-11-07)
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Print advert in LeveL (CZ) #1: "Leden 1995" (1995-01-24)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
95 [5]
65 №1992-12, p29[6]
80 №, p83[7]
95 [8]
68 №206
100 №19, p36
60 №1993-01, p85
93 [9]
95 [10]
95 №19, p179
83 №4, p79
88 №5, p91
94 [11]
95 [12]
91 [13]
90 [14]
92 №22, p20/21
100 №23, p53
94 №11, p16/17
94 №18, p65
90 №24, p80/81
Sega Mega Drive
88
Based on
21 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[15]
ACE (UK)
95
[5]
ACE (UK) PAL
100
[16]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE) PAL
88
[17]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[18]
Console XS (UK) PAL
93
[19]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
95
[2]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[20]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
90
[21]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[22]
Game Mania (UK)
88
[23]
Game Power (IT)
95
[24]
Games-X (UK)
100
[25]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[26]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
93
[27]
Joypad (FR) PAL
95
[28]
Joystick (FR) PAL
95
[29]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
83
[30]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
88
[31]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
63
[32]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
85
[33]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
94
[11]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
94
[34]
Megazin (SI)
87
[35]
Mean Machines (UK)
95
[36]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
94
[37]
Megazone (AU)
92
[38]
Player One (FR)
91
[39]
Power Play (DE)
90
[40]
Raze (UK) PAL
90
[41]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
92
[42]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
100
[43]
Sega Pro (UK)
94
[44]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
94
[45]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[46]
Tilt (FR)
90
[47]
Top Secret (PL)
100
[48]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
81
[49]
Video Games (DE)
90
[50]
Zero (UK) PAL
90
[51]
Sega Mega Drive
87
Based on
40 reviews

EA Hockey

Mega Drive, EU
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cart
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 9bfc279c
MD5 000b06c7cba4588c3cea15d6a9fc6478
SHA-1 118419e596bf07047a18d1828290019fbc4afc45
512kB 1991-06 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 9dcdc894
MD5 48b3ed36d0966f9acc290524527887f0
SHA-1 40166e9c2b40f35ba7d7cf5d07865c824c323757
512kB 1992-11 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. File:ACE UK 48.pdf, page 121
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:CVG UK 118.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 118.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Sega Power, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-01), page 21
  4. Joypad, "Août/Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-07-1x), page 26
  5. 5.0 5.1 ACE, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-08), page 67
  6. File:BeepMD_JP_1992-12.pdf, page 31
  7. File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 85
  8. Computer & Video Games, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-15), page 44-46 (44)
  9. Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 40/41 (40)
  10. Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 34-36 (34)
  11. 11.0 11.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77
  12. Mean Machines, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-27), page 18-21 (18)
  13. Player One, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 48/49 (48)
  14. Raze, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 32/33 (32)
  15. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66
  16. ACE, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-08), page 112
  17. Aktueller Software Markt, "November 1991" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 6
  18. Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 31
  19. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 129
  20. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309
  21. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 40
  22. Famitsu, "1992-11-27" (JP; 1992-11-13), page 41
  23. Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
  24. Game Power, "Dicembre 1991" (IT; 1991-1x-xx), page 48
  25. Games-X, "29th August-4th September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 36
  26. Hippon Super, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-04), page 85
  27. Hobby Consolas, "Noviembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 40
  28. Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 34
  29. Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 179
  30. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
  31. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
  32. Mega Drive Fan, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-xx), page 59
  33. Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 98
  34. MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 33
  35. Megazin, "Letnik 1, Številka 1, September 1993" (SI; 1993-xx-xx), page 41
  36. Mean Machines, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-27), page 18
  37. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  38. Megazone, "April/May 1992" (AU; 1992-0x-xx), page 38
  39. Player One, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 48
  40. Power Play, "10/91" (DE; 1991-09-xx), page 149
  41. Raze, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-08-29), page 32
  42. Sega Power, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-01), page 20
  43. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  44. Sega Pro, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 16
  45. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  46. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  47. Tilt, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 66
  48. Top Secret, "Marzec 1995" (PL; 1995-xx-xx), page 57
  49. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 60
  50. Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 90
  51. Zero, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-xx-xx), page 80



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