Which NHL to get?

[Breetai]

One could also say that while the 16-bit versions of '97 and '98 were in a way "downports" of the 32-bit games, the 32-bit games were clunky and slow compared to the 16-bit ones, and so they weren't nearly as good as the 16-bit games - that's how I remember the 32-bit games from what I played of them. NHL seemed to be the most stale EA Sports series for years until this generation and the introduction of the Skill Stick.

I absolutely LOVED the next gen versions NHL '97 and '98. I had them both on PC, and they simply blew everything else away. I also had '96 on PC. It was interesting because it was the first 3D hockey game (although the players were all sprites), but the jump from PC '96 to '97 was just insane.

[tz101]

Also, the old time hockey guy in me likes seeing the Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers in 96 as they disappeared the next year.

Interesting that you bring this up, because I love the older NFL games that still have the Houston Oilers and L.A. Rams. I think I have to go back to NES Tecmo Super Bowl for those though. Not sure if Tecmo Super Bowl still had those teams on the Genesis and SNES versions. This makes me glad that I have NHL 93 and up, so I have the Whalers and Nordiques on at least one game.

[streetsofrage]

1. NHL 93
2. NHL 94
3. NHL 96

thats how I rank them

check out nhl94.com , lots of info and they updated the roms with 2012 rosters and fixed some bugs

[oldskool]

Definitely NHL on the Sega CD.

The sounds really add to the atmosphere of the game.

[muteKi]

I'm a bit surprised at the lack of love for NHL 95. It's particularly weird to me because the season play options in that game (which were reasonably deep and compared favorably to Madden, IMO) weren't present in NHL 96, where instead you only play as a single team over the course of a season. Given EA Sports' big emphasis on multiplayer (to the point that they even developed their own multitap for the console), that just seems like shooting themselves in the foot.

[AlecRob]

get nhl 94 on sega CD!