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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Mar 27, 2006 17:15:02 GMT -5
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Post by FincanSJGM on Mar 27, 2006 23:03:05 GMT -5
Some that have Stood out for me over time.
Valeri Bure NHL 2K5----I started a season using all 30 teams using whoever was the home team. i got to about the 33 game mark and no one player was as dominant for both the home team (me) and the away team (CPU). At that point he was a goal per game and assist per game player with something like 33 goals and 35 assists. Next guy was Koivu with about 50 pts.
NHL 96 (I think) for Genesis. Dave Ellet. The only Dman I have ever finnished a season at over a goal per game with. He could deke, he could shoot, and he could hit. He owned.
NHL 98 for Playstation: Mike Modano: The guy was just a pure force. His speed made him dangerous all around offensively and he always seemed to be the guy I got back to make the check. Honourable mention to the video game king Roenick in this one.
Ice hockey for NES: I dont care what the list says, Skinny guy ruled. With his speed I was always able to deke out fat guy and the goalie. Medium Guy sucked ass though, I always used 2 skinnys and 2 fats.
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Mar 27, 2006 23:40:28 GMT -5
WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA. Let me stop you right there. Medium Guy was the foundation of Ice Hockey. He was the complete package, the prequel to Peter Forsberg, if you will. Without him you had no team, no soul. Skinny guy could skate like Bonnie Blair, but sometimes would finnish like Bonnie Bernstein. Fat Guy was always out of position. I rolled with 4 medium guys, and RULED Ice Hockey.
Also, Wes Walz, Ziggy Palffy - NHL 03. Was incredible.
Anson Carter, Brian Campbell, Oleg Saprykin, Shawn Horcoff, Tommy Salo in NHL 2002.
Curtis Joseph - NHL Breakaway 98. The constant fact of, "You can't score on Curtis Joseph" still haunts my friends to this day. Every missed shot they heard my battle cry, he was unbeatable.
Rick Nash, Jarret Stoll, Brad Isbister, Brad Stuart - NHL 2004. Stuart had the fast shot of anyone in the game, and was an absolute bruiser when it came time to use the ORIGINAL hit stick.
Brian Leetch, Chris Chelios, Rob Blake - NHL 95. Before I even knew who Blake was, I was wondering, "Who is this guy and why does he win the Norris EVERY season."
Joe Mullen, Francois Leroux, Vincent Damphousse - NHL 96. Mullen scored too many goals. Fighting with Leroux was something else, an absolute enforcer. Damphousse was damn good too.
Kirk Muller, Benoit Brunet, Brian Savage, Bob Corkum - NHL ALL STAR 95. Don't ask why, but the only teams I remember playing with in that game were the Ducks and Habs.
German Titov - NHL 99. Couldn't have done it without ole Germ.
Marian Gaborik - NHL 2K6. Ask Cal, he knows all too well the pure devistation of this Slovakian. Fast, Great shot, good defense, can use his body. If need be he could be the only skater on the ice and still win 82 games.
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Post by Nashville Predators on Mar 27, 2006 23:57:06 GMT -5
Some that have Stood out for me over time. Valeri Bure NHL 2K5----I started a season using all 30 teams using whoever was the home team. i got to about the 33 game mark and no one player was as dominant for both the home team (me) and the away team (CPU). At that point he was a goal per game and assist per game player with something like 33 goals and 35 assists. Next guy was Koivu with about 50 pts. NHL 96 (I think) for Genesis. Dave Ellet. The only Dman I have ever finnished a season at over a goal per game with. He could deke, he could shoot, and he could hit. He owned. NHL 98 for Playstation: Mike Modano: The guy was just a pure force. His speed made him dangerous all around offensively and he always seemed to be the guy I got back to make the check. Honourable mention to the video game king Roenick in this one. Ice hockey for NES: I dont care what the list says, Skinny guy ruled. With his speed I was always able to deke out fat guy and the goalie. Medium Guy sucked ass though, I always used 2 skinnys and 2 fats. NHL 2006 Brendan Morrison. Gimme a breakaway or an open shooting lane and i'll score every time. Boy, Do I rememeber Ice Hockey for the NES. I'd have a skinny center, two medium wingers, and a fat dman... and if I didn't get a shutout every game I'd punch my NES straight through the wall.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Mar 28, 2006 0:35:38 GMT -5
WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA. Let me stop you right there. Medium Guy was the foundation of Ice Hockey. He was the complete package, the prequel to Peter Forsberg, if you will. Without him you had no team, no soul. Skinny guy could skate like Bonnie Blair, but sometimes would finnish like Bonnie Bernstein. Fat Guy was always out of position. I rolled with 4 medium guys, and RULED Ice Hockey. PA-LEASE Im not gonna sit here and take Ice Hockey critiques from a guy who was sucking on his moms tit when I was ruling the grade 6 class in Ice Hockey. Some say that Medium guy did everything just well enough, I say medium guy did nothing good enough. He had no unique skill, he was just average at everything. He was not Forsberg, he was Shawn Bates and Id take a Kariya, Sullivan, Pronger, and Chara over 4 Shawn Bates anyday.
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Post by edmontongm on Mar 28, 2006 0:56:47 GMT -5
I'm with Cal. 2 Skinny forwards, 2 fat dmen. It was so easy to pick the corners with those fat dmen.
And the article is absolutely right about Ed Belfour and Martin Brodeur in NHL94 and 95. I remember the old NHL tournaments that Microplay had (before EB Games came along). You'd always see games with Anaheim and Ottawa or Chicago and New Jersey or Detroit and Pittsburgh. The Chicago/NJ game would have no goals (no matter how good the gamers were). Detroit and Pitt would have lots of goals no matter how good the gamers were...and just had to throw ANA and OTT out there, because I got shafted in my 2nd tournament.
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Post by Bryce - Minny on Apr 14, 2006 20:31:11 GMT -5
Ice Hockey was the greatest game ever... Me and the USA rolled through everyone, one thing I could NEVER figure out....why were the Czechs the best team? Did the Stastnys make the game??? I always used 2 fat guys, one medium and 1 tiny dude.......
Other memorable players NHL92 I think it was on Sega, JR was unbefreakinlievable........Mikhael Shtalenkov in net I think it was NHL94 (the one were you could routinely score from center).....Eric mentioned it earlier but Jarret Stoll in NHL2004 was awesome.........The was another early 90 sega game I think it wa 91 where Adam Oates was untouchable as well......
Sadly the gameplay has become so blah lately I didnt even buy a copy of an NHL series this season. I think the hockey games need a huge overhaul these days.
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Post by FincanSJGM on Apr 14, 2006 20:41:14 GMT -5
The first NHL hockey game was EA NHL Hockey where the players only had numbers. It came out in 1992. EAs first game was a World Hockey but it is VERY HARD to find.
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Post by jorak30 on Apr 15, 2006 12:56:11 GMT -5
All the NES talk and no mention of Blades of Steel?
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Post by Eric - Washington GM on Apr 15, 2006 13:19:53 GMT -5
Blades of Steel was good, wasn't that the one where if you fought and won you didn't get the 5 min major?
Mario Lemieux hockey I don't remember too much about.
Wayne Gretzky 98 for N64 is a cult classic. good party game.
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Post by jorak30 on Apr 15, 2006 13:26:08 GMT -5
Yup!! You were penalized only for losing for fight... There were penalty shots and a shoot-out too!
By the way, Vinny Damphousse was my man in NHLPA '93 for the Genesis!!!
In NHL '94 it really didn't matter who you had once you figured out the 'moves'...
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