NHL Hockey

This article is about the 1991 video game. For the 1993 DOS version, see NHL '94. For other uses, see NHL (disambiguation).
NHL Hockey
The cover of NHL Hockey
Developer(s)Park Place Productions
Publisher(s)EA Sports
Composer(s)Rob Hubbard
SeriesNHL series
Platform(s)Mega Drive/Genesis
Release1991
Genre(s)Sports (ice hockey)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

NHL Hockey (titled EA Hockey outside North America) is an ice hockey video game by EA Sports. Released in 1991 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, it is the first game in the NHL series.

Glenn Healy, who was then a goaltender for the L.A. Kings, appears on the game's box cover art.

Reception

Mega placed the game at #2 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.[1] According to Maximum: "A previously under-exposed and almost unheard of sport this side of the great divide, the original NHL on the Megadrive was a benchmark title and thanks to the reputation of John Madden Football and an excellent review in Mean Machines, it became an instant classic."[2]

References

  1. ^ Mega magazine issue 1, page 76, Future Publishing, Oct 1992
  2. ^ "On the 'Ead Son!". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine (1). Emap International Limited: 120–2. October 1995.
  3. ^ MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 6, page 77, June 1992