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The cover of NHL Hockey
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Developer(s) | Park Place Productions |
Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
Series | NHL series |
Platform(s) | Mega Drive/Genesis |
Release date(s) | 1991 |
Genre(s) | Sports (ice hockey) |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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Publication | Score |
MegaTech | 92% |
NHL Hockey (titled EA Hockey outside North America) is an ice hockey 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 Los Angeles Kings.
Mega placed the game at #2 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time. According to Maximum, "A previously under-exposed and almost unheard of sport this side of the great divide, the original NHL on the Megadrive [sic] 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."