By programming a substantial number of realistic hockey features, the programmer of NHL'94, Mark Lesser, along with the crew at EA Sports, was able to turn the game into one of the most widely acclaimed sports games ever made, and a game that still has an extensive cult following to this day, such as. However, NHLPA '93 lacked such features as goalie control, shootouts, penalty shots, bench and board checks, saving player records, flip passes and auto line changes. While today such a lack of graphical change from year to year would be criticized by players, the NHLPA '93 framework was regarded as the most groundbreaking hockey engine ever made-meaning that NHL '94 was able to build on the basic aspects of the game, such as the isometric rink view and basic controls. The game maintained the series' signature vertical camera angle, which offered the player distinct gameplay and strategic advantages over contemporary side-view hockey games, and kept the 2D sprite character models of NHLPA '93 (albeit with some new animations). Just like its predecessors - NHL Hockey and NHLPA Hockey '93 - NHL '94 was designed to give gamers the most realistic hockey experience possible.

It was also ranked second by ESPN on its all-time sports video games rankings. NHL '94 is included as #47 on IGN's Top 100 Games of All-Time and is named All-Time Greatest Sports Video Game by. Being the third game in the NHL Hockey series media franchise, it was released in October, 1993.

The game is officially licenced from the National Hockey League and NHL Players Association. NHL '94 is an ice hockey game by EA Sports for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo and Sega CD, as well as the first release of the 'NHL Hockey' series for PC/DOS, simply titled 'NHL Hockey', without the '94' in the title. This game can be played also in a versions for SNES and DOS. If you think that the game in your browser does not behave as it should, try to choose another online emulator from this table.

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