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NEW DOC: The Making of NHL 94 (Patreon)

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2023-11-24 21:33:50
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YOUTUBE LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRFT3iQx1BY 

SPORTS! Love em or hate em, they make some damn good video games, and this is one of the very best. In our documentary on NHL 94 (the 30th Anniversary no less) we dive into early 90s sports game design that largely dictated the next three decades of development.

With insight from the original programmer, producer & tester, along with some context from the NHL 24' creative leads, and some footage of yours truly trying to play hockey at our local rink (shout out to Snoopy's Home Ice in Santa Rosa) this one covers a lot of ground.

If you like hearing about 90s game history, and the specific challenges of designing sports games - there is bunches of great insight in here.

Massive thanks to Jeremy for taking the lead on the edit, to Frank for his awesome gameplay, and to Dan for continuing to update that insane cool Greatest Hits intro.

Let us know what you think of the doc!

Danny

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The Making of NHL 94 - 30th Anniversary Documentary

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Comments

Frank Rooney

This was a really fun watch, I have no interest in sports at all, but as a software developer, I love learning about the teams and circumstances within which these games were built and produced. Seeing what they could get with limited memory etc is cool too. Thanks again Danny!

Jan Martinek

I loved how in-depth the conversation with Mark Lesser gets. When I was a kid, hockey was very popular here (in a bit less NHL-brawly variant), so seeing these 90s tv shots and the roster with one of the Czech players hit me unexpectedly right into my heart.