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.
| NHL Hockey | |
|---|---|
 The cover of NHL Hockey | |
| Developer(s) | Park Place Productions |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Composer(s) | Rob Hubbard |
| Series | NHL series |
| Platform(s) | Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Release | 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Sports (ice hockey) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Glenn Healy, who was then a goaltender for the L.A. Kings, appears on the game's box cover art.
Reception
editMega 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
edit- ^ Mega magazine issue 1, page 76, Future Publishing, Oct 1992
- ^ "On the 'Ead Son!". Maximum: The Video Game Magazine (1). Emap International Limited: 120–2. October 1995.
- ^ MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 6, page 77, June 1992