Yes, fair. But I don’t follow NHL hockey anymore. Can’t be watching a winter sport in June. So I’ll give you “were”. But it wasn’t just Stevie Y and Lindstrom. Coffey, Federov, Ciccarelli, Primeau, Sheppard and Kozlov were all up there with them in respect to goals and assists. That was a quality team. Plus Osgood and Vernon in goal. Just quality Canucks and a couple Russians and Sweeds making up the best team around.
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Lol I was just teasing, but yeah I get what you mean. Blades of Steel for NES is your friend! You get four Canadian teams and four US teams, so the original six plus two expansion teams if I recall correctly. But I don’t really think there was a stat advantage, so you can pick based on aesthetics. And then you can throw down your gloves and fight! What glorious game.
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I played NHL 94 so much when I was a kid. I either played as the Canucks because Pavel Bure was so fast that you could score anytime you wanted, or as the Penguins because Mario Lemieux was fairly overpowerd.
That era of sports games was the best. NFL 95 on the Genesis was amazing because you could run the same sweep play with a fast running back and score every time, and you could commit pass interference on the defense as long as you intercepted the ball. Apparently I like simplicity in my sports games 
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They were some of the last good sports games in the golden era of fun sports games. The era ends in 1997 with the final two fun sports games ever made, NFL Blitz and FIFA’98.
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Dropping by just to say if anyone does feel up to resurrecting this little retro game club, go right ahead! Feel free to continue here or start a new topic, and go about it all however you’d like. I’d be happy to join in too once I have the time (probably not anytime soon, but who knows).
Will also throw out that not playing NHL 94 on the Sega Genesis is a crime against Video Game Law, and Gamer Cred Cards will be revoked on sight if you play it on the Super Nintendo!!! ; ]
More seriously though, those EA NHL games on the Genesis were surely what I played most as a kid, after the Sonic games. I even got into actual hockey for a bit because of them, lol. Hockey translates really well to video games, but I miss the days of more arcade-style gameplay. There were some good ones in 3D via the NHL Hitz series but sadly that didn’t seem to last long.
Fun fact: NHL 94 has a rather devoted fan community to this day, releasing rom hacks every year to update the rosters and teams to stay current. EA has even kept the spirit of the classic game alive in some of their modern releases, including an “NHL 94” mode in some of their official releases.
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I think this is a worthwhile idea, but you aways had the best game suggestions 
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haha I have never played the Genesis version, mainly due to not having one growing up, but excuses aside, I will certainly pick it up.
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Are there any holiday themed games that we can play in December? For example, I like replaying Spider-Man Miles Morales at this time of year because it’s all snowy in the game and there are lights all over Manhattan. Can anyone think of some retro games that might be somewhat festive?
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Here is a “good one”, any Home Alone game. Good luck.
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I found this list:
The 10 Best Christmas Themed Video Games to Play (theoldschoolgamevault.com)
I actually bought Nights Into Dreams in order to play Nights Into Dreams: Christmas Nights last year, so I’d be down to put that one on the list.
I’m also willing to play Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble.
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Your secret is safe with me. 
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So should we ask people, would they be down for the following games in December:
- Nights Into Dreams: Christmas Nights
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble
- One more game of someone’s choosing given the Christmas Nights is only a couple levels?
How many people would be into that, and does anyone have a nomination for the third game?
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You don’t really need to tell him. He just kind of shows up when ever anyone talks about DKC.
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Shh, I’m not telling him because I don’t want him to find out that I’m a hypocrite.
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What do people think about making the third game Home Alone for Sega Genesis, both because @Prin suggested it and because it is on that list of Christmas games?
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Changed your mind on NHL 94? It’s certainly winter-appropriate, at least.
Will note that for those who want to play Christmas Nights via Steam, I’m pretty sure that you have to unlock it by winning the base Nights into Dreams game first. This isn’t a huge ask as it’s a really short game to begin with (it’s very much an arcade-style “see if you can beat your high score” sort of game – not that hard to complete, but challenging to perfect your runs for higher ranks). But at that point you might as well just discuss Nights in general, right? A game well-worth talking about, no doubt about that.
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@Reset_Tears, I think we’ll be discussing the games in general, not just the holiday themed elements. I just thought it would be fun if they had a thematic element like that as well given the time of year.
I’m thinking to defer NHL’94 to January, the dead of winter. That feels appropriate to me, lol.
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January sounds fine. I managed to convince my boss to bring in their Genesis into the office to play a small tourney of '94, but don’t know when that will happen.
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Honestly, if you don’t play the game in the exact month but still play it and want to contribute to a conversation about it, I don’t think there’s any reason why you can’t or shouldn’t.
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