Port
NHL 97
About this game
PC port of NHL 97.
1997 edition of EA's NHL sport simulation series. Improvements in this edition come mostly in the graphical arena, with a refined version of the "virtual stadium" system that adds new camera angles (including the classical top-down one strangely missing from NHL 96), and polygonal players instead of the bitmap-based ones with motion-captured animations. Other extras include multiplayer support for up to 8 players through network or Gravis's GrIP system, the option to create new players and trade them around, and the usual amount of EA sports licensed multimedia flair, including an interesting "Goalie Mask Viewer" which lets you observe the elaboratedly decorated helmets of 30 goalies.
Screenshots
Game facts
Release date
Oct 31, 1996
Developer
EA Canada
Publisher
EA Sports
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Genres
Sport
Themes
Non-fiction
Game modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Franchise
NHL
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
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