ESPN National Hockey Night (video game)

ESPN National Hockey Night

Sega Genesis cover art
Developer(s) Sony Imagesoft
Stormfront Studios
Publisher(s) Sony Imagesoft
Platform(s) Super NES
Sega Mega Drive
DOS
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer (up to two players)
Rating(s) VRC: General Audiences

ESPN National Hockey Night is a Super NES, Sega Mega Drive and PC sports video game.

Summary

The player is cast right straight into NHL action on his TV screen. Like most ESPN games, there is an exhibition mode, a season mode, and a playoff mode. The AI of this game is very difficult, like a hockey equivalent of Super Bases Loaded. The side view makes it more tricky and the computer opponent can sneak in goals when the player thinks that he is secure in a tied game or in a game in which he is narrowly winning. Most of the notable NHL players from the 1990s are here complete with stats to make them more realistic.

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