NHL 2002

NHL 2002
Developer(s)	EA Canada (PC, PS2, Xbox) Budcat Creations (GBA)
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Series	NHL series
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance Xbox PlayStation 2 PC
Release date(s)	September 17, 2001 Windows NA September 17, 2001 PAL October 5, 2001 PlayStation 2 NA September 24, 2001 PAL October 19, 2001 JP February 7, 2002 Xbox NA December 10, 2001 PAL March 14, 2002 Game Boy Advance NA March 7, 2002
Genre(s)	Sports - Ice Hockey Sim
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer, multiplayer online
Distribution	CD

NHL 2002 is a video game released by EA Sports on September 17, 2001. It is the predecessor to NHL 2003. The game's cover man is Pittsburgh Penguins superstar and owner Mario Lemieux.

Features

Bill Clement is replaced by Don Taylor for NHL 2002. Taylor's quirky and often slapstick commentary style drew mixed reception from fans of the game.

After September 11, 2001, a patch was created that changed the image shown on the loading screen before New York Rangers games. Originally, it had been the World Trade Center. It was changed to the Statue of Liberty. (New York Islanders games simply showed the arena.)

GBA version

NHL 2002 was the only game in the series to be released on the Game Boy Advance. This version is an updated port of NHL 96 for the SNES,^[1] and contains many features from that past title. It was also the last EA Sports NHL game to have 2D graphics, and the last NHL game to be on a handheld console until NHL 07. This GBA game was not released in Europe.

Soundtrack

The games' soundtrack consists of instrumental techno songs by composer Rom Di Prisco (who has done previous games by EA games, including the NHL series), as well as these licensed tracks.

References

External links

• NHL 2002 at IGN.com
• NHL 2002 at GameSpot.com