NHL 96 (Genesis)

NHL 95
Also known as: Elitserien 96 (SWE) Developers: High Score Productions, Neurostone (Elitserien conversion) Publisher: EA Sports Platform: Genesis Released in US: October 6, 1995 Released in EU: October 1995 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

To do: This was converted to an Elitserien game in Sweden, too. Document that.

NHL 96 is the fifth installment in the EA Sports NHL series.

Unused Arena Names

While the arena names go unused during gameplay; they are still listed among the team data.

Team	Arena
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Arrowhead Pond Of Anaheim
Boston Bruins	Boston Garden
Buffalo Sabres	Memorial Auditorium
Calgary Flames	Olympic Saddledome
Chicago Blackhawks	United Center
Dallas Stars	Reunion Arena
Detroit Red Wings	Joe Louis Sports Arena
Edmonton Oilers	Northlands Coliseum
Florida Panthers	Miami Arena
Hartford Whalers	Hartford Civic Center
Los Angeles Kings	Great Western Forum
Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum
New Jersey Devils	Byrne Meadowlands Arena
New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum
New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden
Ottawa Senators	Ottawa Civic Center
Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum
Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena
Quebec Nordiques	Colisee de Quebec
San Jose Sharks	San Jose Arena
St. Louis Blues	Kiel Center
Tampa Bay Lightning	Thunderdome
Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens
Vancouver Canucks	General Motors Place
Washington Capitals	US Air Arena
Winnipeg Jets	Winnipeg Arena

Unused and Early Developmental Text

Starting at offset 0x88824 there is unused text relating to a non-existing team match-up screen.

Welcome to a sold out ^. Tonight's National Hockey League game features the + *% and _ =#.

Right afterwards is information about an earlier build of the game.

This is NHL96 Milestone 7. Features first cut at season mode without awards and celebrations and missing some screens.

Directly after that is the rest of the old team match-up dialogue.

For { < is on a hot streak, but | is off his game. For } > is on a hot streak, but \ is off his game. The ^ crowd record is @ dB. Hit the start button to begin. Use the A and C buttons to cycle through matchups. Lately $ has been playing well. Lately $ has been playing extremely well.

Elitserien 96

Like with NHL 95, the game was converted into an Elitserien hockey league game for the Swedish market.

Title Screen

NHL 96	Elitserien 96

Scoreboard

NHL 96	Elitserien 96

The advertisement at the bottom of the scoreboard was changed from The Hockey News to "Hockeynytt".

Rink

NHL 96	Elitserien 96

In Elitserien, the rink was made bigger for Swedish standard hockey regulation, but the logotype for a home match in the ice is removed.

Playoffs

NHL 96	Elitserien 96

In Elitserien, the Stanley Cup was replaced with the Le Mat Trophy, and the field consists of 8 teams instead of 16.