Games:
Brett Hull Hockey
- Platform: Super NES
- Release Date: 1993
- Similar Games: Brett Hull Hockey 95 (Sega Genesis), NHLPA Hockey 93 (Sega Genesis), Brett Hull Hockey 95 (Super NES), Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Atari ST), Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Game Description
Fully authorized by the NHLPA, Brett Hull Hockey for the Super Nintendo features more than 600 NHL stars (each ranked according to various attributes), including, of course, superstar right-winger Brett Hull. You can play against the computer in an 84-game season, a half season, an 11-game short season , an exhibition match, a 7-game playoff for the championship, or a winner-take-all shootout. A friend can join in on the action for shootouts and exhibition matches. Three-time national Sportscaster of the Year Al Michaels is on hand to provide play-by-play commentary. There are 26 teams represented by city names (lack of NHL involvement means no team names or logos) and two all-star teams. Options and features familiar to hockey fans include icing, face offs, wrist shots, slap shots, offsides, checking, penalties, and fighting. At the end of each hockey match, Brett Hull comments on both teams' performance. ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game GuideReview: Enjoyment
Enjoyable, but not thrilling. ~ Anthony Baize, All Game GuideProduction Credits
Programmers: Lennox Ong, David RobertsArtist: Arthur We
Musician: Paul Wilkinson
Producer: Dave Davis
Additional Programmers: Jack Rebbetoy, Bob Emond
Additional Artists: Alan Blouin, Ian Verchere, Emmanuel Soupidis
Ton o'data Entry: Lisa Constantini
Executive Producer: Pam Levins
Testers: Scott Barnes, Tomi Quintana, Ken Kajikawa, Don Felice, Mitch Lacy, Dexter Dorris
Product Manager: Daniel Jeung
Manual Writers: Philip Stromer, Jon Mongelluzzo
Manual Design: Shirley Sellers
Brett Hull comments taken from Brett Hull, Shootin' and Smilin', Brett Hull and Kevin Allen, Prentice Hall, 1991 ~ Brett Alan Weiss, All Game Guide
Review: Overall
Brett Hull Hockey is a fairly good hockey game for the SNES. While it is not as good as its contemporaries from the developers atThe gameplay in Brett Hull Hockey is smooth. The characters are large enough for the screen, but not so big as to be unwieldy. The setup is a side-to-side view which is different from most other 16-bit hockey games. Goal scoring is easy, especially from certain "sweet spots" on the ice. Quick passing is also a key component to a good offense.
Defense is not terribly easy. It is hard to steal the puck from an opponent as he skates by. Checks and blocks can be performed, but only by a player who has mastered the controls. This game was made for scorers and offensive players; I'm sure Brett Hull has no problem with that.
Fighting, although frowned upon by parents and sportscasters, is a big part of the hockey
experience. The developers of Brett Hull Hockey did the right thing by making it a part of the video game. The fighting is fun, but not easy: punches to the head and gut are hard to pull off. Usually, whoever manages to land the first punch will win the fight. The loser is carted off to the penalty box, and the winner stays in the game.
The graphics in Brett Hull Hockey are not bad. Players are drawn with some detail, but not to any great extent. Brett Hull looks just like every other player on the ice, with only minute differences. The crowd is merely a blob of color, but the arenas and the ice are well designed.
The sound in Brett Hull Hockey is decent. Blaring airhorns, cheering fans and scraping ice fill the arena. Shots sound like real NHL-style shots, adding to the realism of the game. The sounds of punches during fights go slightly overboard, but that's understandable. Hockey violence is always
exaggerated.
Overall, Brett Hull Hockey is a good, but not great, hockey game. The NHL series of games from
