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Nintendo 64: NHL 99 (EA
Sports)

Leave it ta the sports
gurus at Electronic Arts to

make the quintessential hock Bag

ey mame tor the N64. This
one’s it. The first thing you
must do, however, is turn th
commentator off. It's not
thar the limits sets by a car-

tridge game leaves the com-

mentator barking out only
short, generic, vaguely accu-
rate remarks, that’s kind of
forgivable, but the fellow ju:
sounds like an idiot and no
hockey fan should be asked
to tolerate him. Turn him
off,

*Nutf said. Gameplay, on
the other hand is awesome il
not intentionally simplified

. for the Nintendo crowd.
While a good run through
the options menu can make
this a thoroughly complicate
game, the default settings ar
just what PlumberBoy
ordered. A big fat pass but-

ton (A), a big fat shoe: but-

ton (B) and an analogue
thuntb-thingy are all you
need cto jump in and start
playing hockey, the coolest

game on garth, All the othe

buttons can figure into the
game, but it’s super-basic
from the get-go. And
niotion- captured athletics
seem to get better every yea
The superstars skate like
superstars and the thugs ska
like thugs.

Being an N64 title, the
graphics in general are top
notch. That ice looks very

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Le

NINTENDO 64’s NHL 99
impresses.

shiny, very slippery. The
entire NHL. is in here, plus

the workd teams. Rosters ate
mir accurate, Mork
Cramtord’s an the by sigies
ture strategies are ain there
toe There mas be nprove
ments made over the neat
couple of cears but to date,
this moa darthe Nod.

The quintessential locker
tide. Great rental Great pur
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