Play Nhl 97 (usa, Europe) Online

NHL 97 came out for the Sega Genesis in 1996, right near the end of that system's life. EA Sports published it, and while the flashier 32-bit versions got more attention, this was the hockey game a lot of us were still playing on our older consoles. It felt familiar but with enough new touches to keep it interesting for another season.

You control a five man unit on the ice, skating up and down the rink trying to score goals. The main objective is straightforward: win the hockey game. A couple of things really stood out in how it played. The one timer became a much more reliable scoring option, and the new deking moves, like the spin-o-rama, actually gave you a way to get around defenders instead of just barging through them. The game moved at a pretty fast clip, and the computer could be tough, especially on higher difficulty settings where they would capitalize on any mistake. It feels like a solid, responsive game of hockey where a well executed play is genuinely satisfying.