TV Sports Hockey
Easily the best (and worst) hockey game on the TG-16Genre: sports - hockey
Publisher: NEC
Year: 1991
System: TurboGrafx-16
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
Slow, difficult movement. Actually, skating in a straight line works fine but lateral movement is stilted. It's not terrible, but not fluid either. Shooting is done by holding down the button which causes a moving cursor to appear in the goal. You shoot by releasing the button when the cursor is where you want it. Sometimes this initiates a cutscene showing the goalie block the shot. Other times the puck just goes in. Passing is impossible so there's no point in trying. Defense is weird - pressing II switches to the nearest player and I does nothing, so far as I can tell. Basically you just have to get in front of the opponent which dispossesses him. Hard to tell who has the puck. Like all hockey games this has a fighting mode. It's predictably terrible.
Level Design Score: 1
Level Design Notes:
Exhibition and tournament modes. AI is horribly bad. Don't bother with this unless you're playing with friends. And even then, play NHL 94 or NHL Hitz 2002 instead.
Theme Score: 1
Theme Notes:
There's a blond headed doofus missing teeth at the announcers desk, but otherwise this game has zero personality.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
Tiny sprites. They move smoothly, so props for that I guess.
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
There are several fanfares whihc play at various times. They're repetitive, obviously, but are enjoyable. Crowd noise plays at appropriate times.
Overall Score: 34
Review ID: 1512
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