NHL 97

1997 edition of EA's NHL sport simulation series. Improvements in this edition come mostly in the graphical arena, with a refined version of the "virtual stadium" system that adds new camera angles (including the classical top-down one strangely missing from NHL 96), and polygonal players instead of the bitmap-based ones with motion-captured animations. Other extras include multiplayer support for up to 8 players through network or Gravis's GrIP system, the option to create new players and trade them around, and the usual amount of EA sports licensed multimedia flair, including an interesting "Goalie Mask Viewer" which lets you observe the elaboratedly decorated helmets of 30 goalies.

Main story

11 h

Completionist

40 h

Released

1996 · see every game from that year

Modes

Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative

Perspective

Third person · Bird view / Isometric

• Visual ConceptsDeveloper
• EA SportsPublisher

• ESRBEAnimated Violence

• Non-fiction
• ice hockey

1. NHLPA Hockey 931992
2. NHL '941993
3. NHL 951994
4. NHL 961995
5. This gameNHL 971996
6. NHL 981997
7. NHL 991998
8. NHL 20001999
9. NHL 20012000
10. NHL 20022001
11. NHL 20032002
12. NHL 20042003

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