NHLPA Hockey 93 was the 2nd ice hockey ever to be made and today I will be doing a review of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System version 

GRAPHICS-9
The graphics for NHLPA 93 was something special in my books and I do think EA Sports will always be proud of what they created.
The 1st disappointment of the graphics though is most major NHL fans will notice that there is no NHL license but there is the NHLPA (bit of a giveaway in the game title)

The main menu does not show off any of the graphics but when you come into the game itself and you start a match you'll see the reflection of the ice and the protected class around the arena and the netted goals which have all been made in a very good job. Even the players despite having no clear cut faces have been made very well.


SOUND-7
I in truth was slightly disappointed by the sound as a owner of this game and sometimes the sound when playing just totally blanked out after a bit of chanting music to gear up the fans.

Of course you get your music when entering a game. A game without music does not feel like a game. There is also no cool sound effect or anything when your selecting what sort of game you wanna play so that's also a down point. Going into the match every game will start off with your normal classic music chant (I am not too good with NHL chants being a English fan) and it does get you into the game and make you feel as if you are there. 

The bit I like with the in game sounds is when you fly into another player with the puck and he goes flying over on his back. No ice hockey game would be complete without your puck hit sound either and this sounds brilliant for a SNES game. Even the glass smashing makes a sound so you will always feel alive in the game 

Addictiveness-7
Though I loved NHLPA 93 doing a ''best of 7'' match series with teams did quickly get boring after 3/4 games and I normally did switch off and save the password so I could comeback to it later. Some matches you will play and you will feel like your kinda playing the same sort of game and when a game feels like that for me it ruins the addictiveness quite quickly

STORY
There is no story apart from all you have to do is bang in a lot of goals ;-)

DEPTH-6 
The are a few game modes but in truth not as many so again this will also effect the addictiveness of the game and the following are your game modes to choose from.
Regular Season- I see this as no more than your normal ''friendly match'' with a friend or against the computer
Best of 7- This is most likely for me the best game mode only problem is its 1 player only which is poor. 1st team to 4 wins goes through
New playoff's- This is the same as Best of 7 but its a straight knockout. You lose your out
Contnue Playoff's- This only applies if you have started a new playoff game and wanna carry on with using the code system
EA Sports did decide to leave the iconic shootout system in this game which future games had and I personally loved the shootout mode

Penalties are also a big part in ice hockey and of course this could not be missed out by EA Sports. Your normal penalties like tripping hooking and cross checking will land you a 2 min spell with 4 players on the ice but if you concede while having 4 players that player comes back and is classed as a powerplay goal. You also have the fighting and if any fights do breakout on the ice no matter who wins its a automatic 5 minute penalty for BOTH players but team numbers will remain 5 providing there are no other penalties

Difficulty-3
The controls are very easy to pick up with and after you learn the controls you just have to adapt and find your best method of playing the game. The tackles can be hard as more than anything you do have to trip the other player who has the puck to turnover possession but you also do risk picking up a penalty for that and 2 mins in the sin bin. For me personally goals are also easy to score as I have the know how but I'm sure someone even who isnt that good can find a goal to celebrate about.

I hope you enjoyed reading my review of the NHLPA 93 game now get out there and play some ice hockey