Olympic Hockey '98

Olympic Hockey 98, known in Japan as Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 (オリンピック ホッキー NAGANO98(ナガノ98), Orinpikku Hakkī Nagano 98) is an ice hockey game for the Nintendo 64 that was released in 1998. It is a re-release of Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, but this time not endorsed by Wayne Gretzky and featuring the license for the 1998 Winter Olympics that were celebrated in Nagano, Japan. It is also a video game developer debut of Treyarch[1] Besides the box art, in-game titles, and some minor graphic changes (such as team logos and colors), every single aspect of the game is practically identical to Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey. IGN rated Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 a zero, the lowest rated IGN game of all time, due to this fact.[2]

Olympic Hockey Nagano '98
North American cover art
Developer(s)Treyarch
Publisher(s)Midway Games
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
  • NA: February 23, 1998
  • EU: April 1998
  • JP: July 16, 1998
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Olympic Hockey Nagano 98 features 14 national teams from the 1998 Winter Olympics.

While the gameplay is very similar to Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, there are minor differences. The first difference is that the rink is bigger than the rink in the previous game (since its Olympic size). Some reviewers felt this created a learning curve to players who played previous NHL games. The other difference is that the game lists the names of the players below said players.[3]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings44%[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[5]
EGM4.625/10[6]
Game Informer4/10[7]
GamePro[8]
GameSpot5/10[9]
IGN0/10[10]
N64 Magazine60%[11]
Next Generation[12]
Nintendo Power6.5/10[13]

The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[4] IGN gave it a very rare 0 score nearly two months before its release date, stating in its concise review: "We'll post a new review when Midway releases a new game."[10]

Next Generation reviewed the Nintendo 64 version of the game, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "Imagine Midway took the tired Gretzky engine, added Olympic uniforms, replaced trading with 'defections,' and released it without tweaking anything but the default ring size. Well, you don't have to imagine because Midway did it. A waste of plastic and silicon."[12]

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References
  1. Hannley, Steve (August 22, 2016). "Call of Duty Developer Treyarch Celebrates 20th Anniversary". Hardcore Gamer. Hardcore Gamer LLC. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  2. Robinson, Martin (October 15, 2014). "F1 2014 review". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  3. "Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 Review". Tripod. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  4. "Olympic Hockey 98 for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  5. Cook, Brad. "Olympic Hockey 98 - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  6. EGM staff (1998). "Olympic Hockey 98". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis.
  7. "Olympic Hockey 98". Game Informer. No. 58. FuncoLand. February 1998.
  8. "Olympic Hockey 98". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. March 1998.
  9. Kujawa, Kraig (April 23, 1998). "Olympic Hockey 98 Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  10. Casamassina, Matt (January 1, 1998). "Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 [sic]". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  11. Kitts, Martin (May 1998). "Olympic Hockey Nagano '98". N64 Magazine. No. 15. Future plc. p. 64. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  12. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 41. Imagine Media. May 1998. p. 108.
  13. "Olympic Hockey '98". Nintendo Power. Vol. 105. Nintendo of America. February 1998. p. 93. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
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