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Wayne Gretzky Hockey

General info

Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2017-11-14

Stats

3,374

Genre

Conversions

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

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Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Wayne Gretzky Hockey
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Licensed game endorsed by legendary former professional ice hockey player and National Hockey League (NHL) coach Wayne Gretzky.

[2] Game design by Wayne Gretzky, Ed Fletcher, Chris Weaver, Julian Lefay, Clyde Findley, Ken McInerney, Larry Murphy, Doug Carpenter, Dennis Hartigan Jr. and Chris Jackson. Coding by Ed Fletcher, Julian Lefay, Clyde Findley and Ken McInerney. Graphics by Sheila McKisic. Music by Julian Lefay and Don Lewis; sound FX by Chris Weaver, Ed Fletcher and Steven Weber.

[3] League data from this game can be exported to HOCKEY LEAGUE SIMULATOR and vice versa to experience both the sports simulation and management aspects of ice hockey.

[4] A special edition release of WAYNE GRETZKY HOCKEY with different game box artwork included the 1989 NHL TEAM DATA DISK as a free bonus (see HERE and HERE).

Conversion Notes

PC versions: CGA, EGA, VGA, Tandy

N.B. Despite work being commenced, development of the C64/128 conversion was ceased due to the dwindling market. More info. is available HERE. [Source: GTW64!]

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Box scan OCS no. 2

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

Misc: OCS
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Manual Cover

OCS no. 2

Amiga Player's Reference Sheet Cover

OCS no. 3

U.S. Preview (CGW 57 3/1989, Page 8)

OCS no. 4

U.S. Review (CGW 58 4/1989, Page 38)

OCS no. 5

U.S. Review (CGW 58 4/1989, Page 49)

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U.S. Advert (CGW 65 11/1989, Page 77)

Manual info

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Manual (English) [Source: Atari Mania]

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While you are playing the game and powering up the rink towards the opponent’s goal with the puck in your possession, press the ‘?’ key to remove your opponent’s goalie from his goal area. He’ll reappear in a forward position so you’ll be out numbered, but it is better to have an open goal.

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga
Amazing Computing Vol 4 No 7 (Jul 1989)
Bob Borgen
2
Amiga Action
30 (Mar 1992)
78%
Jason Simmons
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 4 (Sep 1989)
96%
Jeff Walker
2
Amiga Format
1 (Aug 1989)
70%
Bob Wade
1
CU Amiga
Jul 1989
81%
Tony Dillon
1
Datormagazin
No 10 (Jul 1989)
6/10
Lennart Nilsson
1
Info
29 (Nov - Dec 1989)
4.5/5
Mark R. Brown
0
Oberoende Computer
No 7 (Jun - Jul 1989)
Christian
Sven
0
Smash
Vol 1 No 4 (Jul - Aug 1989)
68%
Jens-Peter Berk
0
The Games Machine
20 (Jul 1989)
75%
Mark Caswell
2
Zzap
52 (Aug 1989)
77%
Paul Rand
Phil King
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
No magazine previews found

OCS

Lore Score: 74%

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