Overview and Gameplay
EA’s 16-bit hockey series moves into season management with NHL 95, adding battery-backed Season play, trades, free agents, created players, league leaders, and accumulated team and player stats. Exhibition, Practice, and Season modes sit alongside fast rink action built around NHL teams and 1993-94 rosters.
Controls And Mechanics
- Matches use three periods, penalties, line changes, injuries, overtime, instant replay, and selectable period lengths.
- Offense focuses on skating, passing, wrist shots, slap shots, clearing the puck, and one-timers.
- Defense uses body checks, poke checks, hooks, player switching, and optional manual goalie control.
- Two-player play supports versus games and same-team cooperative play.
Version Notes
This is the European PAL SNES release of NHL 95, also styled as NHL ’95. It includes battery-backed saving for season and roster data.
Release And Credits
- Release year: 1994
- Developer: Visual Concepts
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Original platform context: multi-platform EA Sports hockey release, not an arcade port
