NHL Stanley Cup

NHL Stanley Cup
Also known as: Super Hockey (EU) Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Nintendo Platform: SNES Released in US: November 1993 Released in EU: 1993 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

Another one of the many hockey games on the SNES. But this one is in Mode 7!

Error Handler

There are few unused disabled error handlers in the US version. Patch the US ROM at 0xA9940 to 0xEA, then at 0xDFF64 to 0x00 to see one of the messages about "Battery RAM" checksum error.

To see another message about "WRAM" checksum error, additionally patch the ROM at 0xDFF66 to 0x00 as well. Then start new game in any mode. The message will appear before the start of the game.

Unused Text

There are a few messages inside the message library for the game that aren't used at all.

Build Info

Stored at xD952:

ver 10 7 10am

Sound Test

Text for a sound test can be found at 0x0DE56 between other used message library. Some code routines at 0x0D9DE in the US ROM are using these texts but there is no proper code to call these routines. So there is no easy proper way to re-enable it.

PLAY TUNE #/
ROCK N ROLL
ROCK 1
ROCK 2
CROWD
CANADA THEME
USA THEME
PLAY SFX #

Same in the French texts library at 0xE2C6:

Écouter/
ROCK N ROLL
ROCK 1
ROCK 2
CROWD
CANADA THEME
USA THEME
Écouter/sfx #

Regional Differences

Title Screen

NHL Stanley Cup	Super Hockey

The title screen's logo was changed due to the title difference. Super Hockey also removes the NHL copyright/licensing info due to not having the license.

Options Menu

NHL Stanley Cup	Super Hockey

NHL Stanley Cup's options menu has a language option. This is absent in Super Hockey.

Difficulty Levels

In NHL Stanley Cup, the difficulty levels are called Junior, NHL, and NHL Pro. Super Hockey changes these to Amateur, Regular, and Pro.

League

As mentioned, Super Hockey does not have the NHL license, so it features the fictional WHL (presumably short for World Hockey League) instead, with all teams and divisions changed to fictional international ones.

NHL Stanley Cup
North East	Atlantic
Boston Bruins	Florida Panthers
Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils
Hartford Whalers	New York Islanders
Montreal Canadiens	New York Rangers
Ottawa Senators	Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins	Tampa Bay Lightning
Quebec Nordiques	Washington Capitals
Central	Pacific
Chicago Blackhawks	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Dallas Stars	Calgary Flames
Detroit Red Wings	Edmonton Oilers
St. Louis Blues	Los Angeles Kings
Toronto Maple Leafs	San Jose Sharks
Winnipeg Jets	Vancouver Canucks

Super Hockey
Northern	Western
Copenhagen Destroyers	Berlin All-Stars
Helsinki Deer	Bern Bears
Kiev Shooters	Lisbon Whales
Minsk Wolves	London Lions
Moscow Domes	Madrid Bulls
Oslo Vikings	Paris Towers
Stockholm Storm	Rome Centurions
USA	Canada
Chicago Eagles	Calgary Peaks
Dallas Long Horn	Montreal Guardians
Detroit Highwaymen	Quebec Nationals
Los Angeles Sunshine	Toronto Rams
New York Skyline	Vancouver Thunder
Philadelphia Birdmen	Winnipeg Winners

Graphical Changes

Background Graphics

NHL Stanley Cup	Super Hockey

NHL Stanley Cup	Super Hockey

NHL Stanley Cup	Super Hockey

Most of the background graphics were changed due to the change of league.

Rink Graphics

NHL Stanley Cup	Super Hockey

The shield on the ice was changed as well.