HISTORY 1996-2000

January 1996: The first version of Hockey -96 released.

- This was the first one and actually didn't have anything but Feeling on it. It's a real classic, and pretty rare. (Maybe some 20-50 copies  think about that!)

-  Puck didn't stop ever, players trying to poke it in and score.

- 8 direction moving, no sound, two gamemodes, one period, no statistics (goals only), no computer-opponents.

- In size about 8% of today's H2001; 240 kb.

- Remastered (english) version can be activated with code in Hockey 2001 ! Very nostalgy. You'll get the code by sending feedback and asking for it.

        Rock 'n' Roll...

April 1996: The second version of H96.

- For sure the worst Hockey version ever. Basically the same as previous, but lot of unnecessary additions.

- Size doubled.

- Loysy implementation, which lots of 'frames' (KNP).

May 1997: Hockey -97.

- Additions of previous version were totally abandoned.

- A new inner gamemotor was reality; now the puck first time actually behaved like in a normal ice hockey (it slide and stopped when pushing force was no more).

- One direction shooting.

- Visual implementation was still pretty much same, but samples and musics were included. A classic wav-file created a great feeling.

- Three periods, shot-stats and also first version of four players-mode.

- Someway little unfinished, and personally I was still clearly unsatisfied with the game.

- Spread all over the world, althought it was finnish (not finish =). Estimate is 120.000, and for sure (based on facts) at least 100.000 copies. That's much.

- A small article in Finland's biggest pc-magazine Mikrobitti.

- 450 kb.

August 2000: Hockey 2000.

- After three years, big H is here again. Everything was started over in April 2000, and there were no single TGF-codeline from previous versions. First idea didn't succeed, and there was two months break from coding (creating) between May-June, and it seemed that there isn't gonna be a new Hockey. But in July the decission to make it more straightforward saved it. 

- 32 direction movement, 32 direction shooting, computer-opponents; exhibition & tournament-modes, practise, both two and four players-modes, enormous amount of statistics, better memory-control etc.

- First time I personally thought that it really worked.

- Much more graphics, musics and samples, althought it still wasn't the most beautiful pc-game.

- In size it was 2,6 mb, which was almost as much as 6 times more than H97 was.

- Homepage and e-mail activity. First feedback sent by Tero J. in 27.8. Much feedback, almost 90% of them have been positive or neutral. About 10 % have been negative, but most part of that is good critic and only negligible amount of feedback have been senseles bullshit.

- 13.10.2000 Game of the day in Mikrobitti's website.

- Download H2K (Attention! Hockey 2001 is more recommended)

November 2000: Hockey 2000 version 1.1 named as Hockey 2001 for marketing reasons.

- I've noticed that I have always little unsatisfaction with the game, and that was the reason why doing this version. It's pretty much same as H2K, and there is no such a jump as there were from H97 to H2K or even from H96 to H97. It's 2001 because H2K should had been. But

- This version is certainly the best.

- Hockey school, more statistics (like estimated ranks and winning percentages), more playable Four players-mode, cooler visual implementation, more audiovisuality and many little improvments.

- In size 2,8 mb. New inner game-motor quaranteed that the size didn't grow too much.

- Inludes also remastered version of original nostalgy Hockey '96.

- 30.11.2000 added to www.download.com. After first 10 days it had been downloaded 15,000 copies! In december game was also added to www.gamesdomain.com and to some other similar sites.

Every version of Hockey-games are available in certain places. Please ask for them if you're intrested.