Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars

Infobox VG
title = Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars


developer = Time Warner Interactive
publisher = Time Warner Interactive
designer =
engine =
released = vgrelease|NA=1995|EU=1995 [cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/data/586592.html| title = Release information| publisher = Game FAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-09-25]
genre = Sports
modes = Single-player, multiplayer
ratings = vgratings|ESRB=Kids to Adults
platforms = Super NES, Sega Mega Drive
media = 12-megabit Cartridge
requirements =
input = Super NES or Sega Mega Driver controller

"Wayne Gretzky Hockey NHLPA All-Stars" is a Super NES and Mega Drive/Genesis hockey game that features Wayne Gretzky.

Manufacturer description

"Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars" slaps you right on the ice for intense non stop hockey action with the world's best hockey players. Mark Messier, Pavel Bure, Jaromir Jagr, Mario Lemieux, and Eric Lindros are all here with real stats and lightning quick moves. Score a one timer between Martin Brodeur's pads. Or put a move on Coffey and burn one into the net past Mike Vernon's outstretched glove. Pick from 26 pro North American teams or six international all star teams consisting of over 600 NHLPA players. Two gameplay modes deliver the best of both worlds: Arcade for some in your face hockey or Simulation for the real rules penalties and gameplay. Slap shots cross checking speed bursts crashing the boards and live action video clips -- This is vintage Gretzky -- the world's greatest!

Gameplay

Players can play in exhibition mode, regular season mode, playoff mode, and even listen to stereotypical music of each nation in the sound test mode (country music for Canada, rock and roll music for Team USA, for example). In the Sega version, the player's names are formalized (Thomas instead of Tom, David instead of Dave, Steven instead of Steve, etc.).

Players can also have the CPU play some or all of their regular season, but the computer will lose more games than win them so it's important to play as many games as possible manually. In addition to NHL teams, the player can also play as international teams(Sweden, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Russia, United States and Canada).Infobox generic | color = pink
name = SNES Version Screenshots
img1 =
width1 = 250px
cap1 = Screenshot of the opening/introduction.
img2 = Gretsky.png width2 = 250px
cap2 = Screenshot of rivaling team members squaring off for a fist-fight

Main Menu

**Just Play
***Choose Teams
**Exhibition Game
***Choose Teams
**Practice
***Team Practice
***Faceoff Practice
***Shootout Practice
***Done
**Tourney/Season
***All Star Open Tournament
***Professional Tournament
***Pro Playoffs Best of Seven
***Pro Season
***Done
**View/Edit Stats
***View 1994/1995 Stats
***Player Ratings
***Last Game Stats
***Change Team Names
***Change Team Colors
***Trade Players
***Reset Cartridge
***Credits
**Settings
***Penalties ON/OFF
***Arcade Mode
***5 on 5
***5 min. Period
***Game Music ON/OFF
***Fighting ON/OFF
***Real Skate ON/OFF
***Medium Play
***Test Sound
****(Game contains 79 different sound clips)

Teams

**NHL Teams
***Edmonton Oilers
***Tampa Bay Lightning
***San Jose Sharks
***Washington Capitals
***Dallas Stars
***Florida Panthers
***Winnipeg Jets
***Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
***Long Island (New York Islanders)
***Hartford Whalers
***Pittsburgh Penguins
***Calgary Flames
***Los Angeles Kings
***Toronto Maple Leafs
***Chicago Blackhawks
***New Jersey Devils
***Boston Bruins
***Buffalo Sabres
***Ottawa Senators
***New York Rangers
***Vancouver Canucks
***Philadelphia Flyers
***Detroit Red Wings
***St. Louis Blues
***Denver (Colorado Avalanche)
***Montreal Canadiens
**International Teams
***Team USA
***Team Canada
***Russia
***Finland
***Sweden
***Czechoslovakia

Trivia

*Strangely, despite this game being made 5 years after the fall of Soviet Russia, the abbreviation for Russia is still listed as "USSR".
*The cover art features pictures of Wayne Gretzky taken during exhibition games held during the 1994–95 NHL lockout. The white jerseys with black shoulders and the NHLPA logo were worn in games held in North America; the red-striped jersey, based on the Detroit Red Wings throwback, was worn on an European tour.

References

External links

* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/sega_genesis/wayne_gretzky_and_the_nhlpa_all_stars/overview.php Rotten Tomatoes - Wayne Gretzky Hockey NHLPA All-Stars]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFJSN-a-cMA YouTube.com - Wayne Gretzky Hockey NHLPA All-Stars]