- NA release: 3rd December 1997
- PAL release: 1st June 1998
- JP release: N/A
- Developer: Software Creations
- Publisher: Midway (NA), GT (PAL)
- N64 Magazine Score: 70%
Yearly sports updates are tricky things to review, as some can bring big improvements, some minor improvements and some just update the stats. The first N64 Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey was a decent game and this is no different – literally. Everything feels the same and there don’t seem to be any additional options or features for the main game.
Other than player stats, the only thing I could find was that the practice mode has a few extra options, were you can choose between shooting, offence and defence. These just change how many players are on each team.
If you want to try out one of the Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey games, you may as well play this version, but it doesn’t really offer anything over the previous.
Fun
So, what’s changed in Gretzky ’98? At first glance, absolutely nothing, other than music on the title screen, and the player stats. Further investigation reveals that that’s about as far as the ‘updates’ go.
Martin Kitts, N64 Magazine #16
Remake or Remaster?
Like with the previous game, a less serious ice hockey game would be nice.
Official Ways to get the game
There’s no official way to play Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey ’98
Europe
Japan
North America
N64 Games by Date
1997: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1998: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1999: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
2000: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
That was so fun!!!
I remember this game because it’s the one that got bodied in magazine reviews of the time for being literally the exact same game as its predecessor. In fact, IIRC, this is NOM’s lowest scoring game of all time, scoring almost zero… wonder what they would’ve thought of the modern sports title?
This one got generally good reviews. We’ll get to the one that got ridiculed for being the same game shortly, it only came out a few months after this one.
Oh? Is this not the same one? I wasn’t aware that there was a 3rd game
There’s Olympic Hockey ’98. Exact same gameplay.