Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'

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  • RaychelSnr
    Executive Editor
    • Jan 2007
    • 4845

    #1

    Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'


    Until FIFA 13's and FIFA 14's recent arrival on the PlayStation Vita, the Nintendo 64's Olympic Hockey 98 held the unofficial title of being the most critically decried, full-priced “roster update” in sports gaming's history. When you consider that $60 in 1998 inflates to roughly $87 in 2014, it's easy to see how the outrage occurred.

    In the most succinct review ever published on a major gaming website, IGN's Matt Casamassina awarded Olympic Hockey 98 a 0/10, saying only, “We'll post a new review when Midway releases a new game." The "old game" in reference was Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey 98, which had appeared on the Nintendo 64 just two months prior in December of 1997.

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  • boomhauertjs
    All Star
    • Feb 2004
    • 5373

    #2
    Uh, MLB 2k13?

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    • BSchwartz07
      Rookie
      • Apr 2012
      • 88

      #3
      I'd love to see the Olympics worked into games like the NBA 2K franchise. It would certainly spice up the my player mode by getting selected for international competitions and the Olympics.

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      • braves_94
        Rookie
        • Jul 2013
        • 275

        #4
        Lol. Team USA Basketball was the first thing I thought of when I read the title. I completely forgot about that hockey game. I guess Sega era games are just immune from roster update status.

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        • cashless
          Rookie
          • Aug 2004
          • 70

          #5
          I doubt it, the IOC seem like a huge corrupt nightmare of a bureaucracy to deal with so I don't really see it happening. It would be kinda awesome, but at this point I would be happy if the NHL-series had licensed national team jerseys.

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          • Iceman87GT
            MVP
            • Jan 2010
            • 1739

            #6
            Re: Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'

            Originally posted by cashless
            I doubt it, the IOC seem like a huge corrupt nightmare of a bureaucracy to deal with so I don't really see it happening. It would be kinda awesome, but at this point I would be happy if the NHL-series had licensed national team jerseys.
            This. Its been awhile since I've played the NHL series but do they still just slap the flag on a generic jersey? The least they could do is use an actual crest/logo (USA logo (where the S is made up of stripes), Maple Leaf for Canada, etc.), surely those would be cheap to license.
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            • cashless
              Rookie
              • Aug 2004
              • 70

              #7
              Originally posted by Iceman87GT
              This. Its been awhile since I've played the NHL series but do they still just slap the flag on a generic jersey? The least they could do is use an actual crest/logo (USA logo (where the S is made up of stripes), Maple Leaf for Canada, etc.), surely those would be cheap to license.
              Yeah, they still do that =( I'm afraid it will remain that way until there is another viable hockey game out there. I'de imagine the same thing goes for the KHL license.

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              • jmaj315
                Pro
                • Oct 2012
                • 993

                #8
                Weren't games only $50 back then? I thought they went up to $60 when PS2 and Xbox came out
                I used to put important things here

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                • jyoung
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 11132

                  #9
                  Re: Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'

                  Originally posted by jmaj315
                  Weren't games only $50 back then? I thought they went up to $60 when PS2 and Xbox came out
                  During the first year of the Nintendo 64, most first-party games were generally $59.99. Many third-party games, however, were $69.99 or even $74.99:

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                  After the first year, the prices pretty much settled into the pattern of:

                  First-party games: $59.99 or $49.99
                  Third-party games: $59.99 or $69.99
                  Players' Choice games: $39.99

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                  By 1998, the $69.99 games had all but disappeared, and the highest you'd see an N64 game go for was $59.99:

                  Spoiler


                  The reason those games cost so much back then is because companies were spending $28 just to manufacture an N64 cartridge. A PlayStation or Saturn disc, by comparison, only cost $2 or $3 to make.
                  Last edited by jyoung; 02-21-2014, 08:22 PM.

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                  • bcruise
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Mar 2004
                    • 23274

                    #10
                    Re: Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'

                    That IGN review is legendary.

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                    • philphan25
                      Just started!
                      • Feb 2014
                      • 4

                      #11
                      I remember you could do finishing moves in arcade mode. So much fun.

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                      • SoAwesome
                        Banned
                        • Mar 2011
                        • 473

                        #12
                        Re: Olympic Hockey '98: The Most Famous 'Roster Update'

                        Originally posted by jyoung
                        During the first year of the Nintendo 64, most first-party games were generally $59.99. Many third-party games, however, were $69.99 or even $74.99:

                        Spoiler


                        After the first year, the prices pretty much settled into the pattern of:

                        First-party games: $59.99 or $49.99
                        Third-party games: $59.99 or $69.99
                        Players' Choice games: $39.99

                        Spoiler


                        By 1998, the $69.99 games had all but disappeared, and the highest you'd see an N64 game go for was $59.99:

                        Spoiler


                        The reason those games cost so much back then is because companies were spending $28 just to manufacture an N64 cartridge. A PlayStation or Saturn disc, by comparison, only cost $2 or $3 to make.
                        Can you show me same style of pics for PS1 and timeline you did. It was pretty sick style to show history man.

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