Even as a non hockey fan I played the shit out of this on pc.. But most of my time went to fifa 98 Road to world Cup and international superstar soccer 98:) great year for sports games
is it bad when you in your late 20s and early 30s and look back at these videos of games and other things and say dam I miss it so bad and want to be back in that time because everthing seem so easy then and enjoyable
Oh yeah for sure. I'm a Detroit native btw, and grew up as a little kid watching Yzerman, Shanahan, Fedorov, Hasek and Osgood. Used to hate the Avs when Roy, Sakic, Foote, Claude Lemieux and Forsberg were playing. Good times.
Are you willing....to donate....your body? Got a problem....with authority? Would you stop a speeding bullet? Are you afraid......of the masked....man?
I spent a lot of hours in this game with my younger brother when we were kids... he went away of cancer 1 year ago and when I hear that music I almost cry
Omg. I remember the first time hearing this in stereo! Still have this. Right after the intro comes a booming fade in with the dude saying: 'EA Sports NHL.....'98. Awesome shit!
When everything mattered including 90's hockey!!!! I still get that rush watching this, yet when I play anything newer or watch anything current it bores the crap out of me?!!!
Over 20 years old and still one of the greatest intros to any video game let alone sports game. If you know someone that wonders what's great about hockey...show this to them.
Back when I was 3 years old and the beginning "are you afraid of the masked man" part scared the shit out of me for some reason,Gaming on the computer oh my lord
The only intro that made you actually want to turn off the game and strap on the gear after watching it and go play. Hell we even had it once played in our roller hockey warm ups
There it is. I was looking for exact that intro (especially Arnott going into the box). After NHL 98 I knew 90% of all NHL players and their teams. Loved that intro, loved that game.
I remember playing this game when I was in High School....Staying up until 2 am when I was in the playoffs...Red Wings at it's BEST!! Still have the game!
Phenomenal Intro. Everything fits here: Music, Editing, selection of Scenes, Voiceover. Everything. By the way: The game was fantastic too. That was the time when EA still stood for the highest quality.
Even in 2024, NHL 98 INTRO still is the BEST! The gameplay also is amazing like NHL 14. Such a shame that NHL series fell apart forever ever since the PS4 port of NHL 15. 😭
О да... Она ещё была дико сложная, в сравнении с 2001 NHL, помню в лет 7-8 с отцом играли на двоих и придумывали тактики чтобы просто забить шайбу - это было круто и такой интерес, уже к сожалению не будет к какому либо спортивному симулятору)
If i could go back in time, I would never want to tell myself, the kid that bought NHL 98 and LOVED every second of it, how the EA NHL franchise became recycled money grabbing trash at some point. This game was made with so much love, its just nuts. NHL 98, 99, 2000... best NHL games.
@MAPLELEAFSdennis They don't even have intros anymore! I thought these intros were pretty boss, I watched them load up all the time. The one with the Garbage song was pretty amazing too (NHL 2000).
This was Bad A back in the day! Still bad to the bone it gives you chills doesn't it? Got you pumped for a game to play that would never work because your green computer sucked some days ah! I used think my computer would crash sometimes just because of this amazing intro it was to much coolness for a lame 98 Windows.. I would just put the CD in to just watch the intro and never play the game. That's a good intro where you would rather watch that over and over again then play the game. Plus the fact the intro is still in my head after all these years and here I am writing a comment wasting my time on how much I liked it back in the day. Even my grandpa wanted to play hockey after watching that intro and never skated once in his life...
I remember playing a league with my classmates back at elementary, playing against AI teams at home and occasionaly visiting friends at their place when we played agains each other.. saving results on a floppy disc that was passed around.. memories :)
It's almost depressing to see the presentation of this series today, compared to back then. EA is just so lazy with music anymore. Pulling some songs out of "Top 40" and slapping them into their games. Nothing memorable about NHL since around 2001. That's a really, really, long time.
what hapend in life !?!? things suppose to get better with year but what hapend ? , this is what I call real intro miss these days the world going bad now , music, games/intros movies , plz explain someone, itsmake me sad n happy when I see this lit intro
This was my first NHL game and wow. The intro was the best for sure. Wished EA Sports would go back to what made them so wonderful. They need to go back to these intro's and music. This game will always be stuck in my mind for playing tons of hours against my brother.
The first time I loaded this game on my PlayStation, I had to reset it three times. I just had to watch that opening vid over and over. lol. Coolest game on earth!
This is the only game that i have ever let the intro fully run before playing everytime, AWESOME! anybody who doesnt love hockey will after watching this. They should re-release this game.
