NHL Breakaway 99
All 27 NHL teams and over 600 players including the expansion Nashville Predators. Symbol-based passing and non-puck handler control. Real-life player sizes and weights. Create, trade, sign and release…
NHL Breakaway 99 is a sport developed by Iguana Entertainment, released 27 November 1998 on Nintendo 64.
What NHL Breakaway 99 is
NHL Breakaway 99 is a sport game developed by Iguana Entertainment and released in 1998. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo 64 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
All 27 NHL teams and over 600 players including the expansion Nashville Predators. Symbol-based passing and non-puck handler control. Real-life player sizes and weights. Create, trade, sign and release players. Set team style for physical play, power plays and penalty killing. Updated 1998-99 team jerseys, rosters, schedules and realigned divisions. Actual arena names for the ultimate NHL realism!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the NHL series
NHL Breakaway 99 is the 30th of 111 entries we hold in the NHL series. The next entry was NHL FaceOff 99 in 1999.
What it launched against
NHL Breakaway 99 launched on 27 November 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Suikoden II, Mario Party and Thief: The Dark Project.
Released around the same time: Half-Life, Suikoden II, Mario Party, Thief: The Dark Project.
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