NHL 09
Developers | |
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HB Studios | |
Publishers | |
EA Sports | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 21, 2008 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Direct control, Multiple select |
Genres | Sports |
Sports | Hockey |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | NHL |
⤏ Go to series page | |
NHL Hockey (NHL '94) | 1993 |
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NHL 09 | 2008 |
NHL 09 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view sports game in the NHL series.
It is a port of the PlayStation 2 version by HB Studios instead of the main HD version by EA Canada released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is also the last release of the NHL series on PC.
General information
While the game for most cases works out of the box even for modern PCs, due to its age, native resolutions are limited. However, the game can be hacked to be played in HD resolutions up to 4K using the widescreen hack. See Widescreen resolution.
Natively the game only supports Direct Input for controllers, which can be more difficult to workaround for nowadays. See Controller support.
Because it was the last NHL game released for the PC, the game has a few very active modding communities still creating content for the game, mostly focused on updating the player's roosters to stay up to date with the current yearly season. See below.
Modding communities
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM. A De-Authorization Tool is available. |
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Origin (unavailable) | [1] SecuROM DRM |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EA SPORTS\NHL 09 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EA SPORTS\NHL 09\Details Settings |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\NHL09 |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Natively only resolutions 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 are available, with main menu hard-coded to 800x600. Use the widescreen fix to play up to 4K resolution.[Note 1] |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Use the widescreen fix. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Possible with DXWnd, compatible with the widescreen hack.[2] Alternatives might also work. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Possible with DXWnd, compatible with the widescreen hack.[3] Alternatives might also work. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Some PC setups might require Vsync to be enabled in NVidia Control Panel.[4] | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Valid only for the main menu. The in-game menu is handled only by the peripheral (keyboard/controller) of the player who called it. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Not all functions can be remapped. Not a workaround for XInput controllers. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | XInput recognized but not correctly mapped. Needs external software to properly map them or switch to Direct Input if your controller has such mode. Custom remap in controller options is not recommended as certain gameplay functions can't be properly remapped and are accidentally triggered - for example pull goalie.[5] | |
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Xbox button prompts | Only generic prompts are available. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Right analog stick and right trigger may not work.[4] | |
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PlayStation button prompts | Only generic prompts are available. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | Full Direct Input support. | |
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Button prompts | Only generic prompts are available. |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Each peripheral (including the keyboard) belongs to a different player. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Commentary, menu music, arena music, sound effects, crowd, rink speech, goal horns. | |
Surround sound | 2 or 4 speakers settings. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | In native fullscreen mode, if alt+tabed, game minimizes and sound mutes. In hacked windowed mode, sound mutes on lost focus.[6] | |
Royalty free audio | All music is licensed (various artists) |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Russian | ||||
Swedish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Versus |
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LAN play | 2 | Versus |
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Online play | Versus Official servers have been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent 1.5 GHz for Windows Vista |
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System memory (RAM) | 256 MB (XP) 512 MB (Vista) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Demo mode still plays at native resolution.
References
- ↑ NHL® 09 - last accessed on 7 June 2022
- ↑ Verified by User:Grester on 2024-03-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Grester on 2024-03-04
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 GUIDE - NHL 09 on PC. : EA_NHL - last accessed on 2022-11-20
- ↑ Verified by User:Grester on 2024-03-04
- ↑ Verified by User:Grester on 2024-03-04