NHL 09
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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 |
NHL 95 | 1994 |
NHL 96 | 1995 |
NHL 97 | 1996 |
NHL 98 | 1997 |
NHL 99 | 1998 |
NHL 2000 | 1999 |
NHL 2001 | 2000 |
NHL 2002 | 2001 |
NHL 2003 | 2002 |
NHL 2004 | 2003 |
NHL 2005 | 2004 |
NHL 06 | 2005 |
NHL 07 | 2006 |
NHL 08 | 2007 |
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
- Wasserlasser - modding community
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 | <path-to-game>\*.cfg[Note 1] |
- Changing any of them may not result in any effect.
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 | Only resolutions 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 are available. The main menu is hard-coded to 800x600. Use the widescreen fix and select the 1600x1200 resolution. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Use the widescreen fix and select the 1600x1200 resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 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 | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | Right analog stick and right trigger may not work.[2] | |
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Xbox button prompts | Only generic prompts are available. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | [2] | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
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 | ||
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
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ NHL® 09 - last accessed on 7 June 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GUIDE - NHL 09 on PC. : EA_NHL - last accessed on 2022-11-20