Take complete control of every scoring opportunity and become an offensive superstar with NHL® 06. With the new EA SPORTS™ Skill Stick, express your shooting style and light the lamp with highlight reel moves of an All-Star. Using classic deke controls to skate past, around, or through defenders, and then rip the back of the net with pin-point accuracy. Get offensive and score like never before with NHL 06! Be ready to win!

Here are some key features of "NHL 2006":

· All-New EA SPORTS™ Skill Stick: Create highlight reel goals by executing the signature moves of an NHL All-Star. With a tap of the right analog stick, drop the puck between your skates, fake out goaltenders with a between-the-legs shot, or puck the puck in the back of the net with a bat-in.
· EA SPORTS R.P.M. Physics: New Realistic Puck Momentum (R.P.M.) means the puck is dangerous-hard shots can injure defensemen, shake up goalies in the crease, ripple the twine, or knock water bottles off the net to add insult to injury.
· Classic Deking Control: Movement on the ice is more intuitive than ever as you skate and deke using the left analog stick to move past opponents and make goalies look foolish. Own the ice like in the glory days of the EA SPORTS classic NHL 94!
· All-New Momentum Skating: Feel what it's like to be on the ice. A player's speed and size now affects his momentum and turning radius. Generate momentum to initiate speed bursts then fly past opponents, leaving real-time ice trails in your wake.
· Creation Zone: Create a player who looks like you and get into the game with the new analog facial sculpting controls. Add black eyes, broken noses and scars to put fear in the eyes of your opponents. Create an NHL team in your hometown and build a dynasty, or edit any player in the league with an all-new player editor.



Requirements:

·1 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent
·256 Megabytes of RAM for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
·DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
·MS compatible mouse
·Keyboard



Limitations:

Windows 98 and ME are not supported
NHL 06 Supports the following DirectX 9.0c compatible Video Chipsets (32MB card):
· ATI Radeon 7500 (64MB) Series, ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 9000 series,
· ATI Radeon (x600, x700, x800) series.
· NVIDIA GeForce 2 (GTS, Ultra), NVIDIA GeForce 3, NVIDIA GeForce 4 (MX,Ti),
· NVIDIA GeForce FX series, NVIDIA GeForce 6000 series.
· Intel i865 (performance issues have been noted during testing), and
· Intel 915.
*Note: Support also depends on OS
*Note: It is recommended that you update your video card drivers to the most recent release by the manufacturer. DirectX 9.0c is required to run the demo.
During testing, some video cards using the Geforce2 GTS and Geforce4 MX series chipsets had problems running the game with driver versions lower then 61.76.
It is highly recommended to use the newest drivers from NVidia with these chipsets. You can find these drivers at http://www.nvidia.com.
The NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX, NVIDIA nForce1, and NVIDIA nForce2 are not supported by NHL®06
Please use the following links for additional support: www.ati.com, www.nvidia.com, www.intel.com .

SUPPORTED INPUT DEVICES
The NHL®06 demo recommends the Logitech Dual Action controller. This
controller will give access to all the available gameplay features.
This is a list of all supported controllers for the NHL®06 demo:

· Brand Name Model
· Belkin N45
· Gravis Eliminator Gamepad Pro Note: 90% functional (single analog only)
· Gravis Eliminator Aftershock
· Interact Axis Pad Colors
· Interact Hammerhead FX
· Logitech Wingman Action Pad Note: 90% functional (single analog only)
· Logitech Dual Action
· Logitech Rumble Pad 2
· Logitech Rumble Pad 2 cordless
· Logitech Wingman Rumblepad
· Logitech Wingman Rumblepad cordless
· Nyko Air Flo EX
· Saitek P880
· Saitek P2500 Rumblepad (Cyborg Force Rumble Pad)
· Saitek P3000 Wireless Pad
· Speed-Link SL-6540 Bullfrog Pad
· Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Analog 3 (Thrustmaster analog gamepad, Thrustmaster dual analog 3.2, Thrustmaster FireStorm(TM) Dual Analog 4 (USB))
· Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power 3
· Thrustmaster Firestorm Wireless
· Thrustmaster Wireless Dual Trigger
· Thrustmaster 2 in 1 Dual Trigger Note: NHL06 does not support the analog triggers on this controller.
· EMS Joypad converter Note: To use this converter you need to have two PS2 controllers plugged in.
· Play.com USB Dual PS2 to PC Note: To use this converter you need to have two PS2 controllers plugged in.
· Note: The NHL®06 demo does not support force feedback on controllers.
· Windows supported gamepad, Keyboard

KNOWN ISSUES

· For WinXP computers, Fast-user switching should be avoided since it could cause graphical corruptions and possible crashes.
· For Win2000, Ctrl+Alt+Del or Alt+Tab while running the game should be avoided since it could cause crashes upon returning to the game.
· Game instability can occur if the game is launched using autorun and if
· screensavers aren't disabled.
· Changing desktop resolution while running the game can cause unpredictable results.