NHL 96 (SNES)

NHL 96
Developer: Tiburon Entertainment Publisher: EA Sports Platform: SNES Released in US: September 1995 Released in EU: October 26, 1995 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits. This game has hidden development-related text.

NHL 96 is a typical hockey game with a not at all typical hidden message.

Hidden Job Offering

Found right at the beginning of the ROM is a message directed at hackers and demo coders. Note that in the ROM this message has no line breaks.

Tiburon Entertainment, Inc. developed this product for Electronic Arts. Tiburon is a small developer located in Longwood Florida, a suburb of Orlando. We develop entertainment software for console systems, and IBM Compatibles. If you're a talented programmer or Artist please fax us your resume at 407-862-4077. Although formal education is a plus, it's not required. This message is directed to all you hackers and demo coders out there who might be looking through our ROMs. We have good benefits, and pay competitive wages. We understand that while your resume may not reflect jobs programming, that you may still be very talented, and the opportunity may not have been available. In this case we ask your to mail us you're demos, or examples of work you have done. Tiburon Entertainment c/o Hey! I'm good, and I want a job 900 Fox Valley Drv. Suite #202 Longwood, FL

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Sound Engine Credits

Build information and credits for the game's sound engine are stored at x21D6:

SMSG 3.07w Jason Andersen/John Schappert 7/2/1995