Mutant League Hockey (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Electronic Arts' 1994 monster-themed hockey game for the Sega Genesis, Mutant League Hockey.
This video shows me going through the playoffs as the Pucksucker Pukes with the death index set to "annihilation."
I've never been a big fan of video games based on hockey, I have to admit. Besides Nintendo's Ice Hockey and Konami's Blades of Steel, very few of them have ever caught my interest enough to warrant any commitment to them.
Then came Mutant League Hockey.
Have you ever wanted to beat a member of the opposing team to death with your stick? Have you ever wanted to plant a bomb in a puck and shoot it right at someone's face? Maybe you even dreamt of forcing them below the ice where you can watch them flail before they inevitably bow out from hypothermia and drowning?
If so, you're in luck! Electronic Arts made this all possible with their fantastic 1994 riff on Canada's holiest of national pastimes. As a follow-up to their earlier Mutant League Football, MLH puts you in control of skeletons, goblins, and zombies with access to some hilariously over-the-top weaponry. In MLH, the winning team isn't necessarily the most skilled one - it's hard to pull a victory if you're entire team is a red stain on the ice, after all.
Like many of EA's early/mid-90s Genesis games, this one has "labor of love" stamped all over it. From the excellent animation, character designs, and sound, to the well-written tongue-in-cheek dialogue and the game's general refusal to take itself seriously, this is the kind of game we knew and loved EA for back in the day. They weren't afraid to take chances and they came up with some brilliant stuff - Mutant League Hockey sits right up there with games like Haunting Starring Polterguy and General Chaos for its charm, creativity, and ludicrous displays of violence.
The game runs on the same engine that the Genesis version of NHL '94 did, so it's silky smooth, fast, and responsive - certainly not a gimmicky throwaway game like you might expect at first glance.
Whether you're going at it alone or with a friend, electronic hockey doesn't get much more fun than this.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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[@Jamesamong007]

"Raaghhuu! Raaghhuu! ruggararahghaga raaghuu!"

[@NintendoComplete]

If you like your hockey with a helping of bombs, monsters, and dismembered bits on the side, Mutant League Hockey is a thoroughly awesome way to take out some aggression.

[@chaosgreyblood]

Perhaps you may not know about the NHL, but the teams and some of their stars are parodies for the actual teams at the time. So if some of them look familiar to people, now you know.

[@Invidente7]

Also mutant league football HAD a cartoon series.

[@Green315]

Thank you for doing this game, the memories of my childhood 😊👍

[@HrvojeGrahovac]

Michael Mendheim, the creator also made the concept for Sunsoft's Superman on the Genesis for which he said that they messed up (IIRC, his vision was something akin to OG God of War i.e. the player always feels like the most powerful superhero in the universe)

[@apointtomake1517]

They actually used comical team and player names, but NHL teams and players are in the game. The Pukes are the Penguins. 66 - Lepuke, 10 Fran Cyst, 92 Sprocket, are all humorized real player names.

[@Trevelyan2]

I miss the part where the 2 guys go into the penalty box; one goes for a minute for fighting, the other 3 minutes for fighting and losing. Lol

[@SuperUkcats]

That’s because this clown turned OFF the penalties!

[@EnforcerX71]

As it should be...

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Ice Hockey has never been so awesome!! ...But equally violent. XD

[@bossshun9]

Oh yeah. Best part: Kill the goalie or ref when possible.

[@leandrozanardo1046]

I loved this game!!!

[@krystalfan]

i remember playing this and the football one with my cousin

[@kakoiniksvoboden]

One of my favorite games of all times. Always played it with my cousin - he would always attack the goalie with a chainsaw and I would score the goals :D Also I remember, how we once somehow turned the goal into a giant mutant head and when I scored a goal, it exploded :D

[@aust100]

Can’t wait to see the new version of this come out they did hint at it was coming

[@vincevalie876]

The fights were my favorite parts to play

[@kmlumd44]

Protect the man with the chainsaw at all costs!

[@hiddenthunder1395]

*Mighty Weenies* - totally using that name for my potential garage rock band.

[@kardo_6627]

Def my fav game!

[@dredaylarue]

I remember the mutant football league but I didn't know there was a hockey. I missed this one.

[@lebaronmclean2423]

Ahhhhhh that theme intro is 😎classic

[@elitekinggaming2832]

Best game ever back in the day

[@elintocable0072]

Daam i hope they make a new one soon. Relly sucks that whe only have EA nhl for hockey 😢.

[@SantaDog81]

The challenges I mostly set for myself are trying to win the playoffs with the Shrimps or Weenies, or try to get a three-skull/star team through the two out of three playoffs. Both set on Annihilation difficulty.

[@mechalo5271]

For anyone unaware, this game has a chance of getting a remaster. When Mutant Football League (that game is a remaster, by the way, and even includes bribing and killing the ref) makes enough money, I'm certain that the mutants will now take to another sport rather than just football. I wonder, though...Is the skeleton that drops the puck during a face-off Grim Blitzrow?

[@bossshun9]

I really hope they do. It makes playing hockey brutal and fun.

[@mechalo5271]

Going back on this, it's likely _confirmed_ to be happening; but not until *Mutant Football League 2* finishes. And since we never got a basketball game (as teased here), I'm pulling for "Mutant Basketball Association" at one point...

[@melaniehenson6583]

Yes the skeleton that drops the puck is grim blitzrow

[@aaronmolisani8472]

Bones Jackson

[@rodzor]

I renember renting this 🤘

[@__1201]

I rarely ever was able to finish a game. I just remember murdering all the players on the team and they'd have to forfeit.

[@Dorelaxen]

As someone who typically does NOT like sports games, I gotta say that I do love the Mutant League games. So over the top and goofy. Can't hate on that at all.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

BOOM BOOM CRASH BOOM BOOM CRASH

[@Rokabur]

What we all wish real hockey was like.

[@fahriakalin5936]

spoopy league hockey

[@bossshun9]

If I enjoyed one thing about this game, it was killing the ref and the goalie on several moments. Ugh, I wish they bring this back and update it.

[@FilipoSooaUlufale]

I gotta get me some Mutant League Hockey.

[@user-ng2re6wp5o]

This game is savage what a good game, you can win buy forfeit 😂

[@stonertheespeon2975]

Why hasn't this been remade yet 😢

[@misterious5217]

I forgot this existed

[@kmlumd44]

This was one of the top 3 most memorable and fun sega games for me. It was all about the violence. I remember that u could incapacitate the goalie. I always liked the robots w the laser helmet on the wheel the most. When people play this back on YT they aren't good at using the violence to capture the game's fun, and often rate it badly. I played every nhl game on sega so this was a refreshing take on hockey which captured my youthful imagination.

[@johncraw8572]

Did you do mutant league football

[@BlackArroToons]

Thanks for playing the game. I bought it on release month for the Genesis, eager to play a serious game of NHL 93/94 but with monsters. Awesome concept, but the controls suffered in comparison. The fights were nicely done though.

[@mossjandrew]

Not sure about the realism of this game. There were a couple blatant offsides that weren't called.

[@deadgoon74]

Is this using an HDMI converter?

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Its funny when they get Trapped under the ice

[@jonathanturbide2232]

Such a fun game! If I remember correctly one of the players is named "Undertaker", and my twin brother and I always tried to put the spotlight on him (since we were big WWF fans). 😂

[@thehumbleone1983]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@balls433]

You could win this game by killing the other team lmao

[@foxsky4336]

Mutant League Hockey MERDE !!!

[@DerivativeWorker]

The Genesis sound chip was perfect for horrorifying and gore filled settings. "It was so bad."

[@zhongxina2793]

Bet you've never played Mario kart

[@CarozQH]

This looks so choppy

[@Luga_Law]

papyrus?!

[@jameskelvin6720]

Not much different than the NHL.

[@SuperUkcats]

Next time, be a man and do not turn off the penalties!

[@SLICK8116]

These games are overrated as hell😅😂l