NHL Blades of Steel '99 and NHL Pro 99 in Europe is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 game for the Nintendo 64

Nintendo 64

The , often referred to as N64, was Nintendo′s third home video game console for the international market. Named for its 64-bit CPU, it was released in June 1996 in Japan, September 1996 in North America, March 1997 in Europe and Australia, September 1997 in France and December 1997 in Brazil...

, it was released in 1999. The game has Controller Pak and Rumble Pak

Rumble Pak

The is a removable device from Nintendo which provides force feedback while playing video games. Games that support the Rumble Pak cause it to vibrate in select situations, such as when firing a weapon or receiving damage, to immerse the player in the game. Versions of the Rumble Pak are available...

 support.

Features

• All 27 NHL teams including the expansion Nashville Predators
  Nashville Predators
  The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
  
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• Western and Eastern conference All-Star teams.
• Updated 98-99 team rosters.
• Create-a-player mode.
• Three game play modes: exhibition, season, and playoffs.
• Season and Playoff state tracking in more than 35 categories.
• Four player simultaneous multiplayer mode.

Reception

IGN

IGN

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gave NHL Blades of Steel '99 a mediocre 5.1 out of 10 overall stating "Konami's NHL Blades of Steel '99 title was plagued by terrible gameplay and horrible control and few nice touches didn't compensate for a disappointing and generally dull game".