NHL Breakaway 98

NHL Breakaway 98 is an ice hockey game developed by Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim Entertainment, the first hockey title under Acclaim’s Acclaim Sports label. The game features all 26 NHL teams with over 600 NHLPA players, a management mode with a points-based team improvement system, and five gameplay modes including Season, Playoffs, and Shoot-Out. One PAL variant is catalogued, covering the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands under serial SLES-00624, released on 30 September 1997. The release ships in a Full Jewel PAL case with a hologram on the case, in English on a single disc. The game received mixed reviews on PlayStation but was praised for its management mode, making this single-variant PAL release of interest to collectors documenting Acclaim’s sports catalogue from the late 1990s.