NHL 2003 (Game Boy Advance)

The Game Boy Advance version of NHL 2003 is a ice hockey video game developed by Crawfish Interactive and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports brand and released in February 2, 2003 for Game Boy Advance. It has four-payer co-op multiplayer. It was the final game to be developed solely by Crawfish Interactive before going defunct in the November of 2002. It was the second and final entry in the NHL series to be on the handheld.

Gameplay
The graphics itself was ported over from NHL 97 on the Sega Genesis, along with main menus that was ported over from the home console versions. The GameBreaker was however present from the home console versions and like the home console versions, activated once a player performing enough "dekes".

Development
Crawfish Interactive however negotiated talks with Electronic Arts about doing its next title. Crawfish wanted to be NHL 2003. Crawfish approached that they took inspiration from NHL 97 on the Sega Genesis.

Steve Collett started composing the music for the GBA version of NHL 2003 in June 2002.

Reception
The Game Boy Advance version received mixer reception holding a "3/10" on EGM and "3/10" on Nintendo Power.