King of 94 - 10 - Toronto

King of 94 - 10 (September 20-21, 2025)

(As remembered by Halifax - Oct 2025)

**Pics Below Courtesy of EA, Halifax, The Professor, NJ Killer, Len the Lengend, Flamshelter

Our third straight year at FreePlay Toronto. A very cool arcade bar near the downtown core of Toronto!

We went back to a previous format and removed the "Super Group" for round robin play. The Super Group consisted of the top 5 players based on the previous tournament at the King of 94, and they were playing for the top 5 seeds.

We saw an overall increase in the number of new players in the tournament, which was great to see!

Saturday, September 20, 2025

The Lord of 94 had 7 players this year. Jazz Jackrabbit played the previous year, and we had 6 new players for this tournament.

Group A was the only group to have all competitors win at least one game in their group. Last eyar's 2nd place finisher, McMarkis, and Stantanator led the group at 5-1, and Halifax squeaked in to the King bracket at 4-2, having to win his final game of the round robin to qualify. It was his first time back in the King bracket for a live tournament since 2019. Joemullen07 (a Sega player) opted to try SNES this year as well and fared well with a 2-4 record.

Group B had the usual suspects move on to the King bracket with AngryJay (6-0) and Kingraph (5-1) leading the way. Niuhuskie224, travelled from Illinois, to compete in his first King of 94 tournament and finished 3-3 to move into the Duke Bracket.

Group C had back-to-back, two-time champion, The Professor (6-0), finish at the top of the group. Kidswasted finished 4-2 to move on to the King. A bit of a shocker was a smzoma win over skankhunt by a score of 8-2. Skankhunt finished tied for 5th last year, and the loss sent him down to the duke bracket at 3-3. The win propelled Smozoma (4-2) in the King bracket for the first time.

Group D was the toughest group of the 4. Bobkudelski26 (5-1), Annatar (5-1) and Mooney (4-2) were able to move through to the King bracket.

SNES Round Robin + Playoffs stream

SNES Round Robin Results

Lord of 94 "Auto Goalie" Tournament - > Results

The Lord of 94 had 7 players this year. Jazz Jackrabbit played the previous year, and we had 6 new players for this tournament. There were a couple of upsets in the open round of the playoffs. JazzJackrabbit (5th seed) won over Benwardo (4th seed) 4-3 and 7-5, and Flamshelter (6th seed) won over Mike 84 (3rd seed) 3-4,1-0,4-3 in a really tight battle. Chris O steamrolled through the round robin and playoffs with 10 straight wins and defeated Steven S. in the final 7-2 and 7-4.

Puke of 94 Bracket (players with 1 or less round robin wins) - > Results

The Puke Bracket has 12 games played. Four of them were 2-goal games, and seven were 1-goal games. This showed how close the competition was and why we like the format like this. Everyone felt they had a chance to win it! Jesusplays94 returned after a hiatus from 2019 and captured his first hardware, defeating Rooster in the final 2-0.

Duke of 94 Bracket (players with 2 or 3 round robin wins) -> Results

The Duke bracket has 10 competitors and 18 games played. Half of the games were won by the lower seed, showing how much parity was involved. Skankhunt (5th seed) won in the final over Tecmo Jon (8th seed) by a score of 3-2. It was the first time Skankhunt took home some hardware!

SNES Bracket

The opening round of the King bracket saw all upsets! Smozoma (11th Seed) defeated former world champion bobkudelski26 (6th seed) by scores of 5-4 and 6-5. Kidswasted(19th seed) took down Stantanator (7th) in another close battle, 4-3 and 5-4. Halifax (9th seed) and Mooney (8th seed) had an epic battle. Halifax won a close one 3-2. Game 2 saw a 6-2 Mooney lead evaporate in the third as Halifax came back to tie 6-6, but Mooney stayed calm the whole time, refocused, and won it in overtime 7-6. Halifax managed to win game 3 after being down 3-2 and was able to pull off a late comeback and a final score of 5-3.

Balance was restored in round two. All the top 4 seeds swept their series. The Professor (1st seed) beat Halifax (9th seed) 4-1 and 5-4. Kingraph (4th seed) took down Annatar (5th seed) in a couple of tight games, 1-0 and 6-5. Angryjay93 (2nd seed) also won by a narrow margin over kdiswasted(10th seed), 3-2, and 3-2. And last year’s runner-up, McMarkis (3rd seed) won over smozoma (11th seed) 4-2 and 6-0.

The top four seeds would fittingly end up as the final four. AngryJay defeated Kingraph in the losers bracket semi 5-3 and then beat Mcmarkis 8-2 and 4-1 in the losers bracket final to move onto the Grand Final vs The Professor.

The winner's side finalist (the Professor) starts with a 1-0 series lead in a best-of-5. Overall, a tight series as Theprofessor wins in 4 games. With 4-3, 3-6, and 4-3 scores. He is the first back-to-back-to-back SNES world champion!

Pictured - The Professor (Toronto, ON) holding the King of 94 trophy.

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Group A had players who had come back after being away for a few years from the tournament. Icestorm70 (5-1) returned since the first King of 94 when he finished tied for 5th. Sebeslip (5-1) returned from his last appearance in 2022, where he finished 3rd. What was remarkable was that both of their losses came from a new player from Pennsylvania, Sifty27 (2-4). Everyone in this group earned a win! NewJerseyKiller (4-2) lost his first two games 5-0 and 6-0, and things were looking grim to return to the King bracket, but he rallied off 4 straight to qualify!

Group B featured newcomer NiuHuskie224, who had a great showing, finishing 5-1 in his group. High expectations for Cash Money (5-1) as well from his run in 2024, and qualified for the King bracket. Chris O (4-2) returned after a one-year hiatus to qualify as well. One big surprise was from McMarkis finishing 1-5 after placing 7th in 2024.

Group C was a group of 8, but as you only play 6 games, you don’t play everyone in the group. No surprise that both Kingraph and Szpakman went 6-0. Kidswasted (4-2) and Matt D. (4-2) both qualified for the King of 94 bracket for the first time.

Group D also had four qualifiers: KGman (5-1), Chaos (5-1), TecmoJon (5-1) and JesusplaysNHL94 (4-2). Jesusplaysnhl94 returned after not attending since 2022.

Group E was interesting. While it was no surprise that Angryjay93 (6-0) and SOH (4-2) qualified for the king bracket, there was an expectation that one or two of Rigsby, Zepplin55 and Mr.Tex would qualify along with them, but it was Len the Legend who came out of nowhere, going 5-1 to make the King bracket. The previous year, he played in the puke bracket, so it was a big jump for him to move up.

Group F was a tough group. Annatar (5-1), Kaze (5-1) and EA(4-2) all made it through, but everyone in the group had at least one win, and newcomer Mike Eagles ruffled some feathers going 3-3 in his first appearance!

SEGA Round Robin -> Results

SEGA Genesis -> Stream

Lord of 94 "Auto Goalie" Tournament - > Results

The Lord of 94 only had two competitors this year. We placed them in the King of 94 round robin groups so they could play against a bunch of different other people, and then played a best of 5 final. SnipesMcDangleson took the series 3 games to 1 over Super Mario 7.

Puke of 94 Bracket (players with 1 or less round robin wins) - > Results

The Puke of Bracket saw a few upsets along the way, the most notable being Richter (8th seed) beating Mr. Tex (1st seed) in round 2, 3-2, sending Mr. Tex down to the loser's bracket. Mr. Tex would get his revenge later on, winning 5-3 in the final 4. Halifax and McMarkis met in the winners' bracket final. Halifax held a 5-4 lead and, with just a few seconds left, needed to get an icing, and the game was over, but somehow McMarkis came out of nowhere with Mogilny, stole the puck and then smashed into the goalie, and the puck trickled in with one second left to tie it. McMarkis would then go on to win in overtime, 6-5. McMarkis would then go on to defeat Mr.Tex in the final 9-3.

Duke of 94 Bracket (players with 2 or 3 round robin wins) -> Results

The Duke of 94 bracket was well balanced in talent. 17 of the 28 games were two-goal games or less, and half of the games had the lower seed winning the game. It saw an amazing match between Thrillhouse (12th seed) and GoV (3rd seed) head to overtime after being tied 3-3. It was filled with a ton of crazy moments and near finishes. They played the full 10 minutes of overtime, as the game allows, and had to restart. They played another 2 minutes before Thrillhouse won in double overtime. We believe it’s the longest played game at the King of 94 tournament. Thrillhouse would have a great run overall, winning 6 straight games in the loser bracket to make it all the way to the final. His streak ended there as Philadelphia horsemen, joemullen07, beat Thrillhouse 5-3 to capture his second Duke of 94 trophy in the last three years.

SEGA Bracket

20 competitors qualified for the King bracket!

A few upsets in the winner's side bracket. EA (20th seed) defeated Len the Lengend (13th seed) in 3 games (1-5, 6-0, 7-2). Sebeslip (9th seed) over Tecmo Jon (8th seed) 5-4 and 3-0. New Jersey Killer (14th) had two consecutive upset wins over Szpakman (3rd seed) 4-3 and 3-2, and then again over Kgman (6th seed) 5-2 and 6-3.

The most notable run was left for Kaze (12th seed). He lost his opening round to Icestorm70 in a close match, losing 4-5,5-6. But then he went on a great run in the loser bracket, winning 7 straight games to make it all the way to the Final, where he would meet Angryjay93. Angryjay93 hadn't lost any games up to that point, so it would be a tall task for Kaze.

Unfortunately for Kaze, he couldn't generate more than one goal of offence in each of his games vs AJ and was swept in the final.

What's remarkable about AJ's tournament is that he did not allow more than 3 goals in any of the games he played.

Angryjay93 has won 4 straight world championships and is now a 6-time world champion!

During his last four years, his record is an incredible 52-3!

SEGA King of 94 -> Results

Pictured - Angryjay 93 (Sacramento, CA) holding the King of 94 trophy.