I was perusing an emulator site the other day and came across the game.
There weren't even many settings that someone could pursue and which country you decided to play as had absolutely zero impact on your team's ability. This seems odd today but to be fair it was the mid 80's and games were absurdly small at the time.
Basically, you could choose 3 different kinds of players for your team.
- Skinny: These guys were really fast but had the weakest shots of any of the player options, you would have to finesse the puck into the goal, which given the very limited nature of this game, wasn't really all the possible and was more just a case of luck
- Fatty: These guys, obviously, were very slow but had a "rocket in their pockets" as far as shots were concerned. If you had enough patience for them to get down the ice they had a much better chance at scoring. I wouldn't often use these guys as the fast-pace of the game normally didn't allow time for them to catch up. They were also almost useless on defense.
- mid-size guys: As you can imagine these fellas were the average of both. Medium in speed and shot power.
look at that 8-bit wonderfulness
Of course it looks extremely dumb by today's standards but let's keep in mind that it was made likely before most of you were born so we have to make allowances. It has been called one of the best and most addictive sports games from the NES and the director of the game, whose name i can't recall, went on to be involved in such amazing titles and Super Mario Kart.
A friend of mine told me that the fat hockey player is an award received for doing well in a Super Smash Brothers game.
I think the size of the goal in relation to the size of the players is quite comical, but if they had made it more realistic, every single game would be a 0-0 draw.
The defense was hilarious also, you would basically just whack the crap out of anyone that has the puck with impunity, there were no penalties unless there was a fight and then whoever lost the fight is who goes to the penalty box - which is just slightly different than the actual sport.
To give an idea about how old this game is, one of the playable nations is The Soviet Union. Remember those guys?
I do not recommend that any of your actually play this game because it, like almost any NES game, will bore you to tears by today's standards. I just wanted to feature it because it was truly a stand-out game for the time period it was released in.
Truely speaking as we stay at India and we mostly play cricket and football this ice hockey is might be more famous in Eyropean countrys and i am not much more knowlegable about this game. But as yku give a small knowledge about what 3 dufferent kind of guy required to play this game is quite good.
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i have never played a cricket videogame. I presume there are some. There is a game for everything else. I once had a fishing game complete with a vibrating fishing rod... haha
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This was definitely a favorite of ours when we were growing up. Sure, the graphics are simple and the gameplay doesn't have a lot of options. That's what makes it fun -- you can pick up and play and have fun right away. Its why Double Dribble is still fun. Its why Tecmo Bowl is still fun. Modern games are great if you get invested into them enough to learn all the nuance required, but with Ice Hockey all you needed was picking your balance of speed and power and have fun.
I too have no experience about ice hockey but will try to play this game.
I loved this game in the mid 80s!
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Haha when i was playing this game I remember playing this game as a kid before years My dad used to beat me at this all the time The only game he would allways beat me lol
the best thing about this game is that provided you understand how hockey works (and maybe if you don't) anybody could just pick it up and play in no time