Ice Hockey

Ice Hockey is an NES video game developed by Nintendo and published in 1988, based on the sport ice hockey (as the name implies). more...

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In the game's 1 player and 2 player modes, there are 6 playable teams, each based on countries: United States, Sweden, Poland, Canada, Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. Besides differing uniform colors, the teams are all statistically identical.

Each game consists of two teams in 5v5 matches (one on each team being a goaltender). The four players on offense and defense may be in one of three different weight classes (determined pre-game): thin players, ordinary players, and stocky players. Thin players are the quickest of the three, although they take weak shots and can be knocked down easily by heavier players. The stocky player is the exact opposite; he moves the slowest, but has the best shooting strength, and can bodycheck smaller players with ease. Ordinary players are a statistical balance between the other two.

Before the face-off at the beginning of the match, the four players on each team take on a diamond formation, with one member of each team taking one spot. After the face-off, the game begins. Depending on the period time, each period lasts 7, 10, or 15 minutes with an accelerated clock; at the end of the game, the team with the highest score wins. In the case of a tie, penalty shots are taken, and if there is a tie after that, one period of overtime is played without goalkeepers.

On December 12th, 2006 the game was re-released on the Nintendo Wii through the Virtual Console.

Gameplay

The basic rules of hockey are used in the game, but several rules have been changed. For instance, even though there is a center red line and two blue lines, the referee (who is invisible outside of faceoffs and penalties) will not call offsides or two-line passes, essentially making the game wide open. Icing is enforced, however. Also, the game consists of a 5v5 match, whereas traditional hockey is 6v6.

Other rules that are omitted are virtually all penalties; the game does not penalize players for any type of bodycheck or for scuffling. The only time a penalty is called is when a fight breaks out. Fights happen when two players scuffle for so long that the other teammates jump in and a brouhaha ensues. The players merge into a sort of violent pile, and periodically a player will be knocked out, only to rejoin as soon as he gets up. The fight continues for about five seconds before the referee breaks it up. The team that was more violent (in this case, knocked out more players from the opposing side) is penalized, although it's for a two-minute minor. In fights, it behooves the player to rapidly hit the buttons, as this causes more of his own players to be knocked out.

Teams cannot have more than two players in the penalty box at any given time. If the opposition scores a goal on the powerplay, as in real hockey, the penalized player returns to the ice.

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