Ice Hockey (Atari 2600)

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Ice Hockey
Developer Activision
Publisher Activision
Designer Alan Miller
Released 1981
Genre Ice hockey
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer (1-2 simultaneous)
Platform(s) Atari 2600
Media Cartridge
Input methods Joystick

Ice Hockey is an ice hockey video game designed by Activision programmer Alan Miller, and published by Activision. If one discounts the "Hockey Pong" variant on Video Olympics, Ice Hockey is the only real hockey game on the 2600.

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Ice Hockey is a game of two-on-two ice hockey. One player on each team is the goalie, and the other plays offensive (although, the goalie is not confined to the goal). As in the real sport, the object of the game is to take control of the puck and shoot it into the opposing goal to score points. When the puck is in player control, it moves left and right along the blade of the hockey stick. The puck can be shot at any of 32 angles, depending on the position of the puck when it's shot.

Human players take control of the skater in control of (or closest to) the puck. The puck can be stolen from its holder; shots can also be blocked by the blade of the hockey stick.

When the difficulty switch on the Atari 2600 is set to a, the team it corresponds to moves 25% slower than when it's set to A.

  • Game 1: The standard single player mode.
  • Game 2: The standard multiplayer mode.
  • Game 3: Single player with faster skaters.
  • Game 4: Multiplayer with faster skaters.

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