Hit The Ice Arcade gameplay / my impressions

This sure isn't the sequel to Blades of Steel but a hilarious take on the sport of Hockey. This is Hit the Ice which was released in the arcades back in 1990, developed by Williams and published by Williams and Taito.

This game was later ported over to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Geneis / Megadrive and the Turbo Grafx-16.

More information below, thanks for watching. = )

Hit the Ice is an ice hockey arcade game released by Williams and ported to home consoles by Taito. It is said to be the hockey version of Midway's Arch Rivals.

Players:
The game is unique because instead of having six players per team (like Konami's Blades of Steel), this game only has three (forward, defense, and goalie). Instead of being normal sized, the players look more like football players and have an older look to them.

Teams:
In the arcade version there are only two teams (Red and Blue) and players can be chosen for each position. When Taito released the home console versions, more teams were added and players were automatically assigned to teams in order to get to the game faster. For the SNES version the colors were also given city names: Montreal Reds, New York Blues, L.A. Yellows, Toronto Whites, Chicago Orange and Minneapolis Green.

Gameplay:
Hit the Ice is based on the game of ice hockey, the aim of the game being to outscore your opponent by shooting the puck into the opponent's net more often than your opponent over three periods of play. Since the game is "the hockey version of Arch Rivals", however, there are very few rules. Players have special moves, most of which are illegal moves in actual ice hockey (such as slashing, tripping, elbowing, or kicking opponents in the groin). Fights are common, though a player losing a fight is not penalized. Instead, he becomes sluggish for a short period. If the player loses several fights in one period, he leaves the game with an injury. Every player is capable of a "super shot", which must be charged beforehand. If allowed to charge and shoot, the shot will hit the goaltender with such force that he is knocked back into the net along with the puck, counting as a goal. If a team is far enough behind, his team may receive a power-up in the form of a "super drink", making the stick of the player who consumes it flash with energy and turning every shot into a super shot for a short time.

Here a list of the players you can choose from:
"Dicky" Fontaine, spoof of Dicky Moore
"Gunner" Hall, spoof of Glenn Hall
Pierre Bourdoir,
Phil Bonker, spoof of Phil Esposito
"Battleship" Boyd
David Volek
Iven Yakashev, spoof of a Soviet player from 1972
Willy Lindberg, spoof of Ted Lindsay
Tom Horyna, spoof of Tim Horton
Al Gigliano
Happy Goleck ("happy-go-lucky")
Wayne Greatman, spoof of Wayne Gretzky
Reggy Marsh
Jonny Novak
Petter Kidd, *"Bo" Cleveland
Bob Dover
Mike Barr

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Hit The Ice
• Arcade
• Hyperspin
• Williams
• Taito
• Ice Hockey
• Arch Rivals
• Sega Genesis
• Sega Megadrive
• Turbo Grafx 16
• Retro Gaming
• OldSchoolNYCGamer

[ebayisajoke]

I have one available here in Michigan

[retroswede]

Looks good. I'm usually not that interested in sports games but the unrealistic, cartoony ones like this one can be a lot of fun.

[lvpepe38]

Looks pretty cool

[starsoldier1]

I love how scared the ref looks.

[IntellivisionDude]

Looks like a fun Hockey game. I'll have to some research into the Sega Genesis version.

[bsg7]

Dude, I NAILED this cab for a year before I played legit hockey - fuck, was _I_ in for a surprise :D

[Mysteriozone]

Wow I haven't played this game in years, this to fire up the mame machine and give it a go.

[TheCompletionist]

A hit the ice playthrough and not one fight, I'm disappointed. Still a good playthrough played a lot of this game back in the day.

[sacheen1712]

great review, nothing like a good ol hockey game!

[jboypacman]

Jeremy(AtariLeaf)loves this game. : )