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Ice Hockey is an NES video game developed by Nintendo and published in 1988, based on the sport ice hockey (as the name implies). In the game's 1 player and 2 player modes, there are 6 playable teams, each based on countries:
United States, Sweden, Poland, Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia.
The basic rules of hockey are
Ice Hockey is an NES video game developed by Nintendo and published in 1988, based on the sport ice hockey (as the name implies). In the game's 1 player and 2 player modes, there are 6 playable teams, each based on countries:
United States, Sweden, Poland, Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia.
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, essentially making the game wide open. Icing is enforced, however. Also, the teams in the game have four skaters and one goaltender, whereas traditional ice-hockey is played with five skaters and a goaltender.
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 brawl 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 only for a two-minute minor. In fights, it benefits 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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