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Ice Hockey

ModgeModge
edited December 2010 in Games
Was there ever a game of Ice Hockey made for the speccy? Just wondering because all my Canuck friends are always watching it on the telly and saying how good it it.
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  • JmkJmk
    edited December 2010
    I remember Winter Sports having an ice hockey game in it, but... it's a denied game!
  • ModgeModge
    edited December 2010
    It looks like there was International Ice Hockey as well but its MIA :sad:
  • FrankieFrankie
    edited December 2010
    Modge wrote: »
    It looks like there was International Ice Hockey as well but its MIA :sad:

    You mean Championship Ice Hockey, and it appear to be a management game. Most games came for the UK, and I don't think Ice Hockey was popular in the UK back then. I even doubt it's popular today in the UK :) That's probably why there never was an Ice Hockey game for the Spectrum :(

    And yes, Winter Sports did have Ice Hockey included:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ComputerGamer/Issue11/Pages/ComputerGamer1100077.jpg
  • ModgeModge
    edited December 2010
    Frankie wrote: »
    You mean Championship Ice Hockey, and it appear to be a management game. Most games came for the UK, and I don't think Ice Hockey was popular in the UK back then. I even doubt it's popular today in the UK :) That's probably why there never was an Ice Hockey game for the Spectrum :(

    And yes, Winter Sports did have Ice Hockey included:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ComputerGamer/Issue11/Pages/ComputerGamer1100077.jpg

    Yes sorry Frankie your right. Thank you for the link.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited December 2010
    That brings back memories. Used to play that ice hockey game a lot in Winter Sports, funny looking back at it as it looks terrible.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited December 2010
    The closest game to 'Ice Hockey' I've played is a BASIC covertape game, Hockey, that reminds me of those old TV games from the late 70's...

    Hockey.gif
  • FrankieFrankie
    edited December 2010
    JuanF. Ramirez wrote: »
    The closest game to 'Ice Hockey' I've played is a BASIC covertape game, Hockey, that reminds me of those old TV games from the late 70's...

    Hockey.gif

    Ping Pong :-)
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited December 2010
    I remember having an small old B/W TV with some crappy videogames including Hockey, Ping Pong and a fronton game... Ping Pong and Hockey were basically the same, with the only difference of the goals that Hockey had in each side (as in the picture) and only a player in each team.

    Crappy, but in the late 70's I found them awesome! :-)
  • mickmogmickmog
    edited December 2010
    I know it's off-tack, but the megadrive version of EA Hockey is still a retro-blast. But, the newer variants never seem to be as much fun:o
  • ModgeModge
    edited December 2010
    Ahhhhhh yes I used to play the EA Hockey game years ago. The one bloke used to shoot and smash the glass behind the goals :lol:
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited December 2010
    mickmog wrote: »
    I know it's off-tack, but the megadrive version of EA Hockey is still a retro-blast. But, the newer variants never seem to be as much fun:o

    Yep those early NHL games were superb on the Megadrive, same with the early John Madden games (92/93) featuring smaller graphics
  • fogfog
    edited December 2010
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270673675937&

    if ya after wintersports..

    as for nhl.. used to play it on the PS.. either 4-8 players (2 multi taps) or i'm getting it mixed up with fifa..

    we played a whole season and won.. my and my friends brother were know as the bash brothers.. as we used to just spend a lot of the time in the sinbin

    I do remember swapping ea hockey for battle squadron years ago on megadrive though

    as for air hockey.. I remember this from 64..

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002478
  • RalfRalf
    edited December 2010
    An ice hockey game was developed by Mark Jones but it was never completed:


    IceHockeyMan9.png

    http://www.tzxvault.org/time.htm
  • ModgeModge
    edited December 2010
    Ralf wrote: »
    An ice hockey game was developed by Mark Jones but it was never completed:


    IceHockeyMan9.png

    http://www.tzxvault.org/time.htm

    What a pity, those sprites look good.
  • RindexRindex
    edited December 2010
    There is a game better, than hockey - Skateball. ;)
  • weesamweesam
    edited December 2010
    mickmog wrote: »
    I know it's off-tack, but the megadrive version of EA Hockey is still a retro-blast. But, the newer variants never seem to be as much fun:o

    yes; that was brilliant

    as was blades of steel on the NES/Famicom
  • jenziejenzie
    edited December 2010
    mickmog wrote: »
    I know it's off-tack, but the megadrive version of EA Hockey is still a retro-blast. But, the newer variants never seem to be as much fun:o

    if the spectrum had gone for another year, EA hockey AND madden 1 would heve been attempted IMO
  • fogfog
    edited December 2010
    wishful thinking, sorry

    the market share on speccy wasn't big enough.

    even EA stuff on say c64 or apple / atari .. when the market wasn't there.. titles weren't released

    (I own / owned them back in the day also .. and dev money Vs sales came into it)
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