Hit the Ice

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Hit the Ice
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















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Hit the Ice is a 1990 arcade ice hockey game for Taito's B System arcade hardware by Williams Electronics. Aisystem Tokyo ported the game to the Sega Mega Drive in 1993, releasing it exclusively in the US.

Gameplay

Hit the Ice is an arcade-style hockey game in which two teams of three players (two attackers and one goalie) compete against each other. Most of the rules of the original sport are dropped, meaning the aim of the game is simply to hit the hockey puck into the opposition's net by any means necessary.

There are no licensed teams in Hit the Ice, just "Blues" and "Reds" (which in the Mega Drive version, is extended to eight different coloured teams). Punching opposition players during normal play is allowed.

Arcade sports games of this nature (where rules are sacrificed for violence) were very popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The basketball equivalent may be considered to be Arch Rivals or NBA Jam.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 №20, p104/105
68 №10, p40/41
36 №8, p57
31 №43, p44/45
42 №21, p67
50 №1, p56/57[1]
Sega Mega Drive
49
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[2]
Consoles + (FR)
68
[3]
GameFan (US)
80
[4]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
68
[5]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
36
[6]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
42
[7]
Play Time (DE) NTSC-U
45
[8]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC
31
[9]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
42
[10]
Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC-U
50
[1]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
32
[11]
Sega Mega Drive
49
Based on
11 reviews

Hit the Ice

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart

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