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.

Magazine articles

Main article: Hit the Ice/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) #50: "March 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
also published in:
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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[2]
Sega Mega Drive
 49
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
68
[4]
GameFan (US)
80
[5]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
68
[6]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
36
[7]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
42
[8]
Play Time (DE) NTSC-U
45
[9]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC
31
[10]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
42
[11]
Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC-U
50
[2]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
32
[12]
Sega Mega Drive
 49
Based on
11 reviews

Hit the Ice

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart

References

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  1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 95
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 01.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 96
  4. ↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 104
  5. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
  6. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-04-29), page 40
  7. ↑ Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 57
  8. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 74
  9. ↑ Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 96
  10. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 44
  11. ↑ Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 67
  12. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 86
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