Hit the Ice

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Hit the Ice

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Taito

Developer:

Aisystem Tokyo

Original system(s): Taito System B

Developer(s) of original games: Williams Electronics, Taito

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-02^[1]		11096

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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

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) #50: "March 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[3]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

40

^[5]

Consoles + (FR)

68

^[6]

GameFan (US)

80

^[7]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[8]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

36

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

42

^[10]

Play Time (DE)

NTSC-U

45

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

31

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

42

^[13]

Sega Force Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

50

^[4]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

32

^[14]

	49
Based on 11 reviews

Hit the Ice

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	85b23606
MD5	3029a8f36f18414a42e6b4812747dec9
SHA-1	d0eec70787362b415ffdcf09524e0e6cf0f9f910

512kB

1992-07

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ File:SegaVisions US 11.pdf, page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 95
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 115
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 96
↑ Consoles +, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 104
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-04-29), page 40
↑ Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 57
↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 74
↑ Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 96
↑ Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 44
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 67
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 86

NEC Retro has more information related to Hit the Ice

[:File:SegaVisions_US_11.pdf_p100-1] File:SegaVisions US 11.pdf, page 100

[:File:EGM_US_044.pdf_p95-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 95

[:File:EGM_US_045.pdf_p115-3] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 115

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_01.pdf_p56-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 96

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_020.pdf_p104-6] Consoles +, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:GameFan_US_0105.pdf_p15-7] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:MDAG_UK_10.pdf_p40-8] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-04-29), page 40

[:File:Mega_UK_08.pdf_p57-9] Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 57

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-05.pdf_p74-10] Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 74

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-06.pdf_p96-11] Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 96

[:File:SegaPower_UK_43.pdf_p44-12] Sega Power, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-06), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_21.pdf_p67-13] Sega Pro, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-10), page 67

[14] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 86

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Hit the Ice

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Contents

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References