Ice Hockey (Nintendo, 1988)

This game is a very fun sports game for the NES. It's fun to play and doesn't get old fast. Picking from 3 types of characters (fat, average, skinny) makes this game better as you can pick from a variety of combinations to make your team supreme. Picking all fat players will make you hard shooters, big body checkers, but very slow in skating. Average players well, are of course average in every aspect. Skinny players are very fast, but at the cost of have weakend shooting and bad body checking.
The only thing I disliked about this game was the controls of moving your character was a little hard to maneuver in the direction you wanted to go. Also it was kind of annoying whenever you moved your player the goaltender moves aswell, so trying to attack the opposing team shooting while controlling your goalie at the same time became a little costly in goals.
Overall this game is quite fun and a nice addition to add to your NES game library.

This game is famous for letting you choose the size combination of your 4 linemen. Thin and fast, Medium, and Large and slow (but with the strongest slapshot.) Lately I've been using two thin and two large. You're always controlling the goalie so when the team gets into your defensive zone, you better just focus on protecting the goal. The best tactic for scoring, just like real hockey, is to do a quick shot off of a pass in front of the goal. There's a check button but I rarely use it. Pick from national teams like US, USSR, Canada, and Sweden. The one major fault in this game is : No Season or Playoff Mode. What I'll do is play as the US against Sweden, then Canada, then USSR or something like that. Regardless, for 1988, this is one of the best sports games of the decade.

Better than blades of steel. The characters are less realistic but the game play is much faster and the game is harder to beat. Typical hockey game in format, however you can choose from team USA or other countries, and pick skinny, average or large players for your team. All with different skills. My favorite hockey game for this system!

Classic beginning to the ice-hockey-meets-platform-gami​ng era. No other sport fits console gaming so well as ice hockey - (not sure why, it just does) - but this is the game that really started it all for hockey.

If you still own a Nintendo NES and love sports games on your gaming systems, this is a must-own.

love the game, great and simple, ebay always has amazing deals for such things. will be playing this for a long time.