Ice Hockey (1988 video game)

Ice Hockey (アイスホッケー, Aisu Hokkē) is a 1988 ice hockey video game published and developed by Nintendo, originally for the Famicom Disk System. It was later released in North America and in some PAL regions on the Nintendo Entertainment System. In 2006, it was re-released for the Wii's Virtual Console service in Japan, North America, and some PAL regions.

For the Atari 2600 video game, see Ice Hockey (1981 video game).
Ice Hockey
Ice Hockey cover art (North American version)
Developer(s)Nintendo R&D4
Nintendo R&D2
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)Hideki Konno
Producer(s)Masayuki Uemura
Shigeru Miyamoto
Composer(s)Soyo Oka
EngineProprietary
Platform(s)Family Computer Disk System
Nintendo Entertainment System
ReleaseFamicom Disk System
  • JP: January 21, 1988
Nintendo Entertainment System
  • NA: March 1988
  • PAL: April 15, 1988
Virtual Console
Wii
  • JP: December 2, 2006
  • NA: December 12, 2006
  • PAL: December 29, 2006
Wii U
  • JP: December 11, 2013
  • WW: February 20, 2014
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Ice Hockey is based on the sport of the same name, with the objective of the game being to get more points than the opposing player by hitting round, black pucks into the opposing goal with a hockey stick. It is well-regarded by critics, and has been often cited as one of the best games for the NES.

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