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Platform: Famicom Disk System

Region: NTSC-J

Country: Japan

Developer(s): Konami

Publishers(s): Konami

ReleaseDate: 1988-07-22

Players: 2

Co-op: Yes

Konamic Ice Hockey (also known as Blades of Steel) is a 1988 Famicom Disk System ice hockey sports video game developed and released by Konami in Japan on July 22, 1988. There are eight playable teams that are based in real North American cities but bear no relation to their NHL counterparts. The eight teams are Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Chicago, and New York. Each team has one anonymous line of 3 forwards, 2 defensemen and 1 goalie. There are two game types: Exhibition and Tournament. In Exhibition, the player takes on either a CPU or another human-controlled team for a single match. In Tournament, the player’s team is placed into a three-round elimination tournament. Both game types can be played on three difficulty levels; Junior, College and Pro. Although the matches are structured the same as regular hockey games (3 periods of 20 minutes each), the speed of the clock is sped up. There are no offside or penalty calls, with one notable exception. If two players bump into each other a few times, they will start a fight. Interestingly, only the loser is sent to the penalty box. The only other enforced infraction is “Icing”. If the game is tied after the 3 periods, it moves to a shootout. The team with the most goals after 5 shots wins, and if the score is still tied, the shootout continues until there is a winner.

ESRB Rating: E - Everyone

Genre(s): Sports