Hockey (1981 video game)

1981 video game

1981 video game

Hockey

Developer(s)| Gamma Software
Publisher(s)| Gamma Software
Platform(s)| Atari 8-bit
Release| 1981
Genre(s)| Sports

Hockey is an ice hockey video game published by Gamma Software for Atari 8-bit computers in 1981.[1] Gamma released the Atari 8-bit game Soccer the following year.[2]

## Gameplay

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Hockey is a sports game in which 2-4 players compete in an arcade-style game.[3]

## Reception

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Bill Willett, writing for his "Atari Arcade" column in the June 1982 issue of Computer Gaming World, called Hockey "a delight to play".[4] Later that year, also in CGW, Allen Doum stated:

> The graphics are of the kind that leave George Plimpton flat. For those who like the arcade style sports games, these games fall short of what the computer is capable of. However, as two-player sports games, they can be exciting.[3]

The reviewers in the 1983 book The Creative Atari called the game, "almost fast, never furious, and generally fun".[5] The primary complaint was the slow movement speed of the players.

In Electronic Games, Bill Kunkel wrote:

> In any case, Gamma's version misses the level of realism attained in Activision's programmable version for the VCS, by quite a bit. The players are drawn much too large for the cramped, on-screen rink. Due to the lack of space, the sport's primary characteristic, speed, is obliterated.[6]

He also disliked the minimal feedback when a goal is scored.[6]

## See also

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* Ice Hockey for the Atari 2600

## References

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1. ^ "Hockey". Atari Mania.
2. ^ "Soccer". Atari Mania.
3. ^ a b Doum, Allen (Nov–Dec 1982). "Four for the Atari". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 7\. p. 20.
4. ^ Willett, Bill (July 1982). "Atari Arcade". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 2, no. 4\. p. 27.
5. ^ The Creative Atari. Creative Computing Press. 1983. ISBN 978-0916688349.
6. ^ a b Kunkel, Bill (July 1982). "Computer Playland: Hockey" (PDF). Electronic Games. 1 (5): 82–83.

## External links

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* Review in Softline
* Addison Wesley Book of Atari Software 1984
* Review in Creative Computing
* Review in Antic