Hockey Rage 2005

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Hockey Rage 2005
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Developer(s) Chairman & Board
Publisher(s) Fathammer
Platform(s) Gizmondo
Release
  • EU: April 26, 2005
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer

Hockey Rage 2005 is a hockey game for the Nokia N-Gage and Gizmondo handheld game console. The game features a Bluetooth two player option.

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Development

Hockey Rage 2005 was made using publisher Fathammer's X-Forge 2 middleware. [1] It was released as a launch title for the Gizmondo. [2] A Tapwave Zodiac version was also planned but its release was cancelled. [3]

Reception

Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson described the game as "a straightforward Ice Hockey title with simple controls", criticizing how small the sprites are in the game. [4] Electronic Gaming Monthly considered it one of the games worth buying on launch, calling its gameplay "simple fun". [5]

References

  1. Score, Avery (8 September 2004). "Hockey Rage 2005 Impression". GameSpot . Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. Svensson, Christian (October 9, 2005). "Gizmondo Names Launch Lineup". Next-Gen.biz . Archived from the original on March 2, 2006.
  3. "Portables: Zodiac/Gizmondo". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 188. February 2005. p. 96.
  4. Gibson, Ellie (12 July 2005). "Gizmondo: Games". Eurogamer . p. 2. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. "What The Hell Is This Thing?". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 195. September 2005. pp. 46–47.