Ultra Hockey | |
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Developer(s) | Konami |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Series | Ultra Sports |
Platform(s) | Arcade |
Release | 1995 |
Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | |
Arcade system | Ultra Sports |
Ultra Hockey is a video game developed and published by Konami for the arcade.
Ultra Hockey is a simple competitive hockey game as a tabletop arcade machine that uses an overhead view. [1]
Next Generation reviewed the arcade version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Essentially an exact duplicate of Konami's own Five A Side Soccer , except using hockey players and an icy white background instead of a green one". [1]
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