Stick Hunter: Exciting Ice Hockey is a game for the Famicom released only in Japan in 1987 It was never released in North America Stick Hunter was the first actual ice hockey game created for a Nintendo gaming system
The game was designed so that 1 player could play against the computer, or 2 players could play simultaneously against each other The length of the periods and difficulty level could both be adjusted
Playing as a character who has possession of the puck, the character could not only skate faster, but could only shoot the puck forward So if the player wanted to pass to a teammate, the character on screen would have to be facing the person to which he's passing The same applied to shooting at the net and attempting to score a goal The character would have to be facing the opposing net A player without the puck could only skate faster If the goalie had control of the puck, he could only pass to a teammate
As in the real-world sport of hockey, the object is to score more goals than the opposing team
