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Blades of Steel
North American box art
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Release Date(s) Famicom Disk System               JP: July 22, 1988 Nintendo Entertainment System               NA: December 1988                EU: November 23, 1990                AU: 1990 Virtual Console (Wii)               NA: December 24, 2007                EU: December 21, 2007
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Ice Hockey
Rating(s)
ESRB
03
Credits • Gallery • Cheats & Hints • Videos

Blades of Steel is a game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in 1988. In Japan, it was released under the name Konamic Ice Hockey for the Famicom Disk System. The game was later released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2007.

GameplayEdit

The game was designed so that 1 player could play against the computer, or 2 players could play simultaneously against each other. In single-player mode, a player could choose from three levels of difficulty: Junior, College and Pro. Two different game modes could be chosen. An "Exhibition" game is just one game. The "Tournament" option is a play-off style elimination tournament.

Fighting was Blades of Steels most popular feature. Bumping into the same player multiple times will cause the two to fight. Punches would be thrown until one player fell. The loser is penalized while the winner is not.

As in the real-world sport of hockey, the object is to score more goals than the opposing team to win the game.

TeamsEdit

Since this game was not licensed by any professional hockey league, the teams to select in the game were different American and Canadian cities.

• Canada
  • Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Edmonton
• United States
  • New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minnesota

TriviaEdit

• The game was awarded "Best Player vs. Player" in the 1988 Nintendo Power Awards.

VideosEdit

Videos
Score!	Fight
Main Page: Blades of Steel/videos

See alsoEdit

• List of hockey games
• Blades of Steel (Game Boy)

External linksEdit

• Blades of Steel (NES) at GameFAQs
• Blades of Steel (Wii Virtual Console) at GameFAQs