Unveiling the Creation of 1995's NHL Open Ice 🕹️👾 | The Drop 🏒

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  • Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
  • Go behind-the-scenes with Arda Öcal and learn about the making of NHL Open Ice: 2 on 2 Challenge. The challenges of making one of the best arcade games of all time leads to stories you do not want to miss! Let us know your favorite duo to use in the comments!
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Комментарии • 88

  • @RyanVentura604
    @RyanVentura604 3 месяца назад +11

    I was today years old when I learned one of the developers of Hit The Ice worked on 2 on 2 NHL Open Ice. Mind blown.

    • @ardaocal
      @ardaocal 3 месяца назад

      👊🏽👊🏽

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад +1

    11:50
    The Lunch room scene is soo good. I wish we could see all of that footage!
    Good Job everyone!!

  • @doomslayerdave
    @doomslayerdave 3 месяца назад +9

    Jack Haeger is a legendary figure. Worked on the Amiga team. Worked at Williams and Midway. So much great artwork. Tons of amazing games.

  • @marshmelloman87
    @marshmelloman87 2 месяца назад +1

    This was my favorite game at the Golf Mill Mall arcade in Niles, IL. I spent so much of my allowance playing this game back in the day 😂 so much fun!

  • @daviddavenport1485
    @daviddavenport1485 3 месяца назад +15

    We need a remake of this

    • @WilliamMc91
      @WilliamMc91 5 дней назад

      And have Tim Kitzrow do the commentary! :)

  • @mavsgillis_
    @mavsgillis_ 2 месяца назад +1

    Really glad to see this game finally getting its due!!!

  • @whales_22
    @whales_22 3 месяца назад +9

    This is hands down my most favorite sports game ever made. I have my PS1 copy still to this day and play it. The arcade and PS copy are different games in having different teams and players on the teams different. They remade Blitz and Jam not too long ago. What’s the hold up guys?! Finish the trinity of Midway sports games and modernize this game with today’s teams and players. Hell, keep it the exact same graphics and gameplay wise but just refresh it and update the logos and players. I promise it would sell more than you think. Let’s make this happen!!

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 месяца назад

      yep arcade didnt have Peter Forsberg but my Sakic-Lemieux duo was deadly only Lindros-Renberg gave me trouble oh and John Maclean from NJ was OP hahaha

    • @geekloser75
      @geekloser75 2 месяца назад +1

      Including every popular country players

  • @NHL94Podcast
    @NHL94Podcast 3 месяца назад +3

    We used to play during high school lunch. For whatever reason, Guy Hebert played like the second coming of George Vezina and was a wall in goal.

  • @HawkVision1992
    @HawkVision1992 3 месяца назад +7

    I can’t believe you made this. A doc about one of the most unheralded, yet beloved games ever. ESPN… you have kinda redeemed yourselves. “So many hat tricks, he needs a hat rack!”

    • @ardaocal
      @ardaocal 3 месяца назад +3

      the game holds a very special place in my heart

    • @HawkVision1992
      @HawkVision1992 3 месяца назад +2

      @@ardaocalSame. The fact that the Hawks are loaded and Pat Foley on the call… perfection.

    • @pjmcray101
      @pjmcray101 2 месяца назад

      "He put the biscuit in the basket" Aww man so many great memories

  • @jayemm4
    @jayemm4 3 месяца назад +9

    I was really hoping for an arcade 1up of this game

    • @Pugyeg
      @Pugyeg 2 месяца назад

      Me too. @arcade1up get it done

  • @ItsyoboyJordy
    @ItsyoboyJordy 3 месяца назад +2

    Favorite Hockey game of all time finally getting some love!

  • @darktetsuya
    @darktetsuya 2 месяца назад +1

    sports games aren't normally my cup of tea, but once Midway got started with it I fell in love with all of theirs! didn't play a ton of this in the arcade but I did love the N64 wayne gretzky game, which I think was a similar concept of NBA JAM on ice!

  • @onncga
    @onncga 3 месяца назад +5

    Great job on this documentary!!!!

  • @lunielouie
    @lunielouie 2 месяца назад +1

    Those Open Ice logo concepts reminded me of the Bud ICE beer back in the day with the penguin in the commercials. DOO-BEE-DOO-BEE-DO

  • @mremis
    @mremis 3 месяца назад +3

    Well done Arda! Love this game.

  • @avrysportsshow
    @avrysportsshow 3 месяца назад +1

    Such a cool feature, such good work by Arda! I do wonder about this NHL Celebrity Hockey game that was scrapped...reading that treatment and timeline.....I wonder if Midway turned this into what became NHL Hitz?

  • @zillioxj
    @zillioxj 2 месяца назад

    Great timing. I've always loved this game, and I've been playing it with friends a lot lately

  • @93hockeygod
    @93hockeygod 3 месяца назад +7

    I’d love a modern remake of this. I doubt it ever happens but a guy can dream

    • @ardaocal
      @ardaocal 3 месяца назад

      me too

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 месяца назад +1

      better graphics and all time legends roster would be a dream come true.

  • @pouncingpantherpucks2779
    @pouncingpantherpucks2779 3 месяца назад +2

    Wow they actually did a little feature on this criminally underrated and forgotten game. Scott Mellanby is sick on this for the Panthers.

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 месяца назад +1

      Kurvers,Maclean,Gagner,Plante and yes the Panthers are tough with Mellanby,Belanger and Murphy

  • @Alexirongatewelding
    @Alexirongatewelding 3 месяца назад +1

    With Pat foley. It was absolutely amazing.

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад

    Awesome, well done.
    I'll let you know if the kids enjoy it , I Love this game!! Thanks for the footage and help!!!
    Thank you!!

  • @brentm9428
    @brentm9428 3 месяца назад +2

    This is my favorite game ever.

  • @daviddeming1916
    @daviddeming1916 3 месяца назад +1

    They need to bring this back!!

  • @swissbeats2k
    @swissbeats2k 3 месяца назад +2

    We need an Arcade1up countercade or full-size cabinet for this game.

  • @insertcoindoc
    @insertcoindoc 3 месяца назад +2

    So amazing to see this!

    • @ardaocal
      @ardaocal 3 месяца назад +1

      You rock Josh thanks for all your help with this!

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад

    Hit the ice was CLASSIC

  • @FloridaManRacer
    @FloridaManRacer 2 месяца назад

    I have the arcade version on my PC in emulation... Play it all the time. it's just as good as NBA Jam

  • @mikescorpio13
    @mikescorpio13 2 месяца назад

    this was the best Arcade game ever,me and a friend would be unbeatable for many hours hahaha.This has the best feel for a hockey game and it was better than NBA JAM by a mile.
    Getting across that blue line shooting at the goalies head hahaha fun times.Played it on PC but wasnt feeling the same.
    Winners didnt pay for the next game and this was the best part of it.And after 3 weeks of going solo play during my lunch break from work haha i made it to the top of the leaderboard with 395 wins ! week-end after the other crazy dude went to far ahead of me i quit... must have been the owner of the arcade playing at night lol
    Oh and the special codes !!!! Big heads,mini players there was so much content.

  • @TessieLangford
    @TessieLangford 3 месяца назад +1

    I played NHL Open Ice 2 on 2 Challenge Arcade game many times at Circus Circus Reno

  • @DonJulioPerez-bl4vt
    @DonJulioPerez-bl4vt 3 месяца назад

    Best nhl game ever EA SPORTS YOU HAVE A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD OF YOU. ILL NEVER BUY FROM YOU EVER AGAIN WELL UNTIL YOU MAKE IMPROV. GOOD LUCK EA! No hard feelings been hitting you up since 94

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад

    19:30
    Great Job Guys. I'm talkin letting everyone in the making of the game, in to the Gsme!!

  • @alexisguerra929
    @alexisguerra929 3 месяца назад +2

    That’s so cool! 🙌🏼

  • @tarantinoish
    @tarantinoish 2 месяца назад

    In Swingers they’re not actually playing NHL 94, they’re playing NHL 93, which can be seen when he checks Gretzky and makes his head bleed. There was blood in 93, and they removed it in 94 and after.

  • @iAmCyberwaste
    @iAmCyberwaste 3 месяца назад

    I know there was 3v3 Arcade a while ago, but I'd love for this to come back with the 32 teams

  • @Gizapowerplant
    @Gizapowerplant 2 месяца назад

    Jack Haeger is the man!
    Thanks again Jack and Roger!

  • @trojans7
    @trojans7 3 месяца назад +33

    AND STILL a better game than any EA NHL game in the last 20 years.

    • @imhim-xw9wx
      @imhim-xw9wx 3 месяца назад +7

      Knock it off😂😂😂 u just don’t kno how to play EA NHL 24

    • @evanwiger
      @evanwiger 3 месяца назад

      @@imhim-xw9wx its 100% true bub

    • @jdepaz5933
      @jdepaz5933 3 месяца назад +1

      @@imhim-xw9wxnhl 24 is trash but 21 and 22 are decent, ive heard 14 is legit too but I haven’t played it

    • @doomslayerdave
      @doomslayerdave 3 месяца назад +5

      NHL 14 is one of the greatest hockey games ever made

    • @kranibal
      @kranibal 3 месяца назад

      Absolutely. We need a 2024 version.

  • @MikesArcadeMonitorRepair
    @MikesArcadeMonitorRepair 3 месяца назад +6

    22:43 I can fix them!

  • @Marcus_K
    @Marcus_K 3 месяца назад +1

    Not a mega-hit like NBA Jam, but Open Ice remains a cult classic. I played the arcade version a lot, usually picked Lemieux/Jagr or Tkachuk/Selanne. I wonder why you so rarely see top-corner shots in Open Ice. The characters mostly just do low-height and mid-height shots.

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 2 месяца назад

      you have to crank from the red line and release high shot at the blue line... knocks the goalie down easy open net.

  • @felixdaass
    @felixdaass 2 месяца назад

    Respect this game!

  • @lunielouie
    @lunielouie 2 месяца назад

    Was this all shot in Chicago? When he said a rink on California, I wonder if he meant McFetridge Park which is still open and busier than ever!

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад

    Okay, who's boon?
    Obviously the guy worked on the game!!
    Somebody get that awesome crew together and get Score or Fleer to start using those same faces, we've seen Gretzky
    Tooo Much:)

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад

    3:11
    I'm sure it didn't hurt that Bettman had become,
    'THE COMMISH' of the NHL, after he had left his NBA posisition, only 4 years ago!!!

  • @Ellersbee
    @Ellersbee 2 месяца назад

    Oh I would travel a half hour in 1995 to play this game

  • @mikesill5462
    @mikesill5462 3 месяца назад

    I don't know how I completely forgot that Roger Sharpe of Pinball legalization fame was at Midway for a bit.

  • @petergallina1610
    @petergallina1610 3 месяца назад

    I used to play this game at the rink before my games. The fact that more people don't know about this game is a travesty.

  • @bbutters2
    @bbutters2 3 месяца назад

    This game was better and more fun than NBA Jam.

  • @babylush11
    @babylush11 2 месяца назад

    I had to emulate this game cause it’s so expensive to get lately.

  • @glamrockfoxy6667
    @glamrockfoxy6667 2 месяца назад

    Yes old hockey

  • @gregmahaffey907
    @gregmahaffey907 3 месяца назад +2

    Need arcade 1 up cabinet please

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 месяца назад

    I despise the N64. I sold off me entire collection of 100 games, last week. My Sister, who collects with me, kept her to 20.
    I kept 1 game....
    NBA JAM!!!
    The 2 on 2, I had on PS1

  • @changkwangoh
    @changkwangoh 3 месяца назад

    PUPPAAAAA!!! PUPPAAA!!! lol #GoBolts

  • @anticorporatists9959
    @anticorporatists9959 3 месяца назад

    Is this getting a 1up arcade port

  • @one7decimal2eight
    @one7decimal2eight 3 месяца назад

    Watch this at 1.25 speed instead.

  • @glamrockfoxy6667
    @glamrockfoxy6667 2 месяца назад

    Yes Florida Panthers

  • @johnenwright500
    @johnenwright500 3 месяца назад

    I was always the Whalers

    • @figment1988
      @figment1988 3 месяца назад +1

      My go to team was the Detroit Red Wings when Dino Cicciarelli, Steve Yzerman and Sergei Fedorov were there.

    • @aceassn716
      @aceassn716 3 месяца назад +2

      Brass Bonanza
      @figment1988
      Also a fellow fan here 🐙

  • @geekloser75
    @geekloser75 2 месяца назад

    Agreed with female hockey stars Kendall schofield

  • @bobbyboucher-mt2kz
    @bobbyboucher-mt2kz 2 месяца назад

    lol no one played this game lol its NHL HITZ your looking for lol

  • @danfortuna1984
    @danfortuna1984 2 месяца назад

    The video game footage for this video is awful lol

  • @brenoandrade7775
    @brenoandrade7775 3 месяца назад

    16:30 Thats not Pit Fighter. This image doesnt even relates to the comparison made. Pit Fighter also uses real images for the characters, but it wasnt as good as Midway did at that time. You put a pixelated game that has nothing to do with the one he was talking about.

    • @idjitsinthekitchen
      @idjitsinthekitchen 3 месяца назад

      Pit fighter on the 7800. Exact screen shot homie. They aren’t talking about the later 16 bit.

    • @brenoandrade7775
      @brenoandrade7775 3 месяца назад

      @@idjitsinthekitchen No. Theyre not talking about the 16 bit. Theyre talking about the arcade one, that also has full digitalized graphics. Not this one on the screen.

    • @bbeaup
      @bbeaup 3 месяца назад

      @@brenoandrade7775it’s not a big deal man. You’re yelling at a cloud.

    • @brenoandrade7775
      @brenoandrade7775 3 месяца назад

      @@bbeaup i just made a correction. The image didnt match waht he was saying. Im not yelling at nothing. This is comment section. If we were suposed to just watch and say nothing if we saw something that catch our attention they would turn it off or put on tv.

  • @kylewalsh8809
    @kylewalsh8809 3 месяца назад

    This is hilarious 😂