Retro Gaming Australia

2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge is to hockey as NBA Jam is to basketball – over the top arcade style gameplay with ridiculous moves and high scoring matches. Despite what the ad says, the game did eventually leave the arcades with a PlayStation port.

2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge is the result of a mixture of the lightning fast action of ice hockey mixed with the arcade-like absurdity of NBA Jam – which shouldn’t come as a surprise since it was developed by the same team. Due to the lack of fanfare for the ice variety of hockey in this part of the world, the game is largely unknown, but it is worth hunting down for an afternoon of fun.