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

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  • 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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Komentáře • 87

  • @daviddavenport1485
    @daviddavenport1485 Před 24 dny +14

    We need a remake of this

  • @doomslayerdave
    @doomslayerdave Před 24 dny +8

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

  • @RyanVentura604
    @RyanVentura604 Před 24 dny +10

    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.

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Před 12 dny +1

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

  • @NHL94Podcast
    @NHL94Podcast Před 24 dny +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.

  • @whales_22
    @whales_22 Před 24 dny +8

    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 Před 17 dny

      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 Před 4 dny +1

      Including every popular country players

  • @HawkVision1992
    @HawkVision1992 Před 24 dny +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 Před 24 dny +3

      the game holds a very special place in my heart

    • @HawkVision1992
      @HawkVision1992 Před 24 dny +2

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

    • @pjmcray101
      @pjmcray101 Před 12 dny

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

  • @jayemm4
    @jayemm4 Před 24 dny +9

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

    • @Pugyeg
      @Pugyeg Před 15 dny

      Me too. @arcade1up get it done

  • @mavsgillis_
    @mavsgillis_ Před 12 dny +1

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

  • @onncga
    @onncga Před 25 dny +5

    Great job on this documentary!!!!

  • @MikesArcadeMonitorRepair
    @MikesArcadeMonitorRepair Před 24 dny +6

    22:43 I can fix them!

  • @darktetsuya
    @darktetsuya Před 19 dny +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!

  • @93hockeygod
    @93hockeygod Před 25 dny +7

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

    • @ardaocal
      @ardaocal Před 24 dny

      me too

    • @mikescorpio13
      @mikescorpio13 Před 17 dny +1

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

  • @ItsyoboyJordy
    @ItsyoboyJordy Před 23 dny +2

    Favorite Hockey game of all time finally getting some love!

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Před 12 dny

    Hit the ice was CLASSIC

  • @avrysportsshow
    @avrysportsshow Před 21 dnem +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?

  • @mremis
    @mremis Před 24 dny +3

    Well done Arda! Love this game.

  • @lunielouie
    @lunielouie Před 18 dny +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

  • @marshmelloman87
    @marshmelloman87 Před 13 dny

    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!

  • @Alexirongatewelding
    @Alexirongatewelding Před 24 dny +1

    With Pat foley. It was absolutely amazing.

  • @zillioxj
    @zillioxj Před 19 dny

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

  • @brentm9428
    @brentm9428 Před 24 dny +2

    This is my favorite game ever.

  • @pouncingpantherpucks2779
    @pouncingpantherpucks2779 Před 23 dny +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 Před 17 dny +1

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

  • @swissbeats2k
    @swissbeats2k Před 22 dny +2

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

  • @insertcoindoc
    @insertcoindoc Před 24 dny +2

    So amazing to see this!

    • @ardaocal
      @ardaocal Před 24 dny +1

      You rock Josh thanks for all your help with this!

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Před 12 dny

    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!!

  • @tarantinoish
    @tarantinoish Před 14 dny

    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.

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Před 12 dny

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

  • @daviddeming1916
    @daviddeming1916 Před 24 dny +1

    They need to bring this back!!

  • @Gizapowerplant
    @Gizapowerplant Před 15 dny

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

  • @alexisguerra929
    @alexisguerra929 Před 25 dny +2

    That’s so cool! 🙌🏼

  • @mikescorpio13
    @mikescorpio13 Před 17 dny

    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.

  • @FloridaManRacer
    @FloridaManRacer Před 15 dny

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

  • @user-nv2rk9ql1e
    @user-nv2rk9ql1e Před 24 dny +1

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

  • @felixdaass
    @felixdaass Před 14 dny

    Respect this game!

  • @Marcus_K
    @Marcus_K Před 25 dny +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 Před 17 dny

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

  • @iAmCyberwaste
    @iAmCyberwaste Před 24 dny

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

  • @DonJulioPerez-bl4vt
    @DonJulioPerez-bl4vt Před 23 dny

    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 Před 12 dny

    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!!!

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Před 12 dny

    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:)

  • @trojans7
    @trojans7 Před 25 dny +33

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

    • @imhim-xw9wx
      @imhim-xw9wx Před 25 dny +6

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

    • @evanwiger
      @evanwiger Před 24 dny

      @@imhim-xw9wx its 100% true bub

    • @jdepaz5933
      @jdepaz5933 Před 24 dny +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 Před 24 dny +5

      NHL 14 is one of the greatest hockey games ever made

    • @kranibal
      @kranibal Před 22 dny

      Absolutely. We need a 2024 version.

  • @lunielouie
    @lunielouie Před 18 dny

    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!

  • @Ellersbee
    @Ellersbee Před 15 dny

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

  • @mikesill5462
    @mikesill5462 Před 20 dny

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

  • @petergallina1610
    @petergallina1610 Před 21 dnem

    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.

  • @babylush11
    @babylush11 Před 13 dny

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

  • @gregmahaffey907
    @gregmahaffey907 Před 24 dny +2

    Need arcade 1 up cabinet please

  • @glamrockfoxy6667
    @glamrockfoxy6667 Před 16 dny

    Yes old hockey

  • @bbutters2
    @bbutters2 Před 24 dny

    This game was better and more fun than NBA Jam.

  • @changkwangoh
    @changkwangoh Před 20 dny

    PUPPAAAAA!!! PUPPAAA!!! lol #GoBolts

  • @one7decimal2eight
    @one7decimal2eight Před 22 dny

    Watch this at 1.25 speed instead.

  • @Pocketrocket-pj1us
    @Pocketrocket-pj1us Před 12 dny

    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

  • @glamrockfoxy6667
    @glamrockfoxy6667 Před 16 dny

    Yes Florida Panthers

  • @anticorporatists9959
    @anticorporatists9959 Před 25 dny

    Is this getting a 1up arcade port

  • @geekloser75
    @geekloser75 Před 6 dny

    Agreed with female hockey stars Kendall schofield

  • @johnenwright500
    @johnenwright500 Před 24 dny

    I was always the Whalers

    • @figment1988
      @figment1988 Před 24 dny +1

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

    • @aceassn716
      @aceassn716 Před 22 dny +2

      Brass Bonanza
      @figment1988
      Also a fellow fan here 🐙

  • @bobbyboucher-mt2kz
    @bobbyboucher-mt2kz Před 15 dny

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

  • @danfortuna1984
    @danfortuna1984 Před 15 dny

    The video game footage for this video is awful lol

  • @brenoandrade7775
    @brenoandrade7775 Před 24 dny

    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 Před 24 dny

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

    • @brenoandrade7775
      @brenoandrade7775 Před 24 dny

      @@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 Před 22 dny

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

    • @brenoandrade7775
      @brenoandrade7775 Před 22 dny

      @@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 Před 23 dny

    This is hilarious 😂