NHL FaceOff (video game)
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}{{Infobox video game
| title = NHL FaceOff
| image = PS1 NHL FaceOff cover art.jpg
| caption = North American cover art
| developer = Sony Interactive Studios America
| publisher = Sony Computer Entertainment
| producer = John Smedley
Robert Baumsteiger
| programmer = Craig Broadbooks
Joe Wilkerson
Paul Willman
| artist = Andrew Dennis
Andrew Jaros
Kevin Toft
| writer = T. S. Flanagan
| composer = Rex Baca
| platforms = PlayStation
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|December 19, 1995{{Cite web |title=Sony PlayStation: NHL Face Off Press Release |url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961027132319fw_/http://www.sepc.sony.com/SCEA/hot/press/nhlface.html |access-date=2023-05-04 }}|EU|1996}}
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
NHL FaceOff is an ice hockey video game developed by Sony Interactive Studios America and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the first game in the NHL FaceOff series.
Gameplay
Reception
Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it five stars out of five, and stated that "Overall, NHL Face Off is exactly the kind of 32-bit hockey experience you'd expect and want."{{cite magazine|title=Finals|magazine=Next Generation|issue=15|publisher=Imagine Media|date=March 1996|page=78}}
The game sold in excess of 200,000 units.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sony%2BComputer%2BEntertainment%2BAmerica%2Bannounces%2B1%2Bmillion%2Bunits%2Bof%2Bthe...-a018120045|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106111402/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sony+Computer+Entertainment+America+announces+1+million+units+of+the...-a018120045|title=Sony Computer Entertainment America announces 1 million units of the PlayStation have been sold in North America in the first six months|website=Business Wire|archivedate=November 6, 2012|date=March 25, 1996|accessdate=December 30, 2022|via=The Free Library}}
Reviews
- GameFan (Jan, 1996)
- GamePro (Mar, 1996)
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (Feb, 1996)
- Video Games & Computer Entertainment - Feb, 1996
- IGN - Nov 25, 1996
- Game Revolution - Jun 04, 2004
- All Game Guide - 1998
References
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External links
- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/572506-nhl-faceoff NHL FaceOff] at GameFAQs
- [https://www.giantbomb.com/nhl-faceoff/3030-899/ NHL FaceOff] at Giant Bomb
- [http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/nhl-faceoff NHL FaceOff] at MobyGames
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:PlayStation (console)-only games