{"id":672,"date":"2009-12-14T23:05:23","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T23:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/?p=672"},"modified":"2009-12-14T23:05:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T23:05:23","slug":"mame-wr-no-10-2-on-2-open-ice-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/?p=672","title":{"rendered":"MAME WR No. 10 &#8211; 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.klov.com\/images\/11\/118124162727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2 on 2 was released by Midway in 1995 and is essentially an Ice Hockey version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klov.com\/game_detail.php?game_id=8813\">NBA Jam<\/a>.\u00a0 I used to throw money into NBA Jam back in the day.\u00a0 Playing as Scottie Pippen or Shaq, that game captured the speed and frentics of basketball.\u00a0 2 on 2 probably does the same.\u00a0 If you like Ice Hockey&#8230;\u00a0 You see, I&#8217;m a Brit and we play our hockey on grass.\u00a0 No one is the UK is interested in Ice Hockey (unless you&#8217;re from Sheffield and even then you&#8217;d be hard pressed to find 2 people in the same room at any one time who actually goes to watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheffield_Steelers\">Steelers<\/a>).\u00a0 So it is with this mindset I approach 2 on 2.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nThe special rules as set down by Twin Galaxies for this state;<\/p>\n<pre>You MUST play the entire game through all 3 Periods [And Overtime if it applies] and win by at least 1 point. This game will use Special Blowout Rules for final score, where it is tabulated by how many points you have won the game by. [Ex. If you beat the computer 16-4, your final score will then be 12, which is how many points you won by.<\/pre>\n<p>The present high score shows a 10 point victory margin and was set by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twingalaxies.com\/index.aspx?c=22&amp;sid=112153\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Craig Rout Gallant<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My first go is atrocious although whether this is down to ability or the godawful-ness of the game is open to debate.\u00a0 Perhaps a bit of both.\u00a0 You get to choose your team from an official roster.\u00a0 I plump for Edmonton Oilers.\u00a0\u00a0 The team is made up of 3 hockey players.\u00a0 2 out on the ice and 1 goalie. However, you can only control one.\u00a0 The CPU controls the others two.\u00a0 Although to appease you somewhat you are allowed to decide <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"NH Hell\" src=\"http:\/\/www.klov.com\/images\/10\/1070911946.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/>when the CPU shoots or passes.\u00a0 Good job as the CPU is a greedy twat, who never ever passes to you of his own volition.\u00a0 Some times you can pull of crazy shots.\u00a0 You&#8217;re player gets bigger or does a spinning jump or turns on fire.\u00a0 How I managed these I have no idea but it&#8217;s in keeping with NBA Jam at least.\u00a0 I eventually win 9-6 giving me a Blowout Score of 3.\u00a0 Woo.\u00a0 Although I hasten to add this was more luck than skill.\u00a0 I had close to no idea as to what the fuck was going on.<\/p>\n<p>I persist for several more goes in an attempt to improve on the score but fail miserably.\u00a0 It truly seems that there is no gaming skill required<\/p>\n<p>other than twat the opponents when they have the puck and pass then shoot when you have the puck.\u00a0 Sheer luck dictates whether the goalie saves it.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually I manage a score of 11-5 giving me a blowout score of 6 and placing me joint 3rd.\u00a0 My playcount on MAME says 9 and it&#8217;s not going any higher.\u00a0 If I play this any longer, before I know it, I&#8217;ll be packing a lunch and finding a clock tower&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Next up; <strong>3 Count Bout<\/strong><br \/>\nDownload the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twingalaxies.com\/index.aspx?c=22&amp;sid=123655\">inp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 on 2 was released by Midway in 1995 and is essentially an Ice Hockey version of NBA Jam.\u00a0 I used to throw money into NBA Jam back in the day.\u00a0 Playing as Scottie Pippen or Shaq, that game captured the speed and frentics of basketball.\u00a0 2 on 2 probably does the same.\u00a0 If you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/?p=672\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MAME WR No. 10 &#8211; 2 on 2 Open Ice Challenge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,9,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}