<s>
NHL	O
Open	O
Ice	O
:	O
2	O
on	O
2	O
Challenge	O
,	O
or	O
just	O
NHL	O
Open	O
Ice	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Midway	O
Games	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
comically	O
exaggerated	O
hockey	O
play	O
,	O
causing	O
it	O
to	O
often	O
be	O
described	O
as	O
an	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
equivalent	O
to	O
Midway	O
's	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
is	O
near	O
identical	O
to	O
its	O
arcade	O
counterpart	O
with	O
exception	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
Winnipeg	O
Jets	O
moved	O
to	O
Phoenix	O
after	O
the	O
conclusion	O
of	O
the	O
1995	O
–	O
96	O
season	O
,	O
thus	O
the	O
Phoenix	O
Coyotes	O
replaced	O
the	O
Jets	O
in	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NHL	O
Open	O
Ice	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PC	B-Device
(	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
in	O
1996-1997	O
featuring	O
the	O
same	O
roster	O
and	O
teams	O
as	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
team	O
achieves	O
"	O
On-Fire	O
"	O
status	O
(	O
made	O
famous	O
initially	O
by	O
Midway	O
's	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Pat	O
Foley	O
's	O
voice	O
will	O
occasionally	O
announce	O
:	O
"	O
Toasty	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
NHL	O
Open	O
Ice	O
for	O
Panasonic	B-Device
M2	I-Device
was	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
slated	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
launch	O
titles	O
but	O
it	O
never	O
occurred	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
on	O
ice	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
particularly	O
appreciated	O
since	O
arcade	O
hockey	O
games	O
were	O
almost	O
unheard	O
of	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
versions	O
divided	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Hager	O
's	O
co-reviewer	O
Kraig	O
Kujawa	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
seem	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
magic	O
that	O
made	O
[	O
NBA	O
Jam ]	O
so	O
popular	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
compares	O
poorly	O
to	O
its	O
similar	O
contemporary	O
,	O
Wayne	B-Application
Gretzky	I-Application
's	I-Application
3D	I-Application
Hockey	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
agreed	O
that	O
it	O
simply	O
lacked	O
the	O
spark	O
of	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
"	O
fails	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
coin-op	O
'	O
s	O
flashy	O
essence	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
smaller	O
characters	O
,	O
missing	O
frames	O
of	O
animation	O
,	O
a	O
weaker	O
color	O
palette	O
,	O
and	O
missing	O
audio	O
effects	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
UK	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Magazine	O
said	O
that	O
players	O
should	O
"	O
avoid	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
all	O
costs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stephen	O
Poole	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
,	O
"	O
NHL	O
Open	O
Ice	O
is	O
n't	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
game	O
you	O
'll	O
play	O
for	O
hours	O
on	O
end	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
kind	O
that	O
you	O
can	O
fire	O
up	O
just	O
about	O
any	O
time	O
for	O
20	O
or	O
30	O
minutes	O
of	O
fun	O
,	O
or	O
leave	O
running	O
at	O
your	O
next	O
party	O
for	O
your	O
guests	O
to	O
enjoy	O
.	O
</s>
