<s>
Ice	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
is	O
an	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Alan	O
Miller	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ice	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
of	O
two-on-two	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
puck	O
is	O
in	O
player	O
control	O
,	O
it	O
moves	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
along	O
the	O
blade	O
of	O
the	O
hockey	B-Application
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
puck	O
can	O
be	O
stolen	O
from	O
its	O
holder	O
;	O
shots	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
blocked	O
by	O
the	O
blade	O
of	O
the	O
hockey	B-Application
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ice	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
was	O
favorably	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
yet	O
another	O
example	O
of	O
Activision	O
's	O
innovative	O
approach	O
to	O
programmable	O
video-game	O
software	O
"	O
and	O
suggested	O
that	O
along	O
with	O
Championship	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
the	O
game	O
"	O
proves	O
that	O
cleverly	O
conceived	O
sports	O
simulations	O
can	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
identified	O
several	O
aspects	O
setting	O
Ice	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
apart	O
from	O
other	O
contemporary	O
sports	O
games	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
players	O
to	O
take	O
actions	O
that	O
would	O
normally	O
result	O
in	O
penalties	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
A	O
.	O
Edwards	O
reviewed	O
Ice	B-Application
Hockey	I-Application
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edwards	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
overall	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
a	O
great	O
treatment	O
of	O
ice	B-Application
hockey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computer	I-Device
game	O
Hockey	B-Application
by	O
Gamma	O
Software	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Gamma	O
's	O
version	O
misses	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
realism	O
attained	O
in	O
Activision	O
's	O
programmable	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
VCS	O
,	O
by	O
quite	O
a	O
bit.	O
"	O
</s>
