Every Tuesday, PHT will remember a hockey video game (or games). Since we don’t have every console or cartridge, some posts will be recollections, not reviews. This week, we look back at “Blades of ...

It was between periods at Amalie Arena in Tampa when the PA announcer asked the crowd if they were ready to play “Bolts of Steel.” Suddenly, everything on the ice became … digitized. Like an 8-bit ...

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Blades of Steel is something that nowadays you'll probably find in a closet while cleaning out your uncle's basement. Should you find it, don't cast it into the garage sale pile, especially if you ...

During an intermission of Game 6, the Tampa Bay Lightning did something awesome with their ice. More from NHL NHL Rumors: Legendary Patrice Bergeron retires, which 3 players could be next to hang up ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of EA Sports' "NHL 94," which is considered the greatest 16-bit hockey video game by everyone who apparently never got around to playing "NHL 95." "NHL 94" is the ...

Long before the NHL started licensing ice hockey games for household gaming consoles, Blades of Steel was one of the first games to "break the ice" (no pun intended) when it came to sporting games.

"Blades of Steel!" You have to go back and read that title again, a couple of times, and imagine it being spoken by a scratchy, synthesized 8-bit voice clip. Konami's classic NES hockey sim started ...

Throw off your gloves, put up your dukes and try not to get sent to the penalty box – Blades of Steel is here at last. This 8-bit take on professional ice hockey originally arrived on the NES just in ...

Opening Blades of Steel on that long-ago Christmas morning, I was taken aback. I didn't care for hockey, I wasn't into sports, and it seemed so random. The next game I opened was Taboo, in fact, ...