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A table hockey game, also called rod hockey game, stick hockey, bubble hockey, and board hockey, is a game for two players, derived from ice hockey. The game consists of a representation of a hockey rink; the players score goals by hitting a small puck into the opposing 'net' with cutout figures that represent hockey players. The figures are manipulated by rods below the 'ice': each one slides forward and back along its own narrow slot when the player pushes or pulls on the rod, or rotates (about a vertical axis) to shoot or stickhandle the puck when the player spins the rod. Though similar in concept to air hockey (commonly known as 'glide hockey'), table hockey games are more of a simulation of the sport of ice hockey while air hockey is more abstract.
Original table hockey[edit]
The game of table hockey was invented in 1932, by the Canadian Donald H. Munro Sr., in Toronto. Don, like so many Canadians in the depths of the depression, was short of cash for Christmas presents. He had a wife and three young children. That year, the family all pitched in and made the first table hockey game. This mechanical game was built out of scrap wood and metal, and included used coat hanger wire, butcher's twine, clock springs, and lumber from the coal bin. Unlike current games, the game looked more like an early pinball game, with one key difference: this was a two player game. The playing surface had a peak in the middle and sloped down toward each end. The players controlled levers for the goalie and flippers for the players.[1] The story goes that a travelling salesman noticed the game and encouraged Don to take the game down to the local Eaton's department store. Don did just that. The first game went in on a consignment deal. By the time Mr. Munro got home, the game was sold and more orders were placed.
Manufacturers[edit]
There are many types of the game. The defunct Munro Games of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, manufactured the original variant of the game in Burlington, Ontario.[1]Stiga Games in Sweden are used in the table hockey sport administered by the International Table Hockey Federation.
The game has also been played using a variety of commercial boards in North America since the 1920s. Rick Benej,[2] of Greenwich, NY, has built table hockey games since the 1980s. His model has gone through three different designs and refinements over the years. The most popular board for many years was manufactured by the now-defunct Coleco company, and most North American boards (such as those built by The Carrom Company and Irwin toys) are a variant of this model. However, the Stiga board has begun to tap the North American market, even as other new boards continue to be introduced.
Arcade version[edit]
The arcade version is called 'dome hockey' or 'bubble hockey', because of the large plastic dome that covers the playing surface in order to prevent the puck either becoming lost or stolen. The most popular of these 'bubble hockey' tables is Chexx (USA vs. Soviet Union) and its successor, Super Chexx (Canada vs. USA). Super Chexx was the company that originally developed this game in the early 1980s. Later other companies also began to produce similar items.
Game variations[edit]
Another table hockey game, called Do-To-Ho, is completely different from the other games specified here. The play figures are not fastened to bars, but are mobile on the whole playing field. In their bases, just like in the puck, there is a ball bearing, so they slide like ice skate runners over the board.Moving a play figure is done via a short, unique knock against the figure with a small stick as in billiards. The play courses take place alternating, there are 'attack courses', with which the puck may be played by a play figure, and 'position courses' (defense courses as well as offside release courses), with which a play figure only may change position without touching the puck. Puck possession changes, if the aggressor misses the puck or hits an opposing play figure.Do-To-Ho was developed in Germany and published in 1994.
Stiga also produces a similar board with a football theme.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Slap-shots and Stogies'. American Restoration. 2014.
- ^'FISCHLER: Charting popularity of Table Hockey'. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
External links[edit]
- Virtual Museum Hockey Games : Table hockey virtual museum
- General history of tabletop hockey games : Table hockey history
- Stiga Table Hockey Game History : Stiga table hockey history
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Description: Chexx Hockey and Super Chexx Hockey (bubble hockey dome hockey), ICE, 1983 to present.
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Introduction.
Ralph Coppola and Jack Willert called their company 'Innovative Concepts in Entertainment', hence the acronym 'ICE'. The very first Chexx hockey table shipped from ICE's suburban Buffalo plant Feb 3, 1983. ICE sold over 5000 Chexx tables in the first year (7000 in the first 18 months).This was quite a feat as the amusement business in 1983 was very much video dominated. At the time the Buffalo NY company built and sold its games from a shop located in the township of Tonawanda NY, not far from American Wurlitzer's fabled jukebox factory in North Tonawanda.
Chexx Hockey is still in production today in its 'Super Chexx' form.Counting all the improvements done on the basic game, (1983 Chexx, 1988 Chexx, 1993 Super Chexx,2001 Super Chexx), ICE has sold close to 20,000 domed ice hockey tables. It even made its way into thehome sports retail market with a non-coin operated version.The first Chexx version was blue (well except in Canada which got a red version) andhad a long CPU board and was known as 'Chexx Hockey'. This had the USA (or Canada)versus Russian/USSR hockey teams, taking advantage of the US/Russian hockey rivalry of the 1980 olympics. When the Berlin Wall fell November 9, 1989 (and torn down by end of 1990), ICE decided to go with a USA versusCanada theme on their new red Super Chexx model. The current flavor of Chexx gameshas 'home vs. away', which is more generic and less appealing to me personally.
Interestingly, Chexx hockey may have been copied from a 1970s Sega game calledFace-Off (these two games are just too similar).
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As a side note, in 1985 ICE sold a Kixx soccerversion of their Chexx hockey, but it didn't sell like Chexx Hockey sold.
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The Super Chexx version had some improvements over the original Chexx Hockey. Themain improvement is time counts for each period and 'shots on goal'is tracked in the dome's scoreboard. The original blue game used three 'ICE'lights to indicate the period, where the red Super Chexx used an actual LED tocount down time in the period. The puck is magnetic, and in front of each goal is a set of reed switches underneath theplastic playfield. As the puck goes over the switches it closes the switches. Thisgives a 'shot on goal' read-out on the score board, and the crowd producesan 'OHHHH' noise (the 'OHHHH' noise though is present in all versions of Chexxhockey right from 1983). On Super Chexx any time the reed switch in front ofthe goal is closed, the shot on goal LED increments.If the puck goes into the goal, it rolls down an aluminum railand passes another magnetic switch. This is what scores the goal and of coursethe crowd noise responds to the goal. A moment latera solenoid automatically kicks the puck up from under center ice and onto the playing fieldto continue play (the Boo button can also be pressed anytime to eject the puck manually). The game is timed (adjustable), but will continue to play pastthe set time until a goal is scored.
On Chexx/Super Chexx there is always a winner.The game continues play even after game time has run out until a goal is scored(the game is purely mechanical in regards to the players and puck,and can not stop play if the puck is on the ice).If a goal is scored tying the game after the end of the game time (even though byNHL hockey rules the game would be over and the winner declared when time ran out), sudden death is played(this is indicated by the period number flashing on the score board or the ICElamp cycling left to right). If the game is 'over' (time has run out) and say the score is 2-to-1,and the losing team scores tying the game, the puck is returned to the iceand the game continues. This is sudden death. The reason the game does this isbecause there is no way to stop a game when time runs out unless a goal is scored and the puck isnot kicked out to the ice. The machine wants to ensure there is never a tie.
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All Chexx hockey games play the U.S. national anthem (Super Chexx can also playthe Canadian anthem) at thebeginning of the game (2001 and later games the anthem actually sounds good - earliergames and the singer sounds sick!) There is even a 'boo' buttonto get the crowd to make a 'BOOOO' noise (used to eject the puck too), and to abbreviatethe national anthem and eject the puck at the beginning of the game.
