Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey

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Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey

Developer(s)	William's Entertainment Inc.
Publisher(s)	Atari Games, Nintendo
Platform(s)	Arcade, Nintendo 64
Release date	October 31, 1996 (Nintendo 64)
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Media	Cartridge

Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey is a video game developed by Atari Games^[1] and released for the arcade in 1996. It was later ported to the Nintendo 64 console on October 31, 1996, where it was the first-ever 4-player game for the Nintendo 64. The game was subsequently re-released as Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey '98 and later in an Olympic version. The players are polygonal, not sprites.

As opposed to the more realistic hockey gameplay seen in Electronic Arts' NHL series, the game featured a more unrealistic arcade-style of gameplay, featuring moves such as "power saves", which caused the goaltender to briefly transform into a brick wall, "power shots", which would set the net on fire, and "power checks", which would send an ambulance across the top of the screen.