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Shadow Hockey

Shadow Hockey is an LCD game created for distribution at McDonald's restaurants. They were offered as a part of Happy Meals for a limited time in 2004. This game was repackaged and released as Shadow…

31 December 2004

Shadow Hockey is a sport, released 31 December 2004 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Shadow Hockey is

Shadow Hockey was released in 2004. It was published by McDonald's. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shadow Hockey is an LCD game created for distribution at McDonald's restaurants. They were offered as a part of Happy Meals for a limited time in 2004. This game was repackaged and released as Shadow Basketball. Omega is also featured on the cover. The objective of the game is to move left or right to an area where there is no defender or where a defender is in a unguarded position. When in this position press the right button to score a point. After scoring enough points the level will advance but if your player is blocked enough times the game will end.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Shadow Hockey is the 139th of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sonic DS in 2004.

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What it launched against

Shadow Hockey launched on 31 December 2004, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4 and Cave Story.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4, Cave Story.

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When did Shadow Hockey come out?
Shadow Hockey was released on 31 December 2004 for Handheld Electronic LCD.

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