Neon Hockey

🎮 About This Game

Neon Hockey is our arcade air-hockey table: two glowing paddles, one very slippery puck, and a goal mouth carved out of each end wall. Score into your rival's glowing goal line; first to 7 goals takes the match. The puck physics carry the whole game — your paddle's momentum transfers into every hit, so a flick of the wrist sends a slow rebound and a full-speed charge sends a screamer that banks off the side walls. Each half of the rink belongs to one player, so there's no crease-camping in your opponent's end; the contest is all about angles, timing, and knowing when to rush the puck versus when to fall back and guard your line. Solo mode offers three CPU difficulties, from a wandering Easy keeper to a Hard bot that hounds the puck and snaps back to cover its goal. Or share the keyboard with a friend and settle it 2-player.

🎯 How to Play

Move your paddle with the Arrow Keys — up, down, left and right, anywhere inside your half of the rink (in 2-player, Player 1 uses WASD on the left and Player 2 uses the Arrow Keys on the right). The puck bounces off the top and bottom walls, and off the end walls except where the goal mouths glow — get it through your rival's goal line to score. After each goal, the puck re-serves toward the player who conceded. First to 7 goals wins. If a rally dies completely, the game quietly resets the puck to center. During play: P pauses, R restarts the match, Esc returns to the menu, and M toggles sound.

💡 Tips & Strategy

• ▸Hit through the puck, not at it. Your paddle's speed transfers into the shot, so strike while accelerating — a stationary paddle only produces a soft rebound.
• ▸Bank shots off the top and bottom walls beat straight shots. The goal mouth is barely a third of the wall, and a good angle forces the defender to cross the whole rink.
• ▸When the puck crosses into your rival's half, fall back to your goal line instead of hugging the center — you cover every angle from there.
• ▸Never chase the puck into your own corners at speed; an overrun paddle is an open goal. Approach corner pucks from behind, goal-side.
• ▸Soft touches matter: nudging the puck against a wall and catching the rebound resets the rally on your terms.
• ▸The Hard CPU commits hard to the puck when it's on its side — fake a shot down the middle, let it charge, then bank around it off a wall.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions