Hockey

Hockey used the same base mechanic as Table Tennis — two paddles and a ball — but the overlay completely transformed the experience. The hockey rink with goals, lines and zones appeared on screen, and the manual defined specific rules: offsides, penalties, shooting zones. It was the first example of how the same technology could generate different ludic experiences simply by changing visual context and rules — a concept we now call 'skin' or 'reskin.' Players kept score manually with included scoring cards. Hockey was one of 12 games included in the Odyssey box.