Or, to be more precise, Ice Hockey. Wonderful little game, this, and it's made all the more playable by the fact that you can link up two Lynxs with a ComLynx lead and play against your friends. This is a well-researched representation of ice hockey, American style.

There are four leagues of teams featuring different standards of teams, so you can win a game against your Lynx and progress through the leagues. Far too often games are gratuitously hard which has a very demoralising effect - but that's not the case here.

The mechanics of zipping around on ice have been well analysed - there's inertia built into the movement so you can't just suddenly stop. This attention to detail is echoed in things that may seem trifling. For instance, it's possible to fight other players - this is, after all, ice hockey and violent for no reason. You can even turn the referee off to make those matches real fun.

Hockey is a zippy game with loads of lasting interest. It has great graphics, plenty of options and is assured of a long shelf life.