Face Off (video game)
Gameplay. "Face Off" is an ice-hockey arcade game. Players select one of eight hockey teams (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Japan, the Soviet Union, Sweden, United States) in two gameplay modes. Tournament Mode has one to two players face four CPU-controlled teams. Versus Mode enables up to four players competing against each other. Players can select how many players their team has. Release. "Face Off" was released in Japan in December 1988. It runs on the Namco System 1 arcade system. Much like Namco's own "Final Lap" series, "Face Off" allows cabinets  to be linked for four-player multiplayer. Reception. In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Face Off" on their February 1, 1989 issue as being the eighteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month. The July 1991 issue of "Gamest" magazine was highly positive of the game, calling its character designs "cute" and labeling it one of Namco's more impressive titles in their late 1980s game output.