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Ice Fever (Gottleib, 1985)

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Endeemillr, Armyaviation, Wildman (b2s) Created by
Endeemillr, Armyaviation, Wildman (b2s) Artwork by
Endeemillr, Armyaviation, Scutters(flex) Scripting by
Gottlieb Manufacturer
1985 Year

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This is a major update to my modification allowing players to change team uniforms on the playfield, backglass, and now desktop and DMD!

 

Why would you play a hockey game and not see the score?  Not in the millions of points, but in goals scored? In the spirit of Gridiron, a number of EM baseball games, and Flipper Football, I added a feature to allow players to play for both points and goals scored.  While I was at it, I gave overlooked attention to desktop view and the third backglass screen (which I don't have at home) with multiple new backglasses!  While I don't have a third DMD screen, I have a "real" DMD in the form of a ZeDMD which prompted my to learn the dark mysteries of FlexDMD and produced one for goals, points, and team logos.  I can't thank scutters enough for feedback and putting my script back together after I horribly mangled some of his earlier work.  Tie game? Of course not. Points are used to break ties in "Overtime."

For solo players, I added scripting to generate opponent scored based on performance from the previous 9 balls played. Option switchable in script. 

Another switchable option is to score one goal at a time for every hit, or allow multiples based on how many drop targets fell.

 

A nvram file is included because the dip switches need to be changed to track current players correctly. You can instead open up the dip menu with f6. I changed the option text to indicate which should be selected.
 
This is a modification of Armyaviation's Ice Fever that allows selecting home and away teams from all 32 NHL franchises. Hold down left magnasave to change away team with left/right flippers, and hold down the right magnasave to change home team.  Holding down either or both magnasaves and pressing the launch button advances team selection by an entire division.   You can hold down both magnasaves to change both teams at once. Teams are arranged by division and then alphabetical by city.
 
Thanks to Armyaviation for allowing to modify his table. I never could have done it from scratch!. Also thanks to Wildman for letting me use his backglass as a starting point.  His original backglass still works with this table.  The included backglasses all show the team uniform changes and the scores and other backglass stuff. There is a "Classic" Version, mostly like Wildman's Backglass, a "City LED" version which simulates an alphanumeric display showing team names/cities, and a Widescreen version, specifically formatted for 16:9 screens that includes team logos.
 

Edited by endeemillr
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What's New in Version 3.0   See changelog

Released

GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! 

Just in time for the NHL playoffs, this now tracks goals for true head-to-head action! Allows 1-3 players to compete based on goal scoring and points and 4 players to play as 2 teams of 2.

Single player mode- generates semi-randomized scoring for a CPU Player 2 based on prior performance over past 9 balls.

Tie games decided in OT and based on highest point total. For the CPU model the points are determined by 200K +200K for each goal 'scored' by CPU.  Hit those lit spinners if you want the tiebreak!

Added a team reel to desktop view

Went crazy designing backglasses again, focusing on 2 and 3 screen versions as well as a classic look.

Flex DMD! Created a display for "real" dmd users involving scores, points, and team logos. Big thanks to Scutters for feedback, and practically writing and rewriting the script for me!

Options in the script are:

1. Single player mode with artificial CPU scores

2. Allow  multiple goals scored (or not) at a time based on stand up targets remaining

3. Flex DMD

NVram is included because specific dip switch settings are needed. Or hit f6 and choose the dips indicated in the dip menu.

5 balls per game should work fine if you believe hockey games should have 5 periods!

I also made a lot of adjustments to handle extra balls in the game, please let me know if things don't work properly.

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Rivermatty

  

This is an amazing update, had the old version but somehow missed this 3.01  version. Love the new Backglasses and DMD, with so many choices it took a while to get the ideal combination on my 2 screen cab but now that I have I'm very happy with it, thanks so much, fantastic work :)

Response from the author:

Thanks for the feedback!  This was the first major project I completed and I still enjoy playing it.  This is also the project that taught me all I needed to know about backglasses.  Then when I started learning Flex, this seemed an easy update (it wasn't) but again taught me a lot.  I don't know if you're aware, but I did a similar team changing mod to Gridiron, and also updated that with a flex display and AI scoring. 

jcm9800

  

Its Gorgeous Thank you

fisch

· Edited by fisch

  

Wooh!!! Now that's a mod. Absolutely on the original.

BUT:

every team selection changes the look of the table, the b2s, the flexdmd.

This is a stroke of genius that is unrivalled.

 

März 29, 2026

It's been a long time since I evaluated this work

I had to set up the table again on my desktop.

Your mod still brings me a lot of joy.

 

 

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Virtualman-

· Edited by Virtualman-

  

As a follow Canadian - this is pure Ice Fever hockey at it's best! Looks great on 86" tv!
Got the flexdmd to 1.9.0 to 1.9.1 and flawless :).
P.S. Nice touch on changing the teams via magna buttons - Montreal Canadians, Oilers for the win!

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GGPinball

  

I love this mod! To be able to have all the teams available on a single table and such an easy way to customize it to your liking. My favorite visual mod to date!

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