• Relive the fast-paced fun of air hockey with this remake of a family favorite...with a sci-fi twist.
• Choose one of four characters, then battle your opponents in tournament competition for the right to face Erghoz, the big boss.
• Can you defeat him and save the world from certain destruction?!
• Take on family and friends in head-to-head competition.
• Sleek graphics, realistic physics, and non-stop action make this an arcade game you can't live without!

Discussion
I need to find the copywriter for this game and buy them a beer. For a $9.99 game, this was worth the original purchase if only because of the absurdity from the back of the box. You know the game is probably going to be short on depth when you have to emphasize there are four characters with bold AND italics. Yet they fail to point out that you are saving the freaking world, through air hockey.

Now to be fair, the characters are only there for the Super Moves to be illustrated. As shocked as I am to say this, Air Hockey is actually a surprisingly fun time waster. If you look at it from a sort of 'super' Pong angle, you realize just how dead-on the puck physics really are. Half the points in the game are you scoring on yourself, just like in real life. It'll quickly bounce from the corner, and you can trap it with the right timing.

The game's a roller-coaster too, if you look at the scores in the above screenshots. Once you start getting the hang of the analog, you can ramp up 30+ points in the allotted time, if not more. The on-table power-ups help keep things interesting, if a little hectic. The game quickly pauses to announce a score and then restarts with no warning; in the middle of a three puck break you can instantly forget where the other two were when you return.

Pleasantly surprised by the great physics, and laughing at the piss-poor translations and character designs, you could do worse than Air Hockey. But I guarantee you, those games don't feature four characters.
 

• Released in Europe under Midas Interactive's "Pocket Price" series.
   
• All four characters deliver their 3 "Special Shots" in typical Anime form; speed lines, bright bursts, and dramatic poses. See first screen shot for example. :)
   
• The space table shown in the last screen shot has a neat feature. As time dwindles down, the table's face will fade away and reveal a scrolling galaxy view.