Actua Ice Hockey 2 is the follow-up of the official game of the Nagano 1998
Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament, Actua Ice Hockey. Focused on a
fictional North American league, with GHL (Gremlin Hockey League) club teams,
the game enhances the graphics and gameplay of the previous version. While the
game is unlicensed, all teams were inspired by their real NHL counterparts,
from team logos to player names (using the classic trick of changing one
letter from the name to other phonetically close).

Features include three speeds of play, a three-on-three arcade mode with
smaller ring, network play and advanced body collision physics. Like NHL
Championship (released around the same time), the game adds a coloured track
to the puck named “GremTrax”. Slower shots and passes are coloured green, and
faster red (opposite to the blue/red combination used by Fox). Tactics were
not forgotten, and the player is able to select the lines, select how and how
fast teams build up the attack and are expected to shoot on goal and how to
defend. If the player does not feel like controlling everything, tactical
decisions can be left to the computer. It’s also possible to trade players to
balance or keep rosters up to date.