Air Hockey

Knock the puck into your opponent's goal and defend your own. You play the blue mallet at the bottom; first to the target score wins.

Controls

• Mouse / touch: your mallet follows the pointer anywhere in your half of the table. Move through the puck to hit it — the faster you move, the harder the shot.
• Keyboard: arrow keys move the blue mallet. In 2-player mode the top (red) player uses W A S D.
• 2 Players: put the device flat between you. Each player touches their own half — multitouch lets you both play at once.
• P or the pause button pauses.

Rules

• Mallets cannot cross the centre line.
• After a goal the puck is placed on the side of the player who conceded.
• Bank shots off the side rails are the best way past a good defender.

Tips

Keep your mallet between the puck and your goal when defending. Strike the puck slightly off-centre to angle it towards a corner of the goal. The computer gets faster and smarter on higher levels.