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~Fire & Ice
Review of Fire & Ice(tm) (c)1993 Graftgold
Written by Visage on 08/18/95 (That's 18/08/95 for you overseas
people)
Written for Cheet Sheets Magazine
The opinions in this review are those of the author.
OVERVIEW
Fire & Ice is a platform game where you play the role of Cool
Coyote, who is trying to stop the evil wizard, Suten. Your main
weapon of choice are little ice balls which can be used to freeze
enemies. Once they are frozen, touching them will make them
shatter. There are also several other weapons which you will have
to find out on your own.
OBJECTIVE
The object of the game is to (hopefully) live through all six
continents, and to defeat Suten. In each section of each continent,
Cool Coyote must find six pieces of each key which have been stolen
by Suten and given to his minions to guard. Upon collecting all
six pieces of the key, search out the exit.
ITEMS
Throughout the game, Cool Coyote will come across little spheres
which give him extra power and enhance his freezing ability.
There are too many to mention here, but you'll find them out
yourself. There are also other things like...
CLOUDS: These are probably the first thing you'll see. If you keep
shooting it, the cloud will darken, and eventually release
snow-bombs. But be warned though, after it has snowed enough, the
cloud will blacken and strike the ground with lightning bolts...
don't be around when this happens.
SNOW-BOMBS: These are used by ducking down and holding the fire
button. They deliver one hit to any enemy that is currently on
screen. These are very helpful, so try to save them.
ICE BLOCKS: These are usually hidden, but if you shoot them, they
will release power-ups, or maybe even a snow-bomb or two.
1UPS: More commonly referred to as "Bone-Ups", these gigantic bones
will give you an extra life if you manage to find them. HINT:
They're usually found by jumping on top of ice blocks.
GRAPHICS
The graphics are really top-notch (well, for EGA & VGA 16 anyway!).
No but seriously, they are really detailed. If you stand far enough
back from your monitor, you'd swear you were playing a 256c VGA
game.
MUSIC
The music is only AdLib, but still very nice, and goes along with
the game at least. I guess after you listen to it awhile, it gets
addicting.
GAMEPLAY
Easy to control for the most part. No 60-thousand buttons to
remember. (A bit slippery at first, due to the fact that you start
at the north pole. :>)
TIPS
1. The best weapons I found to use are the shield (helps a lot when
fighting enemies who shoot back at you, like those darn incas!)
and also the snow cloud (rare) which helps by raining ice
droplets down on top of enemies. Try to save these and use them
only when necessary.
2. When you discover a hidden ice block by shooting, don't keep
shooting it until all the powerups disappear. Instead, try to
jump on top of it and keep jumping and shooting. You're more
likely to find secret passages and 1-up's this way.
3. If you're surrounded by a ton of enemies, don't hesitate to use
a snow-bomb. It may help you get out of dangerous situations by
giving you time to escape.
4. Lead those cute little puppies to the exit to earn tons of bonus
points and extra lives.
5. And last but not least... Using a snow-bomb can cause hidden ice
blocks to appear. But be careful! If they're already on-screen,
using a snow-bomb can cause them to disappear.
SUMMARY
` Game Design ******** [ 8]
` Graphics ******* [ 7]
` Sound/Music ****** [ 6]
` Gameplay ******** [ 8]
` Difficulty ******** [ 8]
` Level Design ******* [ 7]
` Overall ******* [ 7]
CREDITS
Fire & Ice(tm) is (c)1993 Graftgold
Thanks to Chris Wood for original programming
Review written by Visage on 08/18/95 for Cheet Sheets Magazine
Greets to go (in no particular order)
Shockwave Rider - Carnage - EP - ITP - Guybrush - Phour One -
ElMinster - Darkness/Imphobia - McGarett - Haws/Outlaws - Michael
Kulpok - SFBZZ Thierry Delattre - Black Screen - Skypilot -
Defiance/RiTUAL - Lithium - And to all you guys who use IRC!
Interested in joining a game group?
Contact me: 71562.1755@compuserve.com
Hier ist schluss.