Ice & Fire

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Ice & Fire
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Developer(s) Zombie Studios
Publisher(s) GT Interactive
Designer(s) Alexey Pajitnov
Vladimir Pokhilko
Platform(s) Windows, Classic Mac OS
ReleaseSeptember 1995 [1]
Genre(s) First-person shooter, puzzle

Ice & Fire is a 1995 first-person shooter puzzle video game from Zombie Studios. The game was described as a cross between Doom and Concentration . [2]

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Development

Ice & Fire was developed with the help of Tetris creators Alexey Pajitnov and Vladimir Pokhilko. [2] [3] [1] The game had a marketing budget of $1 million. [3]

Reception

GameSpot gave the game a score of five out of ten, stating: "This game tests patience and logic, and Doom fans will find the only similarities here are the first-person perspective and the letter 'D' in the name. A tedious puzzle game in action game's clothing." [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Windows 95 Gets into the game". Electronic Entertainment. August 20, 1995. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Untitled". Newsday . February 4, 1996. p. 81. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Zombie readies CD-ROM game for big-bucks debut by M. Sharon Baker". zombie.com. 1995. Archived from the original on June 5, 2000. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Foster, Hugo (May 1, 1996). "Ice and Fire Review [date mislabeled as "June 15, 2004"]". GameSpot . Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  5. "Ice & Fire". Hyper . March 1996. p. 68. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  6. "Ice & Fire". Power Play (magazine)  [ de ] (in German). March 1996. p. 128. Retrieved July 25, 2022.