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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.
-