Ice & Fire

Ice & Fire
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 video game

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]

Development

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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

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GameSpot gave the game a score of 5 out of 10 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

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  1. ^ a b "Windows 95 Gets into the game". Electronic Entertainment. August 20, 1995. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Untitled". Newsday. February 4, 1996. p. 81. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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.