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Ice & Fire cover

1995 · Shooter

Ice & Fire

Fly a spaceship around pre-arranged paths to enter areas where you dismount and take on aliens in a first person shooter using weapons based on ice and fire.

Released
1 September 1995
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Shooter
Developers
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Publishers
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Perspective
First person
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Age ratings
ESRB E

About

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.

Media

Ice & Fire screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

In Ice and Fire, players are cast as the last hope for a desolate asteroid known as IF-1, armed only with elemental blasters and a mandate to revive a frozen world. The game unfolds across a series of increasingly intricate mazes populated by alien foes, demanding both spatial memory and puzzle-solving endurance. Each level hides passwords essential for progression, often leaving players scouring for elusive keys long after the combat has ended. The outer shell of the asteroid itself forms a larger navigational maze, where players must make split-second directional choices while flying and engaging enemies. A map overlay is provided for assistance.

Development

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

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."

The game was not a big commercial success.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 December 1995Worldwide

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