Fire & Ice
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| System(s): Sega Master System | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Tec Toy | ||||||||||
| Developer: Graftgold Creative Software | ||||||||||
| Genre: Action | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Fire & Ice is a platform game initially released on the Amiga, but brought to the Sega Master System in 1995.
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Gameplay
The game follows "Cool Coyote", who must travel across several levels constructing ice keys (whose pieces are found by defeating enemies). Once an ice key is completed, a door will open allowing him to progress. Enemies are defeated by freezing them with snowballs and then walking into them.
There are a few key changes from the original Amiga version to accommodate for the weaker hardware. Levels are shorter and are less detailed, there are fewer enemies on screen and Cool Coyote has been given green overalls, possibly to make him appear less like Sonic the Hedgehog.
History
The Master System version of the game was released exclusively in Brazil, but was based on a version due for release by Virgin Games in Europe in March[1], later May[2][3] then June 1994[4]. The European version of the game was cancelled, presumably due to slowing Master System sales, but the console was still very popular in Brazil at the time and so Tec Toy, Sega's Brazilian distributors, published it there.
Production credits
- Game Design by: Andrew Braybrook
- Converted by: Darran Eteo, Steve Turner
- Graphics by: John W Lilley
Magazine articles
- Main article: Fire & Ice/Magazine articles.
Physical scans
Master System version
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81 |
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 Cart |
Unreleased versions
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| Fire & Ice |
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| System(s): Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Virgin Games |
| Developer: Graftgold Creative Software |
Planned release date(s):  |
Developers Graftgold wanted to bring Fire & Ice to the Sega Mega Drive and were in negotiations with a Japanese publisher, but found it difficult to get approval from Sega Europe[11].
A Sega Game Gear version was reviewed in the March 1994 issue of Sega Pro, but never released. Both European Master System and Game Gear versions were scheduled for release in February 1994[12], with the Game Gear version later being listed for May 1994.[13]
Game Gear version
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74 |
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| Based on 5 reviews | |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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256kB | Cartridge (BR) |
References
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 91
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 8
- ↑ Play Time, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-04), page 26
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 12
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 90
- ↑ Super Juegos, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 136
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 8
- ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 14
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 14
- ↑ Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 12
- ↑ Mega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-23), page 15
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 14
- ↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1994-05-16), page 21
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 83
- ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 24
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 53
- ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 78
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