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Fire & Ice

Publisher: Tec Toy

Developer: Graftgold Creative Software

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
BR	1995		027360

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amiga CD32 Archimedes Atari ST IBM PC

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Fire & Ice is a platform game initially released on the Commodore Amiga, but brought to the Sega Master System in 1995.

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] then June 1994^[3]. 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

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[4]

Super Juegos (ES)

80

^[5]

	81
Based on 2 reviews

Fire & Ice

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart

Unreleased versions

{{UnreleasedBob | developer=Graftgold Creative Software | publisher=Virgin Games | system=Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive | date= Plans for a Sega Mega Drive version were also put in place, but were scrapped. 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^[9].

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

68

^[10]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

78

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[4]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

66

^[12]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

77

^[13]

	74
Based on 5 reviews

Fire & Ice

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	8b24a640
MD5	85acf93edba54485466aeb840966082b
SHA-1	0e12ce919cda400b8681e18bdad31ba74f07a92b

256kB

Cartridge (BR)

References

Fire & Ice
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p91-1] Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 91

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_07.pdf_p8-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Magazin, "Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-11), page 8

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_05.pdf_p12-3] Sega Magazine, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 12

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p90-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 90

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_024.pdf_p136-5] Super Juegos, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 136

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_07.pdf_p8-6] Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 8

[:File:SegaPro_UK_28.pdf_p14-7] Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 14

[:File:SegaPower_UK_56.pdf_p12-8] Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 12

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p14-9] Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 14

[:File:CVG_UK_148.pdf_p83-10] Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 83

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p24-11] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 24

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p53-12] Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 53

[:File:SegaZone_UK_15.pdf_p78-13] Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 78

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