Fire & Ice

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Fire & Ice

Publisher: Tectoy (Brazil) Virgin Games (Europe)

Developer: Graftgold Creative Software

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
BR	1995		027360

Tectoy

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

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.

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 1994. 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 Tectoy, Sega's Brazilian distributors, published it there.

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.

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^[1].

Production credits

Game Design by: Andrew Braybrook
Converted by: Darran Eteo, Steve Turner
Graphics by: John W Lilley

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[2]

Super Juegos (ES)

80

^[3]

	81
Based on 2 reviews

Fire & Ice

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart

Cancelled versions

Fire & Ice

System(s): Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Virgin Games
Developer: Graftgold Creative Software
Planned release date(s): 1994

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

68

^[5]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

78

^[6]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[2]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

66

^[4]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

77

^[7]

	74
Based on 5 reviews

Fire & Ice

References

↑ File:SegaMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 14
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 90
↑ Super Juegos, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 136
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf, page 53 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf_p53" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 83
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 24
↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 78

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p14-1] File:SegaMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 14

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p90-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 90

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_024.pdf_p136-3] Super Juegos, "Abril 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 136

[:File:SegaPro_UK_29.pdf_p53-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf, page 53 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf_p53" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CVG_UK_148.pdf_p83-5] Computer & Video Games, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 83

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p24-6] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 24

[:File:SegaZone_UK_15.pdf_p78-7] Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 78

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Contents

Production credits

Physical scans

Master System version

Cancelled versions

Game Gear version

References