Ice Climber

a.k.a. アイスクライマー

created and published by Nintendo in 1988-11-18, running on Famicom Disk System
type: platformer
genre: Platformer, Vertical platformer
series: Ice Climber
perspective: side view
player options: single player
languages: eng

Personal review

The Ice Climber Famicom Disk System version could only be obtained via the Disk Writer method where you bought an empty disk and could copy a game for a small fee at certain copy stations. The game is not a direct port of the cartridge version, but from the Vs. Ice Climber arcade game. The differences to the cartridge version from 1985 however are minor and I think this game lost the rest of its appeal over those three years. Its fun for a few tries, but you soon start to realize that the gameplay is rather dull and unspectacular.


# 2011-07-09 14:13:35

Official description

As Popo, players use a trusty mallet to work their way up the mountain. They chip away at the blocks overhead, then jump up through the resulting hole to the mountain's next level. Once Popo reaches the top level, he enters a fast-moving bonus stage in which he can pick up veggies and, hopefully, reach the summit for a big point payoff. Of course, not everyone's supportive of Popo's pastime. Toppies fill Popo's holes, so players must jump through the gaps quickly. It's easy to slip off some of the icy levels, as Polar Bears, Toppies and other ferocious fauna don't want players up there. There are 32 challenging peaks to scale – players can face them alone or with a friend.

# 2015-05-30 07:10:47 - official description

Technical specs

display: raster

Authors / Staff

management

Hiroshi Yamauchi (executive producer)
Kenji Miki (director)
Masayuki Uemura (producer)

coding

Kazuaki Morita (programmer)
Toshihiko Nakago (programmer)

graphics

Tadashi Sugiyama (graphic designer)

audio

Akito Nakatsuka (music composer)
Hirokazu Tanaka (music programmer)

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