Prisoner of Ice

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Description

Another game in Infogrames' line of H. P. Lovecraft inspired games started by Alone In the Dark, Prisoner of Ice puts you in the role of Lt. Ryan, an American agent stationed aboard the submarine H.M.S. Victoria on a rescue mission to the Antarctic. The Victoria picks up two mysterious crates during the course of the rescue. Before you know it the Captain is eaten alive by the cargo, a horrific monster with whom you are trapped aboard the submarine. And that's just the start of your problems.

Prisoner of Ice features a very simplified version of the classic adventure game interface, where you can left click with the cursor to operate an object or right click to look at it. The program won't let you do anything with these objects, other than the few appropriate actions needed to advance the game.

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Promo Images

Trailer

Alternate Titles

• "Gevangen in het ijs" -- Dutch title
• "Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice" -- International title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Games made into comics
• Green Pepper releases
• Inspiration: Author - H. P. Lovecraft
• Inspiration: Literature

User Reviews

Do you wanna be a prisoner forever!? Set yourelf free!!	DOS	MAT (221921)
Decent mid-90s adventure game, but not without faults...	Windows	Apogee IV (2322)
Nazis, Norweigans with speech-problems and general weirdness.	DOS	Joakim Kihlman (275)
Decent story, but doesn't quite cut it as an adventure game.	DOS	Alan Chan (3618)

Critic Reviews

Gameplay (Benelux)	DOS	Aug, 1995	88 out of 100	88
Joystick (French)	DOS	Jun, 1995	86 out of 100	86
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Jun, 1995	85 out of 100	85
High Score	DOS	Nov, 1995	4 out of 5	80
PC Joker	DOS	Jun, 1995	80 out of 100	80
Power Play	DOS	Jun, 1995	79 out of 100	79
Just Adventure	Windows	Apr 26, 2007	B	75
Jeuxvideo.com	DOS	May 05, 2011	14 out of 20	70
Game Revolution	Macintosh	Jun 05, 2004	B-	67
All Game Guide	Windows	1998		60

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Question about "Prisoner of Ice" game play	3	BostonGeorge (788) Feb 25, 2009
Is there really Windows edition of a game?	11	Slug Camargo (589) Jul 20, 2007

Trivia

There is a French cartoon book series loosely based on the game (the scenario isn't the same, but there are some common places and characters). The editor is Vents d'Ouest and there are 3 volumes : Le glaive du crépuscule, La geôle de Pandore and La cité des abîmes. The second volume of this series was given in bundle with the video game in a special edition made a few years later by the French magazine PC Soluces (game, comic book and walkthrough for 79 FF = 11 $).

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There are indeed two version of the games, VGA and SVGA, but the savegames are not compatible.

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The introduction scene could be used as a screensaver (!).

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The 200 background pictures were hand-drawn then scanned. The 40 characters were made using Motion Capture.

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The game was developed in 18 months and occupied 60 persons.

Related Web Sites

• Hints for Prisoner of Ice (If you are stuck in POI, these hints will get you going again.)