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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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
• Setting: Military Submarine / U-Boat

User Reviews

Do you wanna be a prisoner forever!? Set yourelf free!!	DOS	MAT (230299)
Decent mid-90s adventure game, but not without faults...	Windows	Apogee IV (2317)
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

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	DOS	Jul, 1995	91 out of 100	91
Gameplay (Benelux)	DOS	Aug, 1995	88 out of 100	88
PC Joker	DOS	Jun, 1995	80 out of 100	80
Score	DOS	Aug, 1995	8 out of 10	80
Adventure Corner	Windows	Mar 04, 2008		80
PC Hemma	DOS	Feb, 1996		80
The Retro Spirit	DOS	Sep 03, 2010	4.5 out of 6	75
Oldies Rising	DOS	Mar 24, 2011	14 out of 20	70
Mac Ledge	Macintosh	Oct 15, 1996	4.8 out of 10	48
CD-Action	DOS	Apr, 1996	Unscored	Unscored

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

This game is the sequel to Shadow of the Comet, although the continuity won't be apparent until the last 1/4 of the game. Two major characters from the first game show up about that time, and there's even a brief cameo by Lord Boleskine himself.

Prisoner of Ice is loosely based on the H.P. Lovecraft short story "Mountains of Madness" where an American expedition to the Antartic uncovers horrible creatures entombed in slabs of ice as well as a massive lost city beneath the Antartic snow. The game takes place several years after the story during WW II with Nazis having established a secret research base over the site of the lost city.

Related Web Sites

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