Prisoner of Ice

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Prisoner of Ice
North American DOS cover art
Developer(s)	Infogrames
Publisher(s)	Infogrames
Platform(s)	DOS, Windows, Mac OS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Release date(s)	1995 (PC) 1997 (consoles)
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Distribution	CD

Prisoner of Ice (also Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice) is a 1995 PC adventure game by Infogrames in America and Europe. It is based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, particularly At the Mountains of Madness, and is a follow-up to Infogrames' earlier Shadow of the Comet. In 1997, the game was released on Sega Saturn and PlayStation exclusively in Japan.

Plot

Prisoner of Ice begins during the run-up to World War II, primarily around Antarctica. The main character is a young U.S. intelligence officer, Lt. Ryan, who has been assigned to a British submarine, the HMS Victoria, for a special mission.

As the game begins, the submarine is fleeing the Antarctic after rescuing a Norwegian who has recently escaped from a secret German base in the Antarctic (it is later revealed that the base is built atop the Ancient Ruins mentioned in At the Mountains of Madness). Along with the Norwegian, the sub has picked up two "top secret" crates, stolen from the Nazis.

Late in the game, in South America, Ryan meets John Parker, the central character from Shadow of the Comet, and reveals the links between the two games. Narackamous, the main antagonist of Shadow of the Comet, also returns.

The game has a choice of endings, though there is little difference between them.

Gameplay

Much of the game involves solving puzzles through a point and click interface. Left click operates the object and right click lets you look at it.^[1]

Release

The game was released on both Windows and Apple computer platforms in America (where it was published by I Motion) and Europe in 1995. It was released as Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice in PAL territories.

In Japan, the game was released in 1997 as Prisoner of Ice: Jashin Kourin, ported to the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation game consoles. These ports contain no enhancements from the PC versions, The text in these editions is translated to Japanese, but the voices remain in English, similar to another horror-themed PC game: Dark Seed. Because of this, the title remains very import-friendly. The Saturn version is compatible with the Netlink Mouse.

Reception

Most reviews of the game have been positive, and hold a 76 out of 100 on MobyGames.^[2]

References

↑ https://www.mobygames.com/game/prisoner-of-ice
↑ "Prisoner of Ice for DOS MobyRank", www.mobygames.com, retrieved June 27, 2013

External links

v t e Media based on H. P. Lovecraft works

Films	The Haunted Palace (1963) Die, Monster, Die! (1965) The Shuttered Room (1967) The Dunwich Horror (1970) Re-Animator (1985) From Beyond (1986) The Curse (1987) The Unnamable (1988) Dark Heritage (1989) Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) The Resurrected (1992) The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993) In the Mouth of Madness (1994) Necronomicon (1994) The Lurking Fear (1994) Bleeders (1997) Cool Air (1999) Cthulhu (2000) Dagon (2001) Alone in the Dark (2005) The Call of Cthulhu (2005) H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House (2005) Cthulhu (2007) The Tomb (2007) The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

RPGs, table-top and card games	Call of Cthulhu RPG (1981) Arkham Horror (1987, 2005) Mythos (1996) Cthulhu Live (1997) Delta Green (1997) Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game (2004) Cthulhu 500 (2004) Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game (2008) Trail of Cthulhu (2008) CthulhuTech (2008) Elder Sign (2011) Mansions of Madness (2011)

Video games	Alone in the Dark (1992) Shadow of the Comet (1993) Necronomicon (1994) Alone in the Dark 3 (1995) Prisoner of Ice (1995) Innsmouth no Yakata (1995) Digital Pinball: Necronomicon (1996) Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness (2001) Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005) Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2006) Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land (2012)

Other	Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again (2000) Alan Moore's The Courtyard (2003) Unspeakable Vault (of Doom) (2003–present) Alan Moore's Yuggoth Cultures and Other Growths (2003) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre (2006–2013) Demonbane (2006) Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (2009–present) Neonomicon (2010) Re-Animator: The Musical (2011)

See also: Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture

v t e H. P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness (1931)

Characters	Elder Thing

Adaptations	Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness (2006)

Sequels	A Colder War

Games	Prisoner of Ice

Related	At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft: Commemorative Edition

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