Climb’n Ice
Lab Work – Play Ice Climber Now
NES – Ice Climber
Kong Fan? Rampage? Gyromite? Do you remember Ice Climber? Play Ice Climber online now! I recall ‘pain’, I was never good at the game. Games was epic for ’85/’86, I remember it like it was yesterday. A childhood friend owned the game console with a few games, Ice Climber included. We had the console, Super Mario, Baseball, Excitebike, Duck Hunt (can’t remember if we had other original games, may be Zelda as a side purchase). Anyhow, the point here, the neighborhood kid had this game, which means time on the console/game was limited. I don’t think it would’ve made a difference anyhow. I was terrible at the game. Regardless, the game was awesome, reminiscent of those games above, the Donkey Kong’s or Rampage, bottom-up racing games. Races included ice, stone obstacles, bears, birds, and other creatures… Awesome.
Just to note, Ice Climber, Gyromite were included in the original ~17 game series on the US Nintendo Entertainment System. Don’t quote me on the total number of games released in the original US lineup, but here is what I’ve gathered – Duck Hunt, Gyromite, 10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu CLu Land, Donkey Kong Jr., Excitebike, Golf, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Pinball, Stack Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman and Wrecking Crew. The point, Gyromite was another sideview puzzle game, with a crazy old professor/scientist, avoiding pipes and critters. Good time to mentioned R.O.B., with Gyromite… NES R.O.B. also included in the US NES release, although shelf life was short. The point here it is linear, moving right-to-left, up-and-down with a cool robot accessory to help open pipes.
Anyhow, tangent there… Ice Climber was a great game, one of the original games on the NES console, jump, climb and hack (mallet) your way to the top.
Final thought, out of the 17 original games on the NES console, Ice Climber was a great game, vertical boards, 2 player fun; game difficulty – hard as can be for ~1985-86. I’ll cover some Nintendo controllers/accessories – Power Glove, Power Mat, Game Genie, R.O.B, NES Light Gun etc. in future posts.