Ice Climber

NES · 1985-10-18

Ice Climber is a 1985 NES video game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on October 18, 1985. The first player controls Popo, a boy wearing a blue Eskimo parka, while the second player controls Nana, a girl wearing a pink Eskimo parka. The only tool they carry is a wooden mallet to carve openings in the ice above and to club enemies. Each mountain level consists of eight layers of colorful ice and a bonus stage. Standard, dull ice blocks pose no threat other than an easily disposed of barrier and platform. Square ice blocks with higher detail are indest…