Ice Climber retrospective: A slippery slope for platforming | NES Works #010 | Ghostarchive

Ice Climber retrospective: A slippery slope for platforming | NES Works #010

Uploader: Jeremy Parish | Video Works

Original upload date: Tue, 24 May 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Archive date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:48:06 GMT

This cooperative platformer occupies a somewhat unfortunate place in history: It attempted to build on the concepts of the original Mario Bros., but it arrived just before Super Mario Bros. set a new ...
standard for run-and-jump action. It's an amusing and quirky game, but its awkward controls leave it completely overshadowed by the masterpiece that was to come.