Call of Cthulhu - Prisoner of Ice

[Rogue]

This game came out in 1995, I don't know if is ABW and I'm sure it's probably large.

I would like to know if anybody played this game.

[Wael]

You mean this (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,376/)

Haven´t played,
but it should be abandonware...

[Rogue]

Yes, that's the game. Thanks!

Nice screen shots (http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,376/).

[wormpaul]

Looks like a great game :ok:

[Kon-Tiki]

Got it, but haven't tried it yet. It's abandonware and 74Mb big, zipped.

[BlackMageJawa]

I've got it, full CD rip with speech (though the speech gets totally mangled in XP/DOSbox. Need to mess around with the setting some more).

Haven't played very far, but the graphics are nice and the setting has promise.

[Rogue]

Thanks all!

Let me know if the game is worth playing.

[The Niles]

Origionally a French title. Nice game but I could only get a Dutch (flemish) version of it in Dutch shops. I hate the language conversion. I would even rather have a French version with subtitles. Too big to upload unfortunatly.

[Fawfulhasfury]

callahans saloon is 74 MB's.
And this sequel to Shadow of the Comet is way better than that.
I think it would be worth the upload. But thats up to the admins.

[Maerlyn]

I had the demo of that once, very cool.

[Fawfulhasfury]

You mean ultra cool, don't you.

[Maerlyn]

Totally.

[Fawfulhasfury]

If you like Prisoners, then check this game out Arcane-Online Mystery Serial based on the Cthulus Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft (http://www.arcanegame.com)
It's an online game, not download though.

[Maerlyn]

Hah, yes, nice - i tried this once and forgot all about it - thanks.

[Fawfulhasfury]

One of the creatures from Prisoner were in Season 1 of this game.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

I have this on CD. But I can't do anything I got stuck, but it looks nice.

It's been a while but is there some kind of octopus creature in the submarine where you start, and if I'm right what do you do to it?

[Rogue]

There is couple of walkthrough (http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/prisoner/prisoner.htm) for this game that you can find online, but I don’t recommend using them, as they’ll spoil the fun.

[The Fifth Horseman]

There was also the old Hound of the Shadow, and Daughter of the Serpent. HoS was supposedly based on Cthulhu Mythos world. Played it a bit, got scared off as it's a text-based game.

[marko river]

I downloaded Prisoner of ICe from Underdogs but I was unable to make it run. Actually I had problems with saving position. Well, I wanted to write a rewiew and to upload it, so someone could send it to me. But first I need confirmation since it is big. One Admin sad that this can't be done. If not sure, check with Kosta again. Hey, Kosta, come in please!

[Tom Henrik]

What is the size?

[Fawfulhasfury]

It's 74 MB just like Callahan's Saloon, but much better.
I would say it's worth it. :D

[Rogue]

I that only zip or ISO of the CD. I wonder if somebody can get us an ISO of that game.

[Tom Henrik]

Maybe later...

Right now we have some money issues. And we are also looking for a new home for Abandonia. We need a better Bandwith deal.

[Rogue]

I'm clicking on googlish links.... Hope that helps. :)

[Tom Henrik]

That helps :D

[Fawfulhasfury]

could someone upload it to the server so someone could download and distribute it if anyone wanted it until it could be put on Abandonia?

[Strobe]

i'd like to request an adventure game called "prisoners of ice".
it was made by infogrames in 1995 and it's abandonware as far as i know.
is there any chance of getting it for abandonia?

[Wael]

Abandonware
Found in HotU (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Prisoner+of+Ice)
Best chance of getting it to the site,
would be asking for a permission to review it from the admins yourself /-

[Strobe]

got it! thanx, wael!! :ok:

[Wael]

You´re welcome...

[Fawfulhasfury]

too late
I sent kosta the review a few weeks ago
:whistle: it should come to the site soon

[Rogue]

we had topic on how to set up and run that game not that long ago.

interesting game, and big download.

[Iron_Scarecrow]

Ahahahaha fools, I own it on CD. LOL

:blink: :blink:

I should probably get around to playing it one of these days.

[Rogue]

:angry:

here you can find thousends used FPS games and not a single good strategy or adventure game. :(

[Wael]

Originally posted by Fawfulhasfury@Jan 8 2005, 01:58 AM
too late
I sent kosta the review a few weeks ago
:whistle: it should come to the site soon
Another reason for a "Games that you are reviewing now" thread /-

[Strobe]

ok fawfulhasfury, so you were quicker.... :cry:
anyway, it's a great game and i'm looking forward to your review!

Another reason for a "Games that you are reviewing now" thread
that's right! because i couldn't find any clue via forum search that POI is being
reviewed....

[Barrett]

Excellent game one of my favourites of all time. Its also loosely based on H. P. Lovecraft short stiories aswell which I love

[Fawfulhasfury]

Right. In the books, the prisoner is called a shoggoth.

[The Fifth Horseman]

I think you are wrong. Shoggots were described as amorphous blobs, much like giant amoebas.

And I have the Windows version of POI... cannot run it at all...

[Barrett]

I aint sure Just read the Call of Cthulhu collection of short stories and it mentions The Great Old Ones and alot of other things in the game, like n'yerlo thep ( I know thats not the right spelling )

[Strobe]

i got POI from the underdogs and unfortunately, there's no sound :(

[The Fifth Horseman]

Barrett, I have got URL to a complete collection of Lovecraft's stories, if you are interested.

Lovecraft's stuff is superb, maybe except "the hound", and I can tell that August Derleth's attempts at adding to the Cthulhu universe went perfect too.

Oh, and correct spelling is (shudders) Nyarlathotep. Just don't read it aloud - for your own good...

[Barrett]

Nice one mate, yeah Im very interested, and 10 out of 10 on the spelling. Have u ever seen that film "Necrinomicon" its based loosely on three of Lovecrafts stories, but I aint seen it for years so i cant remember if its good or not.

[Fawfulhasfury]

Actually, so are the Prisoner's. They are both protoplasmic monsters, so.

[Barrett]

did anyone know that alone in the dark was based on Lovecraft aswell ? well now u do. No Idea which book or story right enough i just know its based on Lovecraft

[Fawfulhasfury]

So is XCom.

[Barrett]

Shadow of the comet, theres another

[Fawfulhasfury]

Hound of Shadow, Daughter of Serpents, The Lurking Horror

[Barrett]

ok u win

[Fawfulhasfury]

The thing

[Barrett]

so Fifth wat about that URL ?

[Omuletzu]

Careful with that link... don't break any rules :ph34r: :butcher:

[Barrett]

ok e-mail it to me if u can then dude

[Stebbi]

better dl that game got good refrence :ph34r:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Careful with that link... don't break any rules
HPL is dead for, like 80 years. His work became free domain because of that.

I think it was the second from the top link. Others are also worth checking.

http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/
http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/
http://www.rt66.com/~kalmoth/hpl_.html
http://www.cthuugle.com/
http://www.cthulhulives.org/toc.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/lovecraf.htm

[Barrett]

nice links man thats cool stuff

[MasterGrazzt]

Ia Ia! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn! Cthulhu R'lyeh fhtagn!

?ngiS owlleY eht nees uoy evaH

http://www.netherreal.de/gallery/nito/images/yogsoth.gif

[The Fifth Horseman]

Ia! Shub-Niggurath! Ia!

:evil:

CTHULHU LIVES


LOL

[DonCorleone]

Is it still up to date that this game will come up to abandonia? I really would appreciate it... HOTU´s version doesn´t work properly on my system. Or better: the files - compared to anubis´ version - don´t seem to be complete...

[Professor Oak]

Prisoner of Ice (http://www.mobygames.com/game/prisoner-of-ice)

[Approved]

[marko river]

ON SITE (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/30842/Prisoner+of+Ice.html)