Frozen Treats

More videogames with a chilly setting

Winter Games 1985

Epyx is rightly worshipped on the C64 for its sports simulations, and many cite 1985’s Winter Games as the best of its output. The events are predictable, but they’re polished and huge fun.

Thin Ice 1986

This Intellivision game was codesigned by the late Keith Robinson. The player controls a crafty penguin who’s determined to land his fellow penguins into the water by skating around them.

Winter Wonderland 1987

This snow-bound game begins with a plane crash and contains many evocative images of the eponymous location. Mind the thin ice!

Icewind Dale 1998

An Infinity Engine stopgap between Baldur’s Gate adventures, this RPG still has a legion of fans thanks to its no-nonsense dungeoneeing and the ability to create your party from scratch.