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Nice game, reminds me of Qix.

Graphics: 5 Sound: 5 Replay Value: 4 Notes: 1- or 2-player game Screen Shots

Thin Ice is a blast. The title theme is one of the best little hooks I've ever heard in an Intellivision game, and if you check the Intellivision Lives! site, you can learn the fate of the composer of that nifty little ditty. The graphics of this game are cute, and the gameplay a lot of fun. Reminds me of Qix in many ways. The official site has quite a history of the origins of this game, as well as a slew of info about what happens when Marketing runs amok. Check it out here.

I stumbled across a brand new copy of the early pressing of this game some time back that has the yellow Thin Ice logo (both boxes are pictured above). According to the Intellivision Lives! site, the box was changed to have a white logo in order to make the game's title stand out more clearly.

A total of two Thin Ice box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	8300	None		The 'THIN ICE' sign has yellow characters; no origin or copyright date; game title on bottom flap—title is upright when box lays face-up
	INTV Corporation	8300	None		The 'THIN ICE' sign has white characters; no origin or copyright date; game title on bottom flap—title is upright when box lays face-up

There's a whole slew of information at the official Intellivision Lives! site about the various renditions of this game. Actually, in cartridge format, only one version was ever released. The game was developed toward the end of Mattel's ownership of the Intellivision system, and was being spruced up possibly as a tie-in into the 1984 Winter Olympics. That never happened as far as actual released product goes. However, nowadays, when you get your hands on a ROM image of Thin Ice from the official folks, you get the jazzed up 16K version instead of the released 8K version. The extra memory is taken up by the spiffier title screen, a large graphic of our friend Duncan and his friends. See the official site for the full poop on this.

For fun, here are images of the extra screens in the ROM that's floating around now.

Only one version of the manual has been found for Thin Ice.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	8300	None		Accordian-style folding

Only one version of the overlay has been found for Thin Ice.

Only one version of the label has been found for Thin Ice.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	N/A	None		Large label, square corners; game title in large bold font

	Get ready for fun! Thin Ice is a great game—with another excellent bit of music from 'The Fat Man'!
	Although graphically there isn't much happening, the gameplay is rock-solid. The Zamboni between levels is a great touch.

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