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The hero of this game is called Thorak, the legendary Eskimo prince of ice. It is your task to guide Thorak in his quest for the ice blocks that would help him to build an igloo.

Scattered about the various levels of the cave are the ice blocks that he needs. All Thorak has to do is to push the blocks of ice on each of the levels until they fall through the holes to the levels below until they can all be accumulated on the lowest level of the cave where there is an underground stream, which can be used to float the ice blocks to a place where he can build his igloo. The gaps are covered with thin ice and can only bear Thorak's weight once before the ice breaks leaving a gaping hole.

The cave has five levels where creatures wander causing death upon contact. They can however be destroyed by dropping a block of ice through the holes upon them or by eating the power pill which occasionally flashes on the screen and crushing them underfoot.

To move from level to level, Thorak has to use support pillars. Once having collected all the ice blocks in the stream Thorak then has to return to another cave where the number of blocks and deadly creatures increases, thereby making his task even more difficult. There are six caves in all for Thorak to traverse.

The game can be played by using either a joystick or the keyboard with a one or two player option. The game also has a pause feature which I found extremely useful whilst I contemplated my next manoeuvre.