Your Favorite Snow/Ice Stages

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Being it's the holiday season and many parts of the country are getting their share of frozen precipation, I thought this would be a good time to share our favorite stages in games that feature snow and/or ice. As usual, snow and ice can effect gameplay (things can get really slick), or it just provides gamers with the perfect wintry atmosphere. More often than not, snow and ice stages have some of the best music too!

Here's a few of my favorite stage designs that featured the 'frozen stuff'.


Sega has always been good with frozen stages, particularly those in Sonic series. Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone has always been a favorite of mine. The snowboarding segment is pretty sweet.


Contra's snow stage is great. No slipping, but the dark skies, frosted trees, and the icy waters are great. Anyone remember those damn tanks with the spikes ontop?

What about yours? What games have you played that have memorable snow and/or ice stage designs?

[Raedon]

Banjo Kazooie

[sniperCCJVQ]

Anyone remember the X-mas edition of the PC game Jazz Jackrabbit ? that was really cool.

[samuraiX]

ice climber =]

[Charlesaway]

What was it, world 6 or 7 of super mario 3? I really dig the first couple of levels on there, then they get kind of hard... but still cool. And with the sliding and everything

[digitalpress]

Some more fun snow scenes:

Ice Trek:


Antarctic Adventure

[WiseSalesman]

One of the ninja gaidens had an excellent snow stage.

Also, I loved the snow levels in Mario 64.

[ubersaurus]

The multiplayer Sidewinder level in Halo is alot of fun for me and my buds...Hell in a G style
My absolute fav is either the Ice Land from mario 3 or ice cap zone from Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

[Goodwill Hunter]

3 of my favorite games have an Ice/Winter theme, and I'm amazed they haven't been mentioned yet.

1. PENGO! Penguins pushing ice cubes of doom into evil marshmallows!

2. Christmas NIghts on the Saturn, everyone remember to play it tomorrow and Wednesday for Xmas goodies!

3. 2600 Indy 500 - Ice Racing! First time I fell in love with ther power slide. My brother and I used to play this for hours! Getting it is one of my best Christmas memories and it's one of my favorite 2600 2-player games!

Still waiting for Sega to put out Christmas Virtua Cop Kids featuring Ralphie and his trusty Red-Ryder BB Gun!

You'll shoot yer eye out!
Rich

[CrazyImpmon]

I liked he section in Starfox Adventure. Also not snow related but cool: there's report of Santa Rappy on Japanese game and possibly USA version as well.

[kainemaxwell]

Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone is really one my favs- I enjoy th emusic too. Antartic Adventure I play occasionally on my 191-in1 cart (even though the cheesy music drvies me nuts). Ninja Gaiden 1 had a snow stage, but NG2 had Stage 2-2 where you had to fight the ice and winds too.

[hamburgler]

my favorite: the snow level in metroid prime

[oesiii]

this is far from classic but since someone already mentioned my fav, Indy 500 Ice Racing, I've been having fun playing thought the PC/xbox game Railsport Challenge and it's icy stages.

[Six Switch]

I would have to say Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone or Sidewinder from Halo.They look great are are fun to play.

[punkoffgirl]

I said this before and I'll say it again: Ducktales, on the NES!
I love everything about that game, and Uncle Scrooge pogoing around in the snow and sliding on the ice are just two more reasons

[WiseSalesman]

^ wins....that's one of the best NES games ever.

[E Nice]

DOA 2 - The snowy Easter Island stage
Toshinden URA - Replicant's stage, where you fight among icebergs in the Bering Streights with the Aurura Borealis in the night sky.

[spoon]

Yo Noid, Yo Noid, and More Yo Noid!(Go ahead, laugh at me)

Turtles 3,Duck Tales,Christmas Nights, and Penquin and Seal(Antartic Adv.) are also a few om my other favorites. I am dying to get to the Snow Level on Metroid Prime!

[Dobie]

This is kind of an odd one, but I really like the snow stage in Beetle Adventure Racing for the N64. I especially like the ski jump where you can pull all sorts of cool crap like 360s and such.

[Ascending Wordsmith]

@ Spoon- I like Yo! Noid too. I don't know how his game got such a bad rap, I think it's a great platformer IMO. The rooftop skating rink is fun stage, I slid to my death quite a few times.