<s>
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
(	O
also	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
:	I-Application
Prisoner	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
Multimedia	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
1995	O
in	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
H	O
.	O
P	O
.	O
Lovecraft	O
's	O
Cthulhu	O
Mythos	O
,	O
particularly	O
At	O
the	O
Mountains	O
of	O
Madness	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Infogrames	O
 '	O
earlier	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
begins	O
during	O
the	O
run-up	O
to	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
,	O
primarily	O
around	O
Antarctica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Late	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
Argentina	O
,	O
Ryan	O
meets	O
John	O
Parker	O
,	O
the	O
central	O
character	O
from	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
,	O
and	O
reveals	O
the	O
links	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Narackamous	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
of	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
,	O
also	O
returns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
puzzles	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
completed	O
within	O
a	O
short	O
span	O
of	O
time	O
(	O
always	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
minute	O
)	O
,	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
get	O
stuck	O
by	O
saving	O
their	O
game	O
at	O
a	O
point	O
from	O
which	O
they	O
cannot	O
possibly	O
complete	O
a	O
puzzle	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
autosaves	B-General_Concept
onto	O
a	O
separate	O
save	O
file	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
each	O
timed	O
puzzle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PAL	O
territories	O
it	O
was	O
titled	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
:	I-Application
Prisoner	I-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Xing	O
Entertainment	O
as	O
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
:	O
Jashin	O
Kourin	O
,	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
Netlink	O
Mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
and	O
Shadow	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Comet	I-Application
were	O
re-released	O
as	O
DRM-free	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
for	O
modern	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
French	O
newspaper	O
Les	O
Échos	O
,	O
Prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
