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The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...

" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Plot

The story closely follows the story of "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen. The player takes on the role of Gerda, whose friend Kay has been kidnapped by the Snow Queen and taken to her home in the mountains. Gerda must attempt to rescue her friend.

Reception

''The Snow Queen'' was generally moderately well received, including review scores of 60% from ''

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'', 7/10 from ''

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'', four out of five stars from ''

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'', 5/10 and 7/10 from ''

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'', and 60% from ''

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References

External links

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* 1980s interactive fiction 1985 video games Commodore 64 games Fantasy video games Mosaic Publishing games Single-player video games Video games about witchcraft Video games based on fairy tales Video games developed in Ireland Video games featuring female protagonists Video games set in Europe Works based on The Snow Queen ZX Spectrum games Video games based on works by Hans Christian Andersen {{adventure-videogame-stub