Conquer treacherous mountain peaks, leap across icy chasms and swat snow-dwelling beasts.

Another classic NES title for the Virtual Console. Thankfully this is a big enough classic to be worth considering for download. Ice Climber is a fantastic little game, if a little basic. Graphically it's exactly what you'd expect an 8-bit game from 1985 to look like - simple.

The premise of the game is pretty bizarre. A giant condor has stolen your vegetables, and you've got to climb a mountain to get them back. In the single-player game, you play as Popo, a boy armed with a hammer and an impressive jumping ability. You'll use your hammer to break through layers of ice and then jump to the next plane.

The stages consist of eight levels that scroll vertically as you progress from level to level, and if you fall where there's no platform, you die. The game starts off easy enough, but you'll quickly find yourself fending off such creatures as yetis and birds with your hammer, avoiding falling icicles, and jumping on moving clouds to advance to the bonus stage that lies atop each level. Once you reach the bonus stage, you're given 40 seconds to collect vegetables and make it to the top, where you then must jump and grab the talons of the condor that flies overhead.

As with many of the NES games we've seen so far on the VC, the suitability rests on two key factors - if you were a fan of the game back in the day then you will probably want to play this. If you weren't, then we'd recommend that you try some of the other games out there before buying this.