RIMA’S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE(¢6 Pvima's Official Strategy Guide Prima Publishing 3000 Lava Ridge Court Roseville, CA 95661 WWW.PRIMAGAMES.COM SS 22m nt ae prema Pion Commis, ne 12001 y Pina Palsy All ighs reve Nop bok maybe BD) rose arsed for ob sy ens esa oc esti Ea Fi) isciating phcxocopying, rocrting. ry any information storage ce etic EEEEED| er ost sten pension Fon Prns Pats, xe lon caus insrveh 3 ss eademar of Dimeasion Publishing, lc. Author: Greg OfF Design and Layout: Tim Lindquist ICO isa trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. © 2001 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "PlayStation" and "PS" family Jogo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc Special Thanks: Kenji Kaido, Darren Yager, Connie Booth, Andrew Woodworth, Shuhei Yoshida, Ami Blaite, John Koller, Maggie Rojas, Ron Allen, Ken Chan and Kimberly Brennan —The love of my life! Important: ‘Prima Publishing hos made evry foto detrmine thatthe informaton continedin this books accuse. However, th publisher makes no warranty ether exresed Implied 3s 19 the accuracy elleeveness, of completeness of the mtr in fis Boo "nor does the pusher asset fr damages, eithor incon consequent, thatmay rest fons using the information ints hook. The publisher ennot provide Jnormation egring pane, hints nd tees, or robles wh hardware cr software. Questors should e Gece to the support nuibers provided y the game and device manufacturers in their dscunentsion. Some game ks requ preise Timing and may rquice repeated temps beTore the desired results echcved. ISBN: 7615-3686-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2001094632 Printed in the United States of America 00.01 0203 KK 10987654321 Cable of Contents Chapter I — Boy Meets Git Chapter 2— An Evil Place Chapicr 3 —The Great Chandelier. Chapter 4 —The Failed Escape. (Chapter $—The Trek Over the Windmill Chapter 6—The East Wing ‘Chapter? — The Waterfall (Chapter 8 — Navigating the Trestles Chapter 9 —The West Wing Chapter 10 —The Escape (Chapter 11 The Watery Grave (Chapter 12 —The Final Battle PRMAGAMES.COMA strange tale as been passed down, generation to-generation Torhungreds of yeas abouta boy with hoes, a gt! an evil Queen, ‘anda immense and dangerous castle, While most consider his tale nothing more than fntasy and my, youl come to Find is allio ral Too’ pightmare began the day he drew his first breath I his ‘quiet and peace‘ village the birth oF normal child is 2 source ‘flapper elit Proud fathers show of theirnew offspring, assuring themselves and others that is time the curses not Jeft is mark. But some bins bring suspicion and feat, Once every generation, the curse arrives with te birth ofa special ‘ikl bom with Bors jut fromm his head, With word of cursed birth, farleaps fom villager to villager like a plague, The whole village setles into a state of quiet, suspicious panic while any misfortune that befalls them isblamed “onthe sirnge child widy hors. Ia crop fils oranillaess kes, itumust be the childs fault, Everyone wishes and waits for the Day ofthe Seerifice and the renin to good Fortine For [co that ay was his 12th birthday: When his horns grew largo, the villagers new it wes time, The elders would sueifioe him 19 kaop tho spirits ftom harming tho village. Inthe morning, faceless horsemen arrived and took Teo away, riding decp ito the forest and beyond. The journey ended at an ancient castle ‘uln that stood erumbling agains the harsh prey seas, Inside the east, stone jars stood stacked ina massive chamber, Ting its Walls from onside tothe next A harsemen placed Ico in one ofthe jars scaling the terrified boy. along with his fate, inside, An eternity of torment would surely follow ‘A dream within anightmare showed Teo vision of ghost beauty that drives him io escape, leo realizes that hei not alone and he ‘must fre both himself and this lonely helpless prisoner. Indeed, bis only way out is wit this mysterious and beautfl git ‘Aniaacient Quoen miles the caste and her body is boginning to Getercnate-In order to survive, the Queen must finda younger body 25 spistual vessel Soon the Queen will invade the body ofthe eapured gn, a princess named Yords, her daughter. Teo ‘must escort Yor our af the castle and escape with ther lives before dae Queen seals the gi sft, He will eome to eam very Auickly thatthe shares distance between to places sa penlous ‘detour wrought with taps, pital hazards and deadly obstacles. (Centuries of disrpair have tured te ens nto a death ap and scape routes are hidden magical portals that can only be opened by magical energy that only ora possesses, Ico will Aiterally have to crawl the walls in search of a way out. To ‘ommpouind thermal, kovghout the cate, evil nd aggressive Spirits erupt from the flrs to capture the princess. leo must fight them off with any weapons he can find, Every twisted tovsoring saitease and sons Blok ofthis cat tomb isa pieve ‘ofa lagzes puzzle. Each torch ae shat of lia illuminates another inser. Every open window, danclingehain and broken ladder isan invitation i one more nde It ill be up to yore 0 salve the puzles o join the tormented spirits forever ws [ern hee