Tower of Despair

Tower of Despair
Publisher(s) Games Workshop
Platform(s) ZX Spectrum
Release 1984

Tower of Despair is a video game published in 1984 by for the ZX Spectrum.

Plot

In a text-only adventure, Malnor the Demonlord of Darkness has returned to the Tower of Despair with the powerful and malicious Ring of Skulls.[1]

Reception

Roger Kean previewed Tower of Despair in Crash #9 (October 1984), saying it has "one of the most beautiful specially generated character sets yet seen on the Spectrum" noting that "the location descriptions and set pieces are atmospheric and designed to drag you screaming into the adventure".[1]

Home Computing Weekly described the game as "Different and challenging, though not perhaps an adventure for first timers."[2]

Personal Computer Games remarked: "Tower of Despair is a gripping adventure, deserving a place in any fantasy fan's collection".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "From Tin Soldiers to Computer Games"; CRASH issue 9, October 1984; retrieved from CRASH The Online Edition
  2. ↑ D.M. (12–18 March 1985). Carlos, Dave, ed. "Reviews : Tower of Despair". Home Computing Weekly. No. 103. Argus Press. p. 17. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Chris, ed. (January 1985). "Tower of Despair". Personal Computer Games. No. 14. VNU. pp. 114–115. Retrieved 24 June 2017.


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