Home Computing Weekly


Tumbledown Tower

Categories: Review: Software
Author: J.W.
Publisher: Solway Software
Machine: TI99/4A

 
Published in Home Computing Weekly #64

This is a fairly basic, text only adventure game in which you explore a derelict tower. Although the layout of the rooms and items in them remains the same in every run, it's still good fun to play.

You are given limited stamina to last each game: your stamina drains more rapidly as you collect various artefacts. A strange assortment of monsters is also provided to sap strength whilst wandering around the tower. You are always aggressive to them unless commanded otherwise. Consequently, amusing comments such as "you just killed a poor little bewildered dalek" appear on the screen.

Commands are input as a single letter which means the computer has a vocabulary limited to a few verbs and directions. You have the option to quit at any time, but your score is calculated before the final decision is taken.

The ultimate quest of the adventure is not described in the instructions, but takes little imagination to guess. Then it's just a matter of whether or not you have enough stamina to last the course.

J.W.

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