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|image=Tower of Babel box.jpg | |image=Tower of Babel box.jpg | ||
|title=Tower of Babel | |title=Tower of Babel | ||
|developer= | |developer=Pete Cooke | ||
|publisher=[[MicroProse Software]] | |publisher=[[MicroProse Software]] | ||
| | |released={{jp|1989}} | ||
|genre=[[Action]], [[Puzzle]] | |genre=[[Action]], [[Puzzle]] | ||
|systems=[[Atari ST]], [[Commodore Amiga]], [[Acorn Archimedes]] | |||
|players=1 | |players=1 | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{game disambig||the [[Namco]] puzzle game for the [[Famicom]], [[Game Boy Color]], and [[Sharp X68000]]|[[Babel no Tou]]}} | {{game disambig||the [[Namco]] puzzle game for the [[Famicom]], [[Game Boy Color]], and [[Sharp X68000]]|[[Babel no Tou]]}} | ||
'''Tower Of Babel''' is a computer game for the [[Commodore Amiga]], [[Atari ST]] and [[Acorn Archimedes]] systems programmed by Pete Cooke, developed by Rainbird Software and released by [[MicroProse Software]] in [[1989]]. It is a puzzle game played on a three-dimensional tower-like grid viewed in vector graphics with filled polygons. | '''Tower Of Babel''' is a computer game for the [[Commodore Amiga]], [[Atari ST]] and [[Acorn Archimedes]] systems programmed by Pete Cooke, developed by Rainbird Software and released by [[MicroProse Software]] in [[1989]]. It is a puzzle game played on a three-dimensional tower-like grid viewed in vector graphics with filled polygons. | ||
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==Story== | ==Story== | ||
The plot of the game is based on the biblical story of the "Tower Of Babel". At the height of the tower's construction, while it failed in its original purpose to directly contact god, it caught the attention of a passing Zantorian alien spaceship. The Zantorians descended and left three spider-like robots to help the Shinarians in constructing the tower. However, distrust broke out among the two species, and the humans betrayed the robots, stealing their energy packs (called "Klondikes"). Playing the robots, it is your job to find the energy packs to be able to get back home to Zantor. | The plot of the game is based on the biblical story of the "Tower Of Babel". At the height of the tower's construction, while it failed in its original purpose to directly contact god, it caught the attention of a passing Zantorian alien spaceship. The Zantorians descended and left three spider-like robots to help the Shinarians in constructing the tower. However, distrust broke out among the two species, and the humans betrayed the robots, stealing their energy packs (called "Klondikes"). Playing the robots, it is your job to find the energy packs to be able to get back home to Zantor. | ||
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==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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The actual game play is purely puzzle-based. The Tower Of Babel itself does not actually appear, instead you can play over literally hundreds of differently-configured 8*8*4 towers (four floors of 8*8 squares each). | The actual game play is purely puzzle-based. The Tower Of Babel itself does not actually appear, instead you can play over literally hundreds of differently-configured 8*8*4 towers (four floors of 8*8 squares each). | ||
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===Editor=== | ===Editor=== | ||
''Tower Of Babel'' also includes a construction kit where you can design your own towers to your heart's content and save them to disk for later play and distribution. The towers can be password-protected to avoid spoiling them by looking directly at the design. | ''Tower Of Babel'' also includes a construction kit where you can design your own towers to your heart's content and save them to disk for later play and distribution. The towers can be password-protected to avoid spoiling them by looking directly at the design. | ||
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; Worm : Constantly moves in a straight line. Shooting at it makes it reverse direction. | ; Worm : Constantly moves in a straight line. Shooting at it makes it reverse direction. | ||
; Zapping cannon : Constantly fires a lethal laser beam. Comes in two varieties, fixed and rotating. Can be destroyed by shooting it. | ; Zapping cannon : Constantly fires a lethal laser beam. Comes in two varieties, fixed and rotating. Can be destroyed by shooting it. | ||
[[Category:MicroProse Software]] | [[Category:MicroProse Software]] | ||
[[Category:Atari ST]] | |||
[[Category:Commodore Amiga]] | |||
[[Category:Acorn Archimedes]] | |||
[[Category:1989]] | |||
[[Category:Action]] | [[Category:Action]] | ||
[[Category:Puzzle]] | [[Category:Puzzle]] | ||
[[Category:Single player]] | [[Category:Single player]] |