Tower Of Despair by the Games Workshop / ESP Soft

[ComSoft6128]

Partial walkthru of the text only adventure released in 1984 for the Spectrum and C64 and updated/converted for the CPC in 2016 by ESP Soft.
First we'll have a look at the (original Spectrum?) loading screen for Part 2 of the adventure before resetting and looking at the cracking loading screen for Part 1 and then continuing on with a little gameplay.

Original post by @MiguelSky :

http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/tower-of-despair/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73xOan37K3M

CPCPOWER Links:

General:
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Maps:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=plan&num=13354

Manual No.1:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=notices&num=13354

Cover:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?
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Illustrations:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=goodies&num=13354


Other Links:

https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/tower_of_despair.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Despair

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Games_Workshop_video_games


Not emulated - original hardware and software.

Please note that  the aspect ratio for this YouTube video is 16:9 but the CPC monitor
has an aspect ratio of 4:3 so you may wish to adjust your viewing device accordingly.

[Animalgril987]

Hi Peter.
I agree, that part 2 loading screen was almost certainly created for a speccy, going by the black edges separating different colours.


Alan.