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 (https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=14) :
http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/tower-of-despair/ (http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/games/tower-of-despair/)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73xOan37K3M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73xOan37K3M)
CPCPOWER Links:
General:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13354 (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=13354)
Maps:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=plan&num=13354 (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 (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=notices&num=13354)
Cover:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php? (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?)
page=detail&onglet=package&num=13354
Illustrations:
https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=goodies&num=13354 (https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&onglet=goodies&num=13354)
Other Links:
https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/tower_of_despair.htm (https://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/tower_of_despair.htm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Despair (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Despair)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Games_Workshop_video_games (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.
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.