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Actual Game
Mystic Towers
Full Version
with 6 Towers
1-Click Install
Windows
11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
(Apogee 1994)
MY PROMISE
My games are genuine, install in one step, look, sound and play in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP like they did in the old days, or your money back. This is my unconditional guarantee for three years.
WHAT IS INCLUDED This listing includes the original game CD. An on-screen printable manual is also included. The game box is pictured for reference and not included. The jewel case is also not included.
I will also provide a compatibility CD that will allow the game to run under ALL VERSIONS of Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP, both 32 and 64 bit. Note that while joysticks are supported gamepads are not.
INSTALLATIONOne step: Insert my CD and the game will automatically work on your computer. Done. Yes, it's that simple.
Want to play? Click the icon. Want the game off your computer? Click Uninstall. Zero hassle.
TECH SUPPORT Rapid response technical support for three years is always an e-mail or phone call away.
In the extremely rare event I cannot get this title to work on your system I will take it back for a full refund. All I ask is minimal assistance from you during the troubleshooting process.
The Game
Sonic the Hedgehog has personality. While playing the game, if you justlet him stand still, he starts tapping his foot and yawns. Aladdin startsjuggling apples if you let him stand idle for long enough. Does"personality" create a hit game? Not nessecarily, but it certainly makesthe game a little more fun.
In Mystic Towers, you play Baron Baldric, a not-so-perfect wizard. Sure,he shoots those lightning spells like you have never seen, and he is greatat teleporting, but when it comes to his habits, he falls a little short ofa model wizard. Imagine this. You are controlling Mr. Baldric, about toblast away a huge mutant ant, when he picks his nose! Or, he might startfarting for no reason. Maybe, he will pick up a bottle to quench histhirst, rendering him impossible to control; he is drunk! When you talkabout personality or character, Baron definitely has it. Let's take alook at the game.
The game starts with the residents of Rimm Village asking Baron Baldric torid their towers of evil. Baron reluctantly accepts, winks at the screen,magically enters the tower, and begins his mission.
Mystic Towers consists of six towers, eachcontaining five "levels." On each level of a tower, their are numerousmonsters. The object of the game is to destory all the monsters in thetower, collect the red key, and exit the tower. To help you along the way,you may use various spells, including lightning, levitate, teleport, heal,and venom. However, this is not as easy as it sounds. Each tower containsa "monster generator." This generator continues to create more monsters asyou defeat them. Therefore, the only way to complete a tower is to destroyits monster generator. All of the tower's levels can be easily traveledto, either by climbing up and down ladders, or by using a teleport spell.How is this for originality?
Because everyone has a different playing ability, Mystic Towers has twodifficulty levels, as in other Apogee games. However, the game'sdifficulty levels contrast with other games, in that each difficulty levelhas a completely different map layout. So in reality, the six towers areactually twelve different games. This allows the game to have a lot ofplayability. The Apprentice difficulty focuses primarily on fighting,while the Wizard difficulty boasts fighting as well as puzzles. There area few other differences as well. For instance, in the Apprentice maps, youstart with a map of the tower, while the Wizard level requires you to findthe maps.
The game's enemies are greatly varied. Each tower has all new monsters,each more strange than the last. If you are looking for "personality,"here it is. The enemies range from giant, mutant spiders to evil women wholift up their skirts to fire lightning. There are strange, flyingcreatures that shoot fireballs out of their nose and weird jumping monstersthat stick their tongue out at you. When it comes to enemies, this gamehas them all, complete with hundreds of frames of animation.
The music is very well done using a digitized eerie soundtrack that fits the game perfectly. As with all action games of the mid 90s, the controls will take somegetting used to, primarily because of the isometric graphics. When youstart to play the game, work at it until you understand the controls. Thegame format is pleasing once you learn to control Baron.
Note: My compatibility CD does not alter the retail game or bypass copy protection. It allows the original media to install and run correctly on any recent version of Windows.
