Tower of Despair

Tower of Despair is a video game published in 1984 by Games Workshop for the Spectrum ZX.

In a text-only adventure, Malnor the Demonlord of Darkness has returned to the Tower of Despair with the powerful and malicious Ring of Skulls.

Roger Kean previewed Tower of Despair in Crash #9 (October 1984), saying it has "one of the most beautiful specially generated character sets yet seen on the Spectrum" noting that "the location descriptions and set pieces are atmospheric and designed to drag you screaming into the adventure".

Home Computing Weekly described the game as "Different and challenging, though not perhaps an adventure for first timers."

Personal Computer Games remarked: "Tower of Despair is a gripping adventure, deserving a place in any fantasy fan's collection".

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