![]() The Tower of Druaga (Video Game)YOU ZAP TO.. The Tower of Druaga is a 1. Ok one thing to start this is 2nd half, but this anime brings you back to the tower druaga now named gilgamesh. comeing from teh 1st season i had to find out what. ![]() Cheats, walkthroughs, FAQs, and Game Genie codes for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Famicom video game systems. Dreamcast Ikaruga (Brandnew) (JPN) Brandnew sealed DC Ikaruga. The Treasure, one of the world's greatest game developers, famous for such titles as Radiant Silvergun. Game Boy Music << Go Back to Music System List. Submit a Music File. Currently contains 1574.gbs files from Game Boy, Super Game Boy, and Game Boy Color games. For the enhanced PC Engine remake, see The Tower of Druaga (PC Engine). This is the first game in the Druaga series. For other games in the series see the. The Tower of Druaga is a 1984 arcade game released by Namco, about a knight named Gilgamesh (or 'Gil' for short) who has to climb a monster-infested tower …. The Evil Tower of Ominousness trope as used in popular culture. After the Elaborate Underground Base, this is perhaps the most common form of supervillain …. Overview. In Noby Noby Boy you control a strange creature named BOY, exploring surreal, randomly generated worlds featuring a plethora of objects animal, vegetable. It picks up where Tower of Druaga left off. The player controls two characters: Ki as well as Gilgamesh. It can also be noted in this game that Ki is a magician, not. The Tower of Druaga (ドルアーガの塔, Doruāga no Tō?) is a maze-based action role-playing arcade game released by Namco in 1984. [4] [5] It is the first game. Namco, about a knight named Gilgamesh (or "Gil" for short) who has to climb a monster- infested tower in order to defeat the demon Druaga and rescue Ki (pronounced "Kai"), a shrine maiden in service to the goddess Ishtar. It is infamous as the high- water mark of player- directed cruelty in videogames — the acme of the old school style where videogames existed to challenge and defeat the player. Each floor of the tower has a hidden treasure for the player to discover; some of these treasures, such as the Blue Crystal Rod, are essential to completing the game. The game, however, offers no hints on how to find these treasures, which depending on the floor might involve anything from killing enemies in a certain order to walking over one or more points in the maze to crossing paths with a certain enemy to entering a special code to none or several of the above. The final floors with Druaga, Ishtar and Ki are especially tricky because certain missteps can cause Gilgamesh to be ZAPPED back to a lower floor. The game spawned an irregularly released series of games, known as the "Babylonian Castle Saga": The Return of Ishtar (1. ![]() Immediate Sequel where Gil and Ki team up. The Quest of Ki (1. Puzzle Platformer prequel starring Ki. The Blue Crystal Rod (1. The Return of Ishtar again starring Gil and Ki. Seme COM Dungeon: Drururuaga (2. Distant Sequel with card- based gameplay. The Nightmare of Druaga (2. Chunsoft's Fushigi no Dungeon. Roguelike franchise. Druaga Online: The Story of Aon (2. The Tower of Druaga: The Recovery of BABYLIM (2. MMORPGThe first three games of the above list, as well as the remake of The Tower of Druaga for the PC Engine, were developed by Game Studio, the company founded in 1. Masanobu Endoh, creator of the original game. Various Shout Outs and Bonus Dungeons based on the game can be found in the Tales Series and Soul Series, and Baten Kaitos has a Homage level that calls back to this game. In 2. 00. 8, the game was adapted into an anime series, with its first season being titled Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk and the second season in 2. Sword of Uruk". Blob Monster: Slimes in several colors. Building of Adventure: The entire game takes place in the eponymous tower. Continuing Is Painful: Getting zapped to a lower floor destroys the highest- tier weapon and armor pieces, making the final boss fight unwinnable. On the other hand, continuing when you haven't made the game unwinnable is quite useful, since you get to keep all of your treasures. Not only that, as proof you weren't expected to beat it on one coin, when you beat the level you died on, you get *all of your points back* that you lost on continue. The Dragon: Quox. Dungeon Bypass: The pickaxes, which break walls. The gold one has infinite uses, and makes the game considerably easier ("easy" being a relative term here..)Evil Tower of Ominousness. God Guise: Succubus on Floor 5. Ishtar. Killing her is one of the requirements for the Ruby Mace. In the PC Engine version, you do not kill her, and she gives you the Blue Crystal Rod instead. Guide Dang It: In each level of the game, there is a treasure which requires a unique and unguessable without trial and error action. Even after working this out, some of the items are harmful, which again can only be discovered with trial and error. Some of them are required to make other items non harmful. How do you figure that out? Guess.. Avoiding the treasure isn't an option, either, as most of them are needed to complete the game. Oh, and there wasn't a guide when the game was released. Infinity+1 Sword: The Excalibur/Hyper Sword. Invincible Minor Minion: Will O'Wisps. Locked Door: You have to find the key to open the exit to the level. Lost Forever: The treasures under Guide Dang It. Uh oh.. Your pickaxe will break permanently if you use it too many times. Missing Secret: Some levels don't even have a treasure. One port has a secret whose trigger is "exit the level". Nintendo Hard: Almost sadistically so for an arcade game. One- Hit- Point Wonder: You have a Hit Points value, but you can't actually see it. It's also only used for fighting enemy Knights; slimes, magic spells, and whisps all use One- Hit- Point Wonder logic. Poison Mushroom: The Potions of Energy Drain and Potions of Death, and any item after not obtaining the Balance on the previous level. Power- Up Letdown: Most of the weapon and armor upgrades don't actually do anything useful, but are necessary to eventually trade up to the highest- tier equipment, which is mandatory for the final battles. Save the Princess: Ki is a shrine maiden and not a "princess" per se but she is engaged to a prince and rescuing her is the point of Nightmare of Druaga. Sprint Shoes: Jet Boots. Stalked by the Bell. Taken for Granite: Ki is cursed by Druaga and turned to stone. Timed Mission. Trial- and- Error Gameplay: The first game is possibly the most extreme example in the history of video games. The steps for acquiring the items on each level are so hilariously non- intuitive that one could be forgiven for labeling it an Unwinnable Joke Game. Since there was NO GUIDE when the game was released into arcades, people simply had to take it on blind faith that the game WAS winnable at all. Following from that, enough persistence and credits spent causes the game to cough up it's secrets. Unwinnable by Design: Of the Cruel variety. Let us count the ways.. Picking up the Evil Gauntlet permanently prevents you from drawing your sword. If you don't pick up floor 3. Finally, after spending Eleventy Zillion quarters, you've reached the top of the tower and are ready to face Druaga in a climactic.. Blue crystal rod? What blue crystal rod?! Videogame Cruelty Punishment: You can attack Ishtar and Ki instead of rescuing them.. The Tower of Druaga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Tower of Druaga. Japanese arcade flyer of The Tower of Druaga. Developer(s)Namco. Publisher(s)Namco. Designer(s)Masanobu End. ЕЌ (йЃ и—¤й›…дјё) (designer)[1]YЕ«ichir. ЕЌ Shinozaki (зЇ еґЋй›„дёЂйѓЋ) (character designer)Satoshi Nait. ЕЌ (е†…и—¤ж™є) (game programmer)Composer(s)Junko Ozawa (е°ЏжІўзґ”еђ)[2]Series. Babylonian Castle Saga. Platform(s)Arcade, Family Computer, FM- 7, Game Boy, MSX, PC Engine, X1, X6. Virtual Console. Release date(s)June 1. Arcade. Family Computer. MSXFM- 7. X6. 80. Game Boy. PC Engine. Virtual Console. Wii (Famicom). Genre(s)Action RPG,Maze. Mode(s)Up to 2 players, alternating turns. Cabinet. Upright, cabaret, and cocktail. Arcade system. Namco Super Pac- Man. CPU2x Motorola M6. MHz. Sound. 1x Namco WSG @ 1. MHz. The Tower of Druaga(ドルアーガの塔,Doru. ДЃga no TЕЌ?) is a maze- based action role- playingarcade game released by Namco in 1. It is the first game in the Babylonian Castle Saga series, inspired by Sumerian and Babylonian mythology, including the Epic of Gilgamesh and Tower of Babel. The game was a success, attracting millions of fans in Japan with its mix of action and role- playing game elements.[6] The game laid the foundations for the action role- playing game genre,[6] inspiring Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer.[6] Both The Tower of Druaga and Dragon Slayer largely began the trend of combining RPG mechanics with arcade- style action mechanics,[6] inspiring action role- playing games such as Hydlide and Ys as well as The Legend of Zelda.[4]The Tower of Druaga runs on Namco Super Pac- Man hardware but with a video system like that used in Mappy, and is the first game from Namco to display its year in Roman numerals on the title screen. It was later ported to the MSX, Famicom and remade for the PC Engine platform by Game Studio. Its first appearance outside Japan was in the third compilation of the Namco Museum Volume series for the Play. Station and also appears on Namco Museum compilations for Nintendo DS, PSP, and Xbox 3. Originally the game and its sequels had no specific setting other than "the tower". However, in recent years, the series has been retconned as being set in the fantasy kingdom of "Babylim". A 2. 00. 8 anime series, beginning with The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk, uses the game as its back story, though is set many decades later. Gameplay[edit]The player assumes the role of the hero Gilgamesh, whose goal is to rescue the maiden Ki (カイ,Kai?) from the demon Druaga. To do this, he must traverse through 6. Gilgamesh comes equipped with a sword, which he can use to defeat monsters, and a shield, which can be used to block magical attacks. The monsters get progressively more difficult as the game progresses, beginning with simple slimes and culminating with Druaga himself. Each floor consists of a maze filled with monsters, and a randomly placed locked door leading to the next level. The player must navigate through the maze to find a randomly placed key that unlocks the door. In addition, each floor contains a hidden treasure, which appears once the player has performed a specific requirement. The player's starting position is also randomly determined; however, the hidden treasure always appears in the same position the player starts from when revealed. The mazes themselves are not random, but there are various predetermined patterns. Some of the treasures are merely helpful items, some are detrimental, and some are essential to completing the game including the Blue Crystal Rod, the game's most important item; without it, Druaga will not appear and the player will be forced to return to an earlier floor, known as "zapping". Players may also lose a life in a number of ways: Running into an enemy without the sword. Being attacked by an enemy's powers or weapons. Getting burned by the dragon's fire. Running into a will o' wisp without a ring obtained. Running out of time completely. Attempting to attack Ishtar or Ki on the last floor. Breaking a wall on the last floor. Running into an enemy with the Hyper Armor obtained after having absorbed a spell without the shield. The regular enemies are slimes, magicians, ghosts, knights, lizard men, ropers (which look like huge blobs with tentacles), and dragons (the main being Quox). In the third Namco Museum game, there is a small handbook explaining how to get the treasures. There is also a hidden version far more difficult than the regular named "Another Tower" and an extra version named "Darkness Tower". The treasures (save the first one) are all altered in how to get. In the museum's library, there are three books containing illustrations of the game's characters. The Namco Museum DS version does not have a physical handbook, but the actual game does feature a "hint mode" for getting the treasures. On some early releases of the arcade version there is a glitch that makes the last level unbeatable. Characters[edit]Gilgamesh[edit]Gilgamesh(ギルガメッシュ,Girugamesshu?), also known as Gil, the destined hero of this game. He has been charged by the goddess Ishtar to ascend the Tower of Druaga and rescue the maiden Ki from the demon Druaga. Not only must Gil use his sword and shield to navigate through the labyrinthine floors of the tower, he must use his wit and memory to reveal the locations of the treasures contained on each floor, some of which are absolutely necessary for Gil's success. Gil is patterned after the Gilgamesh of Sumerian legend. Gil was also absent in The Quest of Ki. Ki a priestess who has unfortunately been captured and rendered powerless by the demon Druaga, turning her into a stone to lure the greatest warrior in Ishtar's realm into his trap. Ki goes on to be a tremendous asset in Gil's future adventures, but first she must be rescued from Druaga's grasp. Ishtar, based on the goddess of love and war by the same name, assigns Ki to retrieve the Blue Crystal Rod. After Ki is captured, Ishtar tells Gil to save Ki; she is unable to meddle directly in the affairs of mortals on earth, and can only sit by and watch as Gil answers her call to service. In the PC engine remake, she gives hints to the player about retrieving the treasures. Druaga(ドルアーガ,Doru. ДЃga?) is the demon that resides in the tower that is called the Tower of Druaga. He is portrayed as a huge, green monster with eight arms, four legs, and yellow eyes. He will eventually be defeated by Gil. He has hidden the Blue Crystal Rod and kidnapped Ki to lure Ishtar's greatest instruments of good into his trap so he can dispose of them forever, and lay claim to the world. For Druaga's plan to succeed, Gil must die. Should Gil survive the climb through all 6. Druaga himself. Without the proper equipment and enhancements, Gil will be no match for Druaga's brutal destructive strength. The game has been ported to the following platforms: [7]PC Engine remake[edit]The game was remade for the PC Engine in 1. The game sports new graphics,1. The levels themselves are completely different, the conditions to get the secret treasures are changed, some treasures have been removed and some have been added, and there are new enemies. Players also have an item screen where they can use the collected items and equip armor. At the end of each level players get ability points that can be used to raise speed, sword speed, pick axe uses and more. Sequels[edit]There are four games in the main series. Also, some side stories were made, including: The sequels were not as successful as the first game, although Return of Ishtar came very close. Anime series[edit]An anime series titled "Druaga no TЕЌ ~the Aegis of URUK~" (The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis Of Uruk) premiered on April 5, 2. You. Tube, Crunchyroll and Bost TV. The series is set 6. Gil now appears as an elderly king; Ki first appeared in a flashback, and later appears as a "ghost of tower"). References in other video games[edit]In Tales of Phantasia much of the equipment used by Gilgamesh could be obtained. Tales of Destiny contained an optional dungeon based directly on the original Tower of Druaga (but with different treasures). In Tales of Symphonia, the equipment used by Gilgamesh could be obtained, and the character Zelos could gain a special title by wearing it. Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 also contains a variation of the dungeon. The game also contains costumes for Gilgamesh, Ki and Druaga, which allows the heroes to become them in battle, and wearing the Gilgamesh costume is necessary to access the dungeon in the first place. In Tales of Legendia, one of the "Rare Monsters" that you can find and battle is the Quox, the dragon enemies from the Druaga games. In Tales of Hearts, Gilgamesh can be summoned as a support character. Gilgamesh and Ki appear as playable characters in the Wonderswan Color game Namco Super Wars. Gilgamesh and Ki appear as playable characters alongside several other characters from the series in Namco x Capcom, and the eponymous tower is a major location in the game. In Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean, the Tower of Druaga makes an appearance as a puzzle in Mira, complete with slimes and tools. Baten Kaitos also contains some of Gilgamesh's equipment as obtainable items. In Super Smash Bros. Nintendo 3. DS/Wii U, a Mii Swordfighter costume based on Gilgamesh (referred to as 'Gil') will be available in February 2. Mii Costumes. See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit].
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