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Probably the best Dungeons & Dragons game for the Intellivision.

Graphics: 5 Sound: 3 Replay Value: 5 Notes: 1-player game; Easter Egg Screen Shots

Tower of Doom was arguably the best Dungeons & Dragons game made for Intellivision - some prefer Treasure of Tarmin. Sure, it wasn't licensed to bear the Dungeons & Dragons title, but it's clearly meant to be a D&D game. The Blue Sky Rangers' site even states that claim, I think. In fact, my pals over at RavenSoft have a sanctioned AD&D Tower of Doom arcade game in their break room! Although, I believe the working title for this game was Tower of Mystery. This INTV game has great arcade action like Cloudy Mountain, combined with a wider variety of monsters, lots of cool magic items, and a multilevel dungeon style a la Treasure of Tarmin. Its visuals are more interesting than Tarmin's, too, but without the first person perspective. The real-time level map that's filled in as you explore is a great touch, as well as the close-up battle action, also in real-time, unlike Tarmin's turn-based combat.

A total of two Tower of Doom box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	8600	None		No origin or copyright date; game title on bottom flap—title is upright when box lays face-up
Image not available.	INTV Corporation	8600	None		UPC barcode on bottom flap, but no game title; no origin or copyright date

As is the case with Super Pro Football and World Championship Baseball, a game title vs. UPC variation on the bottom flap of the box has been found. My theory on this is that the earliest copies of the game, available only through the Triton catalogues, had the game title only. Later copies, destined for store shelves, added the UPC barcode. Note that the barcode has the digits 08600 at the end - 8600 was the catalog number of Tower of Doom.

Only one version of the manual has been found for Tower of Doom.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	8600	None		Accordian-style folding; cool font!

Only one version of the overlay has been found for Tower of Doom.

Only one version of the label has been found for Tower of Doom.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	INTV Corporation	N/A	None		Large label, square corners; game title in large bold font

	Reminds me of Castle Grayskull...
	It may seem trivial, but the flickering of the torches was a really cool effect.
	When you enter combat, the game enters a close-up mode, but your backpack and birds-eye map remain visible.
	As in the first D&D game, the maze is initially revealed to you as you explore. The birds-eye auto-map is a welcome touch.

Game Credits Easter Egg

Credit: The official Intellivision Lives! site

Press Reset: You must be at the title screen
Either Controller: Press [0] and hold
Easter Egg: Credits for the game scroll by:

If you find new, contradictory, or other information you wish to share, please let me know!