greenween

It was worth the $250!!!! It took me 30 years to get this!!!

Next up, "Turn The Terrible Tank" !!!!

Sounds like a cool game and an awesome weekend!

Not yet, didn't think to buy batteries! D'oh! My daughter is already in love with it and we will be doing a marathon tomorrow!!!

Awesome photos Greenween! Have you had a chance to play the game with anybody yet?

here we go.

Soon, I ordered it off ebay, should have it Friday!!! 

Soon, I ordered it off ebay, should have it Friday!!! 

LET'S SEE IT!

I did it!!! After 30 years I bought Dark Tower!!! $250 but never played in great condition!!! I will share pics!!!

What? Atarilbc means the Jaguar is "the last true Atari" system, not iteration of the company name.

You're forgetting the Lynx, greenween.

Sadly I have never even seen a Jaguar in real life!

I have 2600, 5200 and 7800. I WILL have a Jaguar one day!

You got me thinking I might want to play this game greenween. I went on youtube and found a great walkthrough:
 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKOOkqDzVxM

So here's how I recall it.  Each player had there own section of board they started with. The goal was to travel through each player's territory to gain a bronze, silver and gold key. Once you had the keys you could attack the "Dark Tower" for an epic battle to win!  You would turn the tower on, enter how many players and it mostly did the rest. On your turn you move one space in any direction then press the corresponding key on the tower You had to buy soldiers and rations for them at bazzaars. When you moved you either had an encounter where you battle Brigands and the "tower" controlled the battle in a turn based fashion, Or got lost or the plague .The tower would display everything, complete with sound effects! Dragons, Gold, what's not to love!!! There was actually even more to the game than I described, just way ahead of it's time. Electronic D&D from way back!!!

Not really. Just that the 68020 would have had more power, hopefully the jaguar wouldn't have been so screwy to write for. An ease of programming would have lead to more 3rd party vendors and hopefully more great games. We're playing the "what if" game though..
 
Staying on topic, the Jaguar as it was, not what I wish it had been, meant a lot to me. It's a part of my youth and the lesson of "great graphics do not correlate to great games" as that commercial would have you believe, is a lesson I'll have with me for the rest of my life.

I'm excited to talk about it! Gotta work early, i'll be back tomorrow!

Whoa. That sounds really cool greenween. What's the objective of the game? How does the electronic tower know what's going on in the game? I might have to get this.

It was beautiful. Up to 4 players, the "tower" was electronic and would display battle stats, etc.Random encounters, dragons, finding keys and treasure!! I found a dos version years ago, not the same but it was pretty cool.

lol that DOES look like dark tower! It just needs the little flags. 

Was that the game that looked like a pizza with Devil's Tower from Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the middle?

Oh how wonderfully geeky!!!
 

 
 
 

I remember this being the greatest board game of all time!! My best friend had it back in 82, I've found it in perfect condition on ebay for $200 and will have it soon!!!
 

I remember this being the greatest board game of all time!! My best friend had it back in 82, I've found it in perfect condition on ebay for $200 and will have it soon!!!