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- Originally exclusive to DOS, it was re-released on Steam in 2015 with Windows and Mac OS support. It stars Baron Baldric, an old wizard with a magic staff and an array of amusing mannerisms, who must quest through twelve towers and rid them of monsters.
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Mystic Towers | |
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Developer(s) | Animation F/X |
Publisher(s) | Manaccom Apogee Software |
Designer(s) | Lindsay Whipp |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS, Windows, Mac OS |
Release | July 15, 1994 |
Genre(s) | Role-playing video game, Platform game |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Mystic Towers is a video game created by Australian developer Animation F/X and published by Manaccom domestically and Apogee Software internationally. Originally exclusive to DOS, it was re-released on Steam in 2015 with Windows and Mac OS support. It stars Baron Baldric, an old wizard with a magic staff and an array of amusing mannerisms, who must quest through twelve towers and rid them of monsters. Mystic Towers is a sequel to Baron Baldric: A Grave Adventure, a platform game in which Baron Baldric battled an evil sorcerous ancestor. The earlier game, originally written for the Amiga and later ported to the PC, was published by Manaccom and not released outside of Australia.
Gameplay[edit]
Each tower consists of 45 rooms (5 floors with 9 rooms each), 15 monsters, and 1 monster generator. In each tower, Baldric must defeat all the monsters, destroy the monster generator, and obtain the Large Red Tower Key that opens the tower entrance.
Baron Baldric has a health bar showing his hit points, which decrease as Baldric takes damage from monsters, is poisoned, or steps on traps. When his health meter runs out, Baldric loses a life. He begins with nine lives in reserve (one life in Practice Mode), and gains more with every 10,000 points he earns. Points are earned by collecting treasure.
Box (pinkdeveloper) mac os. Baldic must consume enough food and drink to avoid starvation and thirst. If his food or drink bars reach zero, Baron Baldric slowly loses life until the bar is replenished. Otherwise, Baldric's health slowly recharges over time. Food can be found in a variety of places, and some monsters can be eaten after they are killed. Drinks come in bottles and flasks, as well as water fountains. Some bottles contain wine, which makes Baron Baldric intoxicated (characterized by spinning and hiccuping) for a short while.
Baron Baldric can become poisoned by stepping on a poison tile, drinking slime, or getting hit by a venom cloud. Baron Baldric slowly loses health when poisoned. In order to cure poison, the player can use a heal spell, drink slime from outlets, or eat a mushroom. If Baron Baldric eats a mushroom when he's not poisoned, he dies instantly.
There are 6 towers in the game. Each tower has an 'Apprentice' version, which Baldric visits on the first half of his quest, and a 'Wizard' version, which he visits on the second. In Wizard towers, Baldric does not start with maps of each floor, the monsters are significantly stronger and faster, teleporters do not link in a ring but direct, the Red Tower Key is not in the starting room, and there are new classes of obstacles to overcome.
Baldric starts each tower afresh, with his food, drink, and health bars all refilled, and his inventory of spells and coins lost. Only his extra lives and score are carried over.
The game's 'Practice Mode' is the opposite of what its name suggests, an extra difficult mode suited only to those who have already mastered the game's mechanics. In this mode, players select a single tower to play through, with both apprentice and wizard versions of all the towers available. All the same dangers are present as in the story mode, but the player has only one extra life and cannot save their game.
Spells[edit]
There a total of ten spells in the game. The first five are damage spells (Ice, Sulfur, Venom Cloud, Fireball and Lightning) for killing monsters and differ from each other only in the specific amount of damage they do and the fact that Ice has unlimited ammunition. The other five spells (Reveal, Heal, Teleport, Levitate, and Bomb) are utility spells. The Reveal spell lights up dark rooms, reveals hidden doors, treasure, and poison tiles. The Heal Spell restores Baldric's health and cures poison. Teleport can only be used on a teleport pad, which transports him to the floor indicated by the number on the pad. Levitate makes Baldric float one level higher, and can be stacked. Baron Baldric can return to the ground by jumping. Finally, Bomb can be cast only on a monster generator, as part of the criteria of completing the level.
Coins can be collected to purchase spells. The higher the floor of the tower in which a spell is purchased, the more powerful the spell generally is. Although all the spells except Ice are collectible, only the damage spells are purchasable.
Several monsters can cast spells, with seemingly no limits. Venom Cloud has the ability to poison Baron Baldric, and Lightning can kill in two hits.
Power-ups[edit]
There are three types of power-ups, all of which last a limited amount of time:
- Meta-power greatly boosts the power of Baron Baldric's currently equipped spell.
- Invisibility makes Baron Baldric invisible. Monsters will not attack Baron Baldric unless they run into him, and autofire rooms (rooms that sense the presence of Baldric and fire) will not activate.
- Shields make Baldric invulnerable. Monsters will not attack, and Baldric is immune to poison tiles, traps and fire. He can still be poisoned from drinking slime and killed from eating a poisonous mushroom when not poisoned.
External links[edit]
- Mystic Towers page at 3D Realms
- Mystic Towers at MobyGames
Anomaly: Warzone Earth | |
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Developer(s) | 11 bit studios |
Publisher(s) | Headup Games(Germany) |
Designer(s) | Michał Drozdowski [ lead ] Przemek Marszał Rafał Włosek |
Programmer(s) | Bartłomiej Walecki [ lead ] Bartosz Brzostek Krzysztof Narkowicz |
Artist(s) | Przemek Marszał [ lead ] Konrad Ziomek |
Composer(s) | Piotr Musial |
Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation Network, Blackberry 10 |
Release | Windows, OS XiOS
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Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, tower defense |
Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a real-time strategytower defensevideo game by 11 bit studios.[3][4] The game was initially announced in late 2010,[5] and released on April 8, 2011 for Windows and Mac OS X.[6]
Plot[edit]
Tower Attack (bolthorn Dev) Mac Os Catalina
Coins can be collected to purchase spells. The higher the floor of the tower in which a spell is purchased, the more powerful the spell generally is. Although all the spells except Ice are collectible, only the damage spells are purchasable.
Several monsters can cast spells, with seemingly no limits. Venom Cloud has the ability to poison Baron Baldric, and Lightning can kill in two hits.
Power-ups[edit]
There are three types of power-ups, all of which last a limited amount of time:
- Meta-power greatly boosts the power of Baron Baldric's currently equipped spell.
- Invisibility makes Baron Baldric invisible. Monsters will not attack Baron Baldric unless they run into him, and autofire rooms (rooms that sense the presence of Baldric and fire) will not activate.
- Shields make Baldric invulnerable. Monsters will not attack, and Baldric is immune to poison tiles, traps and fire. He can still be poisoned from drinking slime and killed from eating a poisonous mushroom when not poisoned.
External links[edit]
- Mystic Towers page at 3D Realms
- Mystic Towers at MobyGames
Anomaly: Warzone Earth | |
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Developer(s) | 11 bit studios |
Publisher(s) | Headup Games(Germany) |
Designer(s) | Michał Drozdowski [ lead ] Przemek Marszał Rafał Włosek |
Programmer(s) | Bartłomiej Walecki [ lead ] Bartosz Brzostek Krzysztof Narkowicz |
Artist(s) | Przemek Marszał [ lead ] Konrad Ziomek |
Composer(s) | Piotr Musial |
Platform(s) | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, PlayStation Network, Blackberry 10 |
Release | Windows, OS XiOS
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Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, tower defense |
Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a real-time strategytower defensevideo game by 11 bit studios.[3][4] The game was initially announced in late 2010,[5] and released on April 8, 2011 for Windows and Mac OS X.[6]
Plot[edit]
Tower Attack (bolthorn Dev) Mac Os Catalina
The game is set in the near future, where sections of an alien spacecraft have crash-landed in several major cities around the world including Baghdad and Tokyo.
The player assumes the role of the commander of an armor battalion (referred to as '14th Platoon' in the story) sent to investigate anomalies that have occurred in the vicinity of the wreckage and gather information on what is happening in the affected areas, as the anomalies are interfering with radar and satellite imagery - and to neutralize any threats that may exist within the anomalies' field of influence.
Gameplay[edit]
The style of the gameplay has been described as 'reverse tower defense',[7] 'tower attack',[8] and 'tower offense'.[9] Players control a convoy of vehicles investigating anomalies around sections of a downed alien spacecraft, which are protected by various types of defensive towers that have to be destroyed.[10] Players do not directly control the vehicles in the convoy, rather they set paths for the convoy to follow along city streets, while also dropping power-ups such as decoys or smoke-screens to aid the survival of the convoy. In addition, players can purchase and equip a number of different units with varying offensive and defensive attributes to make up the convoy.
In the Windows, Mac, Linux and XBLA versions, players directly control a soldier on foot (dubbed the Commander) whom they use to pick up and drop the power-ups for the convoy. The iOS and Android versions omit the Commander in lieu of the player directly placing power using the touch-based interface. In addition, the iOS and Android versions do not feature the levels set in Tokyo.
Release[edit]
Anomaly: Warzone Earth was released on PC and Mac on April 8, 2011; and was released on iOS on August 11, 2011 as separate apps for iPhone and iPad. An Android version followed, initially as an exclusive release on the Amazon Appstore, on November 29, 2011,[11] then as a general Android Market release on January 25, 2012.[12] The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade in April 2012. A beta linux version was created but quickly scrapped as it was too buggy[13]
Reception[edit]
Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | PC: 80/100[14] iOS: 94/100[15] iOS (HD): 90/100[16] X360: 79/100[17] PS3: 78/100[18] |
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TouchArcade | [19] |
Wild magic (helpinghand97) mac os. Anomaly: Warzone Earth received strong reviews from critics. GamesBeat gave the game a score of 80/100, saying, 'While it's hard to control, Anomaly is still playable and enjoyable as long as you take the time to really master the interface first.'.[20]Select Start Media awarded the game 7.9/10, praising the unique idea of 'tower offence' and solid gameplay.[21] As of November 14, 2011, the iOS version is one of the highest rated iOS games of all time on Metacritic[22] with a score of 94.[15]
In June 2011, OS X version was awarded with Apple Design Award during Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. At the end of 2011 Apple has posted their annual iTunes and App Store rewind lists, where Anomaly: Warzone Earth has been entitled Game Of The Year Runner-Up.[23]
Tower Attack (bolthorn Dev) Mac Os X
iOS version was chosen Game Of The Year Runner-Up by TouchArcade,[24] and was named the 'Best Strategy' iOS game of the year in TouchGen's Editor's Choice Awards.[25] The PC version was also nominated by GameSpot for the Best Strategy Game of 2011 title.[26]
Sequel[edit]
In August 2012, 11 bit studios announced that a sequel titled Anomaly: Korea will be released. The game, set several months after the events of Anomaly: Warzone Earth, featured new units and new powers.[27] On February 28, 2013, 11 bit studios announced on their social networks that Anomaly 2 would be coming out soon. The game was debuted at Boston's PAX East on March 22, 2013.[28]
References[edit]
- ^McElroy, Justin (March 18, 2011). 'Anomaly Warzone Earth lands on April 8'. Joystiq. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Miechowski, Paweł (July 25, 2012). 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth Takes Aim On PlayStation 3'. PlayStation Blog. Retrieved July 25, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly Warzone Earth'. 11 bit studios. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Buchanan, Levi (January 18, 2011). 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth Flips Tower Defense Script'. IGN. Retrieved March 30, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Rossignol, Jim (October 13, 2010). '11bit Announce Anomaly: Warzone Earth'. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Mattas, Jeff (April 8, 2011). 'Shack Giveaway: Anomaly Warzone Earth'. Shacknews. Retrieved April 9, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Patterson, Blake (March 22, 2011). 'GDC 2011: Upcoming 'Anomaly Warzone Earth' – Tower Defense in Reverse'. Touch Arcade. Retrieved March 30, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Cameron, Gordon (December 14, 2010). 'Plugged In - Tower defense gets turned on its head in Anomaly: Warzone Earth'. Yahoo! Games. Archived from the original on January 25, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Biessener, Adam (April 8, 2011). 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth - Tower Offense Delivers Unusual Thrills'. Game Informer. Retrieved April 10, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Kuchera, Ben (March 15, 2011). 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth—tower defense, but you're the invading force'. Ars Technica. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly Warzone Earth HD'. November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD drops Amazon exclusivity, now available on the Android Market'. Droid Gamers. January 25, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly Warzone Earth Coming to XBLA'. IGN. Archived from the original on January 8, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly: Warzone Earth for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved March 25, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^ ab'Anomaly: Warzone Earth for iPhone/iPad Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved November 14, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly: Warzone Earth HD for iPhone/iPad Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved March 25, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly: Warzone Earth for Xbox 360 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved March 25, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly: Warzone Earth for PlayStation 3 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved March 25, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Nicholson, Brad (August 11, 2011). ''Anomaly: Warzone Earth' Review – Simply Incredible'. TouchArcade. Retrieved March 25, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Jasmine Maleficent Rea (April 6, 2012). 'Anomaly: Warzone Earth successfully reverses tower defense (review)'. GamesBeat. VentureBeat. Retrieved April 9, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly: Warzone Earth'. Select Start Media. May 11, 2012.
- ^'Highest and Lowest Scoring Games – iOS'. Metacritic. Retrieved November 14, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Apple Names Best Of 2011 for iTunes, Mac, and iOS App Stores'. OS X Daily. Retrieved June 9, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'TouchArcade Game of the Year 2011'. TouchArcade. Retrieved June 9, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'TouchGen Editors' Choice Awards 2011'. TouchGen. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'GameSpot's Best of 2011 Awards'. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 9, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly Korea and two other new titles announced by 11 Bit Studios'. Pocket Gamer. Retrieved August 12, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Anomaly 2 announced'. Original Gamer. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)