Tower Of Doom

a.k.a. ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS III: TOWER OF MYSTERY Cartridge / ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS REVENGE OF THE MASTER Cartridge

published by INTV in 1984, developed by Mattel Electronics / Realtime Associates, running on Intellivision

type: adventure, maze
series: Dungeons & Dragons
setting: Medieval
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

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INTV #8600
Mattel #4692

# 2006

Game Author comment

It was originally supposed to be a voice-optional game, and by the fall I was putting in many long hours focused on getting that going. Around October, Mattel had its first round of layoffs. About 1/3 of the staff was gone over-night. The atmosphere had become quite depressed, and I coped by becoming ever more involved with working on Tower of Doom, and blocking out what was going on around me.

In November we had the second round of layoffs, and another third of the staff was gone. It seemed like there was no hope left for the few of us that remained, but I kept plugging away at T-O-D, hoping that I'd have enough time to finish the game. Unfortunately, in January 1984, Mattel Electronics went out of business, and that was that.

So, about all I remember from that time period was how depressing things got, and how desperate I was getting, hoping that I'd be able to finish T-O-D.

Digitpress - # 2009-06-02 16:10:09 - game Author comment - source