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Tower Toppler (Atari 7800) game manual, Atari Corporation

Corporation, Atari. 1988. “Tower Toppler (Atari 7800) game manual, Atari Corporation.” Atari Corporation.

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Tower Toppler Atari 7800 manual
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Pinned in stubs batch 32 for Nebulus. Six-page Atari 7800 manual; the back page (image 6) prints "Copyright © 1988, Atari Corporation" and says the game program is licensed from U.S. Gold.

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Atari's manual for the Atari 7800 version, Tower Toppler (1988), sets the game on the planet Nebulus: the player, an explosives expert for Destructo, Inc., has to climb eight rotating towers in a toxic sea and blow them up, armed with a snowball gun and carried between towers in a minisub.p. 2 (image 2)p. 2 (image 2)p. 2 (image 2)p. 2 (image 2)p. 4 (image 4)p. 3 (image 3)Manual
The Atari 7800 manual gives the rules: the clock starts when the player leaves the sub, reaching the top of a tower sets off its destruction, an enemy can knock the player partway down or into the water, a fall into the water costs one of three lives, a bonus life comes every 5,000 points, and between towers the player catches fish from the minisub for bonus points. One or two players can play.p. 3 (image 3), Playing the Gamep. 4 (image 4)p. 4 (image 4)p. 4 (image 4)p. 4 (image 4)p. 4 (image 4)p. 4 (image 4)p. 4 (image 4)p. 2 (image 2), Getting StartedManual
The Atari 7800 manual names the eight towers in order: Tower of Eyes (the easiest), Realm of Robots, Trap of Tricks, Slippery Slide, Broken Path, Swimmer's Delight, Nasty One, and Edge of Doom (the hardest).p. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), Towersp. 4 (image 4), TowersManual
The Atari 7800 manual is copyright 1988 by Atari Corporation and says the Tower Toppler program is licensed from U.S. Gold, which holds the Tower Toppler trademark.p. 6 (image 6), back pagep. 6 (image 6), back pagep. 6 (image 6), back pageManual