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The Tower

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: OPeNBooK

Developer: OPeNBooK

Original system(s): PC

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Genre: Simulation^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-03-01^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-21601G

Non-Sega versions
3DO Macintosh Windows PC

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The Tower (ザ・タワー) is a simulation game released for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

The Tower is a "tower" simulation game similar in design to Maxis' SimCity (a game which inspired Saito). Players essentially construct a tower, managing its content and transport systems in a bid to keep residents happy and make money.

History

It was originally designed by Yutaka "Yoot" Saito - his first venture at his company OPeNBooK and published for a variety of platforms in 1994. The majority of ports remained exclusive to Japan, however was seen in the west as SimTower, published by Maxis.

Sega would later publish a PC/Mac sequel, Yoot Tower, and a second sequel on the Game Boy Advance, The Tower SP.

Magazine articles

Main article: The Tower/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: The Tower/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[3]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[4]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

77

^[5]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

79

^[6]

	75
Based on 4 reviews

The Tower

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

Main article: The Tower/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

492,871,008

1996-01-29

CD-ROM (JP)

T-21601G V1.000

References

↑ File:TheTower Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)
↑ Famitsu, "1996-03-08" (JP; 1996-02-23), page 1
↑ Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 9" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 62
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (JP; 1996-02-09), page 217
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13

The Tower

Books: Sega Saturn Hisshou Hou Special: The Tower (1996) | The Tower Master Book (1996)

[:File:TheTower_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:TheTower Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230509.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee2.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee2.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:05)

[3] Famitsu, "1996-03-08" (JP; 1996-02-23), page 1

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-09_19960426.pdf_p62-4] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 9" (JP; 1996-04-12), page 62

[:File:SSM_JP_19960223_1996-03.pdf_p217-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-03 (1996-02-23)" (JP; 1996-02-09), page 217

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p13-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 13

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Difference between revisions of "The Tower"

From Sega Retro

Revision as of 14:06, 19 April 2023

Contents

Gameplay

History

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References