Tower Toppler (C64)

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Tower Toppler
Tower Toppler - C64 - USA.jpg
Platform: Commodore 64
Year: 1987
Developer: Hewson Consultants

Nebulus is a video game created by John M. Phillips and published by Hewson Consultants in the late 1980s for various home computer systems. International releases and ports were known by various other names, including Castelian, Kyorochan Land (キョロちゃんランド, Kyorochan Rando), Subline and Tower Toppler.

The game's original 8-bit release received some critical acclaim, in particular the Commodore 64 release, which garnered a Gold Medal award from UK magazine Zzap!64.

Nebulus was followed by a lesser-known sequel, Nebulus 2, on the Amiga in the 1990s. An Atari ST version was also in development but was cancelled.

Screenshots

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The loading screen.

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The European title screen.

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The USA title screen.

Music

For 1987, John Phillips who was a programmer, did a good job writing the music. He paintstakingly wrote it in assembly and then converted it to his sound driver.

Recording

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# Title Composer Length Listen Download
01 Game Theme John Phillips 3:00
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02 Get Ready John Phillips 0:03
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03 Game Over John Phillips 0:03
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Credits

(Sources: Europe, USA)

Game Rip

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Format

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Audio Devices

The game uses the computer's built-in SID chip and John Phillips' own sound driver.

Releases

  UK.svg   UK
Nebulus - C64 - EU (Tape).jpg
Title: Nebulus
Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1987-??-??
Publisher: Hewson Consultants
  UK.svg   UK
Nebulus - C64 - EU (Disk).jpg
Title: Nebulus
Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1987-??-??
Publisher: Hewson Consultants
  USA.svg   USA
Tower Toppler - C64 - USA.jpg
Title: Tower Toppler
Platform: Commodore 64
Released: 1988-??-??
Publisher: Epyx, Inc.

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