Browser Game Pick: Tower Climber (Skipmore)
In Tower Climber, a princess has been turned into stone and held captive at the top of a tall tower. And as the hero of the kingdom, it is up to you to save the day by collecting all one hundred gems inside the tower and casting a spell to turn the fair maiden back to her beautiful self again.
This one-button arcade game doesn't get difficult until after the thirtieth floor, when a row of spikes will appear to hurry you on your ascent towards the prize. Monsters have the same petrifying spell that was afflicts the princess, so you'd do well to avoid them or get yourself frozen for a couple of precious seconds.
Comments
This is probably my favourite out of all of Skipmore's games. There's a surprising amount of skill in timing your jumps so that you go the right way / bounce off the wall / collect the gem / avoid the monster, all whilst hopping frantically away from oncoming spiky doom. It's a shame that sometimes you'll inevitably be hit by a monster because of plain ol' bad luck, but the game is at least a little forgiving.
Completing the whole thing with 100 gems was very satisfying.
Posted by: Malefact | August 31, 2009 10:09 AM
Finally a good remake of NS-Tower i can play!
Posted by: zerm | August 31, 2009 12:57 PM
There are still some skipmore games missing ; P
But this game is really the best of the 3.
Posted by: Bleagle | August 31, 2009 1:31 PM