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{{nihongo|'''Babel no Tou'''|バベルの塔|"The Tower of Babel"}}, is a game developed by Namco in 1986 for the [[Famicom]]. It is an action puzzle game, and it was never released for play outside of Japan. The game consists of 64 "floors" or puzzles that involve the positioning of many L-shaped blocks. You must manipulate them to create stairs so you can reach the exit of each floor. Some floors are sealed, and you must collect crystal balls to escape. There are items to collect for bonus points, and a small number of enemies to avoid.
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{{nihongo|'''Babel no Tou'''|バベルの塔|Baberu no Tō|lit. "The Tower of Babel"}}, is a game developed by [[Namco]] in 1986 for the [[Famicom]]. It is an action puzzle game, and it was never released for play outside of Japan. The game consists of 64 "floors" or puzzles that involve the positioning of many L-shaped blocks. You must manipulate them to create stairs so you can reach the exit of each floor. Some floors are sealed, and you must collect crystal balls to escape. There are items to collect for bonus points, and a small number of enemies to avoid.
   
''Babel no Tou'' was converted for play in the arcade using Nintendo's Vs. arcade hardware and released as Vs. Babel no Tou. In
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''Babel no Tou'' was converted for play in the arcade using Nintendo's Vs. arcade hardware and released as ''Vs. Babel no Tou''. In
1997, the game was included on a compilation made for the Game Boy known as Namco Gallery Vol. 3. In 1998, the game was also included on a compilation made for the PlayStation known as Namco Anthology 1 where, like all of the Famicom games presented on the disc,
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1997, the game was included on a compilation made for the [[Game Boy]] known as Namco Gallery Vol. 3. In 1998, the game was also included on a compilation made for the [[PlayStation]] known as Namco Anthology 1 where, like all of the Famicom games presented on the disc, an enhanced arrange mode was provided along side the unaltered original game. In November 1997, a very faithful, yet unofficial fan-made version of the game appeared in Japan for the Sharp X68000 computer.
an enhanced arrange mode was provided along side the unaltered original game. In November 1997, a very faithful, yet unofficial
 
fan-made version of the game appeared in Japan for the Sharp X68000 computer.
 

Latest revision as of 17:21, 17 May 2020

Babel no Tou (バベルの塔 Baberu no Tō?, lit. "The Tower of Babel"), is a game developed by Namco in 1986 for the Famicom. It is an action puzzle game, and it was never released for play outside of Japan. The game consists of 64 "floors" or puzzles that involve the positioning of many L-shaped blocks. You must manipulate them to create stairs so you can reach the exit of each floor. Some floors are sealed, and you must collect crystal balls to escape. There are items to collect for bonus points, and a small number of enemies to avoid.

Babel no Tou was converted for play in the arcade using Nintendo's Vs. arcade hardware and released as Vs. Babel no Tou. In 1997, the game was included on a compilation made for the Game Boy known as Namco Gallery Vol. 3. In 1998, the game was also included on a compilation made for the PlayStation known as Namco Anthology 1 where, like all of the Famicom games presented on the disc, an enhanced arrange mode was provided along side the unaltered original game. In November 1997, a very faithful, yet unofficial fan-made version of the game appeared in Japan for the Sharp X68000 computer.