Babel no Tou Nintendo

A puzzle game for the NES similar to Sokoban or Solomon's Key. It was developed by Namco.

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Namco

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puzzle, sideways, sinlgescreen

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Babel no Tou ("Tower of Babel") is a puzzle/platformer from Namco in which the main character has to lift and place various L-shaped blocks in order to proceed to the exit. There are a total of 64 stages and each is progressively more difficult. Exacerbating the issue is the player character's intolerance for getting crushed, roaming enemies and a limit based on how much power the player has remaining, which drops each time the player character lifts a block. The player character can also collect items that occasionally appear in the world, but these usually confer point bonuses and nothing more. Should the player manage to successfully complete a stage, they will be given an extra life to help with the next one. Every eighth stage is a "reprieve room", where there are very few blocks and the exit is easy to reach. However, the player needs to figure out the special technique to make a symbol appear, as these are instrumental for completing the game once the 64th floor has been reached. These generally involve tricks like holding a direction down on the D-pad for a length of time.