Ns Tower
| Filename | ns-tower-25-jp.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 737.7 KB (755394 bytes) |
| Mac OS | Mac OS X |
| Downloads | 11 |
NS-Tower is a 1996 arcade platformer from Japanese developer Nagi-P Software, designed as the inverse of their better-known NS-Shaft: instead of falling endlessly down a series of platforms, the player has to climb upward without missing a step. It is a small, focused single-screen game built around quick reflexes.
The hook
The screen scrolls steadily downward, sweeping platforms toward the bottom edge. Miss a jump and your character either falls behind or is crushed against the ceiling, so survival is a continuous test of timing and platform reading.
Heritage
Nagi-P Software produced a cluster of related curio titles for the Mac in the mid-1990s, with NS-Shaft and NS-Tower forming a mirrored pair. NS-Tower's success spawned community variants such as NetTOWER, which built on the same climbing premise.
Era and platform
Released as version 2.5 in 1996, NS-Tower targets the classic Mac OS and is preserved on the Macintosh Garden alongside its siblings.
This file is part of the MacTrove archive. See the Thank You page for the upstream mirrors we rely on. It is BinHex encoded — use The Unarchiver to decode it.
