| Platform: Nintendo 64 |
| Developer: Aruze |
| Publisher: Aruze |
| Release Date (NTSC-JPN): 2003 (Aleck64 Arcade Platform) |
| Language Patch Available 🇺🇸 English |
| Genre: Puzzle |
| Players: 1 |
| Force Feedback: No |
Game Description:
Tower & Shaft delivers two modes of vertical puzzle gameplay: Shaft challenges you to fall through platforms and stay ahead of a descending screen — miss and you lose a life. Tower flips the action, requiring timed jumps with a fluctuating power meter to reach higher floors. Lose momentum and fall off-screen? Life lost. You get two lives per credit, with respawns starting ten floors below death point. Though menus and story are in Japanese, the core gameplay is intuitive. A rare Aleck64 arcade title, preserved via emulation for collectors and enthusiasts.
Translations Available
Language: 🇺🇸 English
Dobutsu no Mori (Animal Forest) has been fan-translated into American English by Zoinkity. The patch uses the .xdelta format and was released on 04 February 2019. Tower & Shaft English Localization This series of patches localizes the Aleck64 title “Tower & Shaft” to North American English and optionally modifies it to run on Nintendo 64 hardware. A revised cartridge conversion method is used, consistent with later conversion releases. This should act as a replacement for the original N64 conversion release. Patch details available at ROMHacking.net.
No Game Guide / Walkthrough
Video Gameplay by PJ64 Legacy Team