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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Towers: Lord Baniff's Deceit is a high-fantasy <a href="/shareware/3015-1324/" data-ref-id="3015-1324">shareware</a> first-person role-playing game developed and digitally published by <a href="/jv-games-inc/3010-1614/" data-ref-id="3010-1614">JV Enterprises</a> for the <a href="/atari-st/3045-13/" data-ref-id="3045-13">Atari ST</a> sometime in 1993. It later received a <a href="/pc/3045-94/" data-ref-id="3045-94">DOS PC</a> release sometime in 1994.</p><p>A dungeon crawler similar to the <a href="/dungeon-master/3025-918/" data-ref-id="3025-918">Dungeon Master</a> and <a href="/eye-of-the-beholder/3025-1037/" data-ref-id="3025-1037">Eye of the Beholder</a> series, Towers puts players in the role of one of four adventurers (Garand, Tasler, Merton, or Andros) as they venture through a massive tower <a href="/maze/3015-528/" data-ref-id="3015-528">labyrinth</a> to find its Lord (along with a way out). Along with a mouse-based interface, the game is known for allowing co-operative <a href="/multiplayer-lan/3015-2698/" data-ref-id="3015-2698">LAN multiplayer</a>.</p><p>The game's story involves a group of adventurers who are stranded in Lamini, also known as the "Land of Towers", a place where Lords construct massive towers to reside in. Tasked as couriers with checking the status of Lord Baniff, they end up trapped inside the tower, only to find it full of hostile creatures.</p><p>It later received a handheld conversion for the <a href="/game-boy-color/3045-57/" data-ref-id="3045-57">Game Boy Color</a> sometime in the year 2000, published in North America by <a href="/vatical-entertainment-llc/3010-2901/" data-ref-id="3010-2901">Vatical Entertainment</a> and in Europe by <a href="/telegames-inc/3010-6/" data-ref-id="3010-6">Telegames</a>. Along with being one of the few first-person games for the platform, this version also features <a href="/full-motion-video/3015-604/" data-ref-id="3015-604">full-motion video</a> segments and linked multiplayer.</p><p>It also received a sequel for the high-end Atari ST (the Atari Falcon), known as <a href="/towers-ii-plight-of-the-stargazer/3030-1781/" data-ref-id="3030-1781">Towers II: Plight of the Stargazer</a>.</p><h2>Gameplay</h2><p>Players choose from one of four adventurers (Garand, Taslet, Merton, and Andros), each with a weighted roll of standard Dungeons &amp; Dragons stats (STR, INT, WIS, DEX, and CON, along with HIT, WGHT, and MANA).</p>