Treasure Master

Treasure Master is a video game released by ASC Games in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System as part of a contest involving MTV.

Treasure Master
Cover art
Developer(s)Software Creations[1]
Publisher(s)ASC Games[1]
Composer(s)Tim Follin
Platform(s)NES
Release
Genre(s)2D action platformer[2]
Mode(s)Single player

The contest

After the game's release in late 1991, players had until 12PM EST on April 11, 1992 to practice beating the game.[2] At this time, MTV revealed a secret password. By entering in this password and the game's serial number before beginning the game, players unlocked a secret sixth Prize World level. After this, players had until midnight to complete the entire game, including the Prize World. This prompted the game to reveal a 24-character code. By calling in to a special hotline with this code, players had a chance at winning one of 36,252 prizes.

Contest prizes

Two first-prize winners had their pick of:

  • Fantasy Rock Concert
  • Fantasy Sports Event
  • Fantasy Audio/Video Room
  • $10,000[3]

250 second-prize winners each won a Super NES. Up to 36,000 third-prize winners may have won an official poster-size winner's certificate. [4]

Music

The game's music was composed by Tim Follin. The game's title screen music is a remix of the theme song to the Starsky & Hutch television series.

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References
  1. Treasure Master release information at GameFAQs
  2. Treasure Master information at MobyGames
  3. Game Players Nintendo Guide May 1992
  4. http://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Nintendo_NES/Manual/formated/Treasure_Master_-_1991_-_American_Softworks_Corporation.pdf
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