Tower Power

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Tower Power was the name of the 1994 season FIRST game. This had the most participating robots of any year before it, and started FIRST on it's 40% growth trend that lasted until 2002, or so.

Index of FRC Games
2008 FIRST Overdrive 2007 Rack 'n' Roll 2006 Aim High 2005 Triple Play 2004 FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar 2003 Stack Attack 2002 Zone Zeal 2001 Diabolical Dynamics 2000 Co-Opertition FIRST 1999 Double Trouble 1998 Ladder Logic 1997 Toroid Terror 1996 Hexagon Havoc 1995 Ramp n' Roll 1994 Tower Power 1993 Rug Rage 1992 Maize Craze

Contents 1 Field Layout 2 Game Description 3 Tournament Structure 4 Kit Of Parts 5 Rules 6 Strategies 7 Robots 8 Misc Info 9 Sources

Field Layout

The field was a 12 sided polygon, with a large tower in the middle. The tower was surrounded by a hexagon outlined by four by fours. There were 12 balls for each team on the field.

Game Description

There were 3 robots at a time. A ball in the upper part of the tower was 3 points and a ball in the lower part of the tower was 1 point.

Tournament Structure

Kit Of Parts

• Robots were powered by a 23 volt drill battery.

Rules

Strategies

Robots

• The National Champion, Sunny Delight, shot balls into the goal.

Misc Info

Here is a video from the Xerox/Wilson High School Team (FRC Team 191 under the modern FRC Team Numbering System), as they competed in the 1994 Archimedes Division. [1]

Sources

• Team 177 History
• Team 45 History Compilation

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