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Treasure Master

Treasure Master is a platform game released by ASC Games in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System as part of a contest involving MTV. As this contest was only open to American participants, the game was released exclusively in the United States.

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Jun 17, 2026
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Source
Treasure Master
DeveloperSoftware Creations2
PublisherASC Games2
ComposerTim Follin
PlatformNES
Release
  • NA: December 19911
GenrePlatform
ModeSingle-player

Treasure Master is a platform game released by ASC Games in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System as part of a contest involving MTV. As this contest was only open to American participants, the game was released exclusively in the United States.

Contest

After the game's release in late 1991, players had until 12PM EST on April 11, 1992, to practice beating the game.3 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 (3HDJL9DNQV2WYTV4S91RXR86). By calling in to a special hotline with this code, players had a chance at winning one of 36,252 prizes.

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.


References

References

  1. "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  2. Treasure Master release information at GameFAQs
  3. Treasure Master at MobyGames