Crystal Castles (computer game)
| Crystal Castles | |
|---|---|
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| Studio | Atari |
| Publisher | Atari |
| Senior Developer | Franz X. Lanzinger |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
1983 |
| genre | Maze |
| Game mode | 2 players take turns |
| control | Trackball ; 1 button |
| casing | Standard and Cocktail |
| Arcade system |
CPU : 6502 (@ 1.5 MHz) Sound CPU: - Sound Chips: 2 × POKEY (@ 1.25 MHz) |
| monitor | Raster resolution 256 × 232 (4: 3 horizontal), color palette: 32 |
Crystal Castles is an arcade game that was produced by Atari in 1983 . It is controlled with a trackball and is reminiscent of Pac-Man , but has an isometric view. The game was ported to various home computers and the Atari 2600 game console .
Game flow
The player controls a bear named Bentley Bear , and has to pick up gems in a three-dimensional castle by walking over them. A trackball was used for control in the arcade version . When all gems have been collected, you get to the next level. There are some opponents who collect stones themselves and over which you can fly at the push of a button. There are stairs, elevators, tunnels as shortcuts and invisible teleporters . The game consists of ten levels , the first 9 with four locks each, level 10 is only one lock.
opponent
- Witch Mathilda (the character has to find a hat to kill)
- walking trees
- Skeletons
- Ghosts
- Balls
- Bees (when you eat honey)
Meaning and special features
The game was very popular and successful.
- When Bentley Bear loses a life, different speech bubbles appear depending on the remaining number, like in a comic (BYE, OH-NO or OUCH).
- The high-score initials appear as a block graphic in the next game.
- All of the music was classical ( Nutcracker Suite and 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, Mephisto Waltz by Liszt).
- The game was so successful that conversion kits for other arcade devices were available.
Ports
- Apple II (Atarisoft)
- Atari 2600 (1984)
- Commodore 64 (1984) - 2 versions (Atarisoft, Thundervision)
- TRS-80 (1984) as for Crystle Castles
- Atari ST (1986, Atari) - ported from Andromeda Software
- Acorn Electron
- Amstrad CPC (1986, US Gold) - ported from Andromeda Software
- BBC Micro (1986, US Gold)
- ZX Spectrum (1986, US Gold) - monochrome graphics, ported by Andromeda Software
- Atari home computer (1988) - rare XE cartridge
- Playstation (1998/2001)
- PC-DOS (2000-2003)
- Xbox (2004)
- PlayStation 2 on Atari Anthology (2004)
- Atari Flashback (2005)
- Nokia N-Gage (2006)
Individual evidence
- ↑ TRS-80: Crystle Castles
- ↑ Crystal Castles in the database of worldofspectrum.org, accessed on December 11, 2010. (English)
Web links
- Crystal Castles in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Crystal Castles at MobyGames (English)