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IGDB / 11207

Crystal Castles

1983 54 / 100 Arcade Puzzle
Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The player controls a cartoon bear by the name of Bentley Bear, who has to collect gems located throughout trimetric-projected rendered castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems. Crystal Castles is notable for being one of the first arcade action games with an actual ending, whereas most games of the time either continued indef Show full summary

Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The player controls a cartoon bear by the name of Bentley Bear, who has to collect gems located throughout trimetric-projected rendered castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems. Crystal Castles is notable for being one of the first arcade action games with an actual ending, whereas most games of the time either continued indefinitely, ended in what was termed a "kill screen" or simply just restarted from the first level, and to contain advance warp zones.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer

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Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in 1983. The player controls a cartoon bear by the name of Bentley Bear, who has to collect gems located throughout trimetric-projected rendered castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems. Crystal Castles is notable for being one of the first arcade action games with an actual ending, whereas most games of the time either continued indefinitely, ended in what was termed a "kill screen" or simply just restarted from the first level, and to contain advance warp zones.

GameplayPuzzles Game modeMultiplayer GenreArcade GenrePuzzle ThemeAction ThemeFantasy
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Traitanthropomorphism Traitcollecting Traitdeath Traiteaster egg Traithigh score Traitmaze Traitsingle-screen level Traittemporary invincibility Traittrackball Traitwarping Traitwitches Traitxbox live

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Atari
Publisher
U.S. Gold, Microsoft Game Studios
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Third person
Themes
Action, Fantasy
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Amstrad CPC 1986
  • Acorn Electron 1986
  • Atari ST/STE 1988
  • Xbox 360 Mar 24, 2010
  • ZX Spectrum 1986
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX 1985
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Mar 24, 2010
  • Apple II 1983
  • Arcade Jul 08, 1983
  • Atari 8-bit May 1989
  • Atari ST/STE 1986
  • BBC Microcomputer System 1986
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX Jul 1984

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