Game

Crystal Castles

1983 · Arcade · BBC Microcomputer System · Atari 8-bit · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Atari ST/STE · Puzzle · Arcade

54IGDB player score
16 ratings

About this game

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.

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Game facts

Release date

Jul 8, 1983

Developer

Atari

Publisher

Microsoft Game Studios, U.S. Gold

Platforms

Arcade, BBC Microcomputer System, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Acorn Electron, Apple II, Xbox 360

Genres

Puzzle, Arcade

Themes

Action, Fantasy

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer

Perspective

Third person, Bird view / Isometric