Crystal Castles
- Genres
- Puzzle Arcade
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox 360 · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · Atari 8-bit · BBC Microcomputer System · Apple II · Acorn Electron
- Release
- Arcade Jul 08, 1983 Apple II 1983 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX Jul 1984 Exact Commodore C64/128/MAX 1985 Month only Acorn Electron 1986 Month only Amstrad CPC 1986 Month only Atari ST/STE 1986 Month only BBC Microcomputer System 1986 Month only ZX Spectrum 1986 Month only Atari ST/STE 1988 Month only Atari 8-bit May 1989 Exact PC (Microsoft Windows) Mar 24, 2010 Xbox 360 Mar 24, 2010
- Credits
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MG
Microsoft Game Studios
A
Atari
UG
U.S. Gold
KS
Krome Studios
AS
Andromeda Software
- Board status
- —
About
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.
