Crystal Castles

July 8, 1983 Atari U.S. Gold, Microsoft Game Studios
Puzzle Arcade
Arcade bbcmicro Atari8bit C64 ZXS Atari-ST PC Acorn Electron Apple][ X360 ACPC
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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.
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Game Info

Release Date July 8, 1983
Developer Atari
Publisher U.S. Gold, Microsoft Game Studios
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Themes Action, Fantasy