Crystal Quest Classic

I played this as a kid back in the day and have thought about this game a lot over the years. It's harder than I remember. I thought I'd destroy at this game as an adult. My one complaint is the bonus crystals seem to just die on their own. It's not just a random mistake where I may have killed them. I'm literally flying around not shooting and they spawn and die. The emulated version has them floating around at the spawning zones and I fly in to catch them. The steam version has those "Dead" messages popping up constantly even if you fly around with no projectiles being fired.

Being someone who doesn't care about Steam achievements, Crystal Quest is perfect for what it originally set out to do, and is still just as fun now. It's the distillation of the arcade game spirit: No story, fast amd extremely difficult gameplay, strange and exciting graphics and sounds, number go up. I just learned recently of its fascinating sequel Crystal Crazy and sincerely hope that one comes to Steam too. These are classic games that are some of the best of their time in pure gameplay.

It was worth 1€ in promotion for the amount of nostalgia it gave me, it becomes hard quickly to no loose one life at least once on the levels after the ~12th+. I didn't remembered it to be this difficult when I was a kid. When in promotion it's worth it.

Quest the Crystals and Die Trying. A True Classic for Those who Know

I am very nostalgic for this game having grown up on the original version. I really wish the developer hadn't abandoned it because its a nearly perfect port but it has some really annoying bugs if your monitor is ultrawide.

I love this game.