Crystal Quest Classic
Game Mechanics LLC · 2016 · Action, Strategy, Classic, Arcade, 2D
PC
Positive88% · 33
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About Crystal Quest Classic
When you start the game you find yourself on a field sprinkled with crystals and other goodies. Your job is to collect all the crystals while avoiding the mines – not to mention the 12 breeds of nasties and their bullets that soon turn up to try and stop you. Once you collect all the crystals, an exit at the bottom of the screen opens up so you can escape. Sounds simple? All the best games are – the depth of gameplay emerges from the simplest of pretexts.
Crystal Quest Classic is a revival of the 1987 award winning video game. The original was played on almost every Macintosh computer in existence before being ported to the Apple IIgs, Amiga and the Game Boy – followed many years later by a reawakening on the Xbox360. It had so many firsts including being the very first color game on the Macintosh. Crystal Quest was one of 5 titles included in Macworld Magazine’s “Game Hall of Fame” and got 5 out of 5 mice from MacUser Magazine.
“Crystal Quest cost me some of the best hours of my life. Nice to see it back and nice conversion. It looks, feels, and sounds just the way I remember it.” – Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus
There are bonuses, smart bombs and mines. There are also 12 achievements that you can earn. Some are harder than others.
This is an early game designed by Carmageddon creator Patrick Buckland, with all the art and sound effects just as he created them. And yes, the level exit sound is Patrick.
Crystal Quest Classic is a revival of the 1987 award winning video game. The original was played on almost every Macintosh computer in existence before being ported to the Apple IIgs, Amiga and the Game Boy – followed many years later by a reawakening on the Xbox360. It had so many firsts including being the very first color game on the Macintosh. Crystal Quest was one of 5 titles included in Macworld Magazine’s “Game Hall of Fame” and got 5 out of 5 mice from MacUser Magazine.
“Crystal Quest cost me some of the best hours of my life. Nice to see it back and nice conversion. It looks, feels, and sounds just the way I remember it.” – Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus
There are bonuses, smart bombs and mines. There are also 12 achievements that you can earn. Some are harder than others.
This is an early game designed by Carmageddon creator Patrick Buckland, with all the art and sound effects just as he created them. And yes, the level exit sound is Patrick.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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.2 found this helpful
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.1 found this helpful
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.
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