Crystal Castles

ReleasedJul 8, 1983

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
Amstrad CPC

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.

Developer: Atari
Publisher: U.S. Gold, Microsoft Game Studios
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Themes: Action, Fantasy
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Age ratings: ESRB E
IGDB rating: 54 / 100 (16 ratings)

Release dates

Release dates by platform
Platform	Release
Acorn Electron	1986
Amstrad CPC	1986
Apple II	1983
Arcade	Jul 8, 1983
Atari 8-bit	May 1989
Atari ST/STE	1986 · North America1988 · Europe
BBC Microcomputer System	1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX	July 1984 · North America1985 · Europe
PC (Microsoft Windows)	Mar 24, 2010
Xbox 360	Mar 24, 2010
ZX Spectrum	1986