Platform: Arcade
Region: NTSC-U
Country: United States of America
Developer(s): Atari
Publishers(s): Atari, Inc.
ReleaseDate: 1983-07-08
Players: 2
Co-op: No
Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles is a 1983 arcade isometric maze chase video game developed and released by Atari in the USA on July 8, 1983. The player controls Bentley Bear with a trackball throughout a maze of 16 different playing fields. Bentley can also jump, by pressing a button, which allows him to avoid obstacles. The player can collect the gem stones scattered through the maze to gain points. Because some enemies eat gems, players can earn bonus points for collecting the last gem on the board. Other items appear, such as pots of honey, that give bonus points. Different enemies follow unique patterns, such as trees who try to find the quickest path to Bentley and are stunned briefly if Bentley jumps over them. The Gem Eaters can be defeated if Bentley runs into them while a gem stone is rising up through their body. Each level has four waves; the fourth one features Berthilda the Witch, whom Bentley can defeat when he wears the magic hat located in the maze. The hat otherwise makes Bentley briefly invincible to enemies. In the game's ending, the players receive a congratulatory message and ranking based on how many lives they have and a bonus score based on how fast they played, followed by an animation that reproduces animated rectangles.
ESRB Rating: E - Everyone
Genre(s): Action
