If 3 or more lives remain, he says 'BYE!' if 2 lives still remain, the quotation is 'OH NO!' if 1 life is left, it is 'OUCH!' and finally, for the last lost life (which ends the game), he says '#?!', so as to imitate an obscenity.Īt the beginning of every maze, gems are worth 1 point each this value increases by 1 for every gem Bentley picks up, to a maximum of 99. If Bentley is touched, he 'cries out' in a distinctive manner with the use of a cartoonish word balloons. Some types of enemies will track Bentley's movements in certain ways, while others move at random. Likewise, if the last available gem is collected by the enemy, the player also loses the last gem bonus.Įnemies can be avoided by use of the maze and its constructs, or by making Bentley jump over opponents with the jump button, in some cases also allowing him to stun them. Any gems collected by the enemies also result in a lower obtainable score for that screen. With two exceptions, if touched by the enemies he will lose one of his lives. While collecting gems, there are a number of enemies that try to stop Bentley and/or collect the gems for themselves. Gems are collected by simply walking over them, and a bonus is given upon collection of the last gem. The player can also skip some castles and acquire additional lives and points by using secret warps activated by making Bentley Bear jump at special locations.Ī trackball and 'jump' button are used for controlling Bentley Bear's motions. When all gems in a castle have been collected, the player moves on to the next castle. The three-letter initials of the player with the highest score are used to form the first level's castle structure. Each of the 37 trimetric-projected castles consists of a maze of hallways filled with gems and bonus objects, and also includes stairs, elevators and tunnels that the player can use as shortcuts. 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.Ĭrystal 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.Ĭrystal Castles has nine levels with four castles each, and a tenth level which features a single castle - the clearing of which ends the game. Lanzinger, Sam LeeĬrystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. If you prefere to use Java applet emulator, please follow this link.

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