#Crystal castles game get the gems full#
In the case of the VCS controller, it was never fully supported, as no games were ever made that took full advantage of it all the controller ended up doing was translating the analog movement into the standard up/down/left/right movements. At the $45 retail price they were first advertised for, it was pretty much a sham, especially when Atari was telling people the controller "takes a good game (Phoenix, Missile Command, Galaxian, Space Invaders) and makes it awesome". The game was unofficially converted to the 5200 and someone made a version of it that supports the trak-ball:Ĭonsidering all the effort that was put into making and marketing the trak-ball controllers, it's shameful how little they were supported. A prototype version for the computers existed in 1984 (and was leaked out soon after Atari changed hands) and was later revamped and released in 1988, but neither version supported the trak-ball. Special thanks to getting me thinking about Crystal Castles, and for recommending the 2600 version I thank 5200 GuyĪtari announced it would be for all their consoles and computers in 1984, but as we know, only the VCS version was released. Price puts Crystal Castles at about $5 at the time of writing this. Tunnel Runner, Pitfall II, Montezuma's Revenge, maybe Mountain King. To me, not many 2600 games are worth over that. I would definitely buy it if it were just a little cheaper. Overall, I would say it's an A-tier Atari 2600 title when played with the right controller. Would I get my money's worth? Yes, but that's still a bit much in my opinion. Sadly my local game store is selling for $10, nearly twice the amount on price without shipping. Like ET and Dragster, I had a blast playing 2600 Crystal Castles again. They're all symmetrical, too, but that is very typical of the 2600's backgrounds, as seen in Adventure, Combat, Pac-Man, and many others. There are loads of 3D levels crammed into the cart, and that's very impressive. The level design is much, much simpler here, but it doesn't hurt the game at all. I didn't like the D-pad controls, but I imagine it would work well with the 2600 joystick, which is what I normally use. I don't normally like using the keyboard for games, but it really does work well for this title.
#Crystal castles game get the gems windows#
I don't have the physical cartridge for it (shocker), but I did have my old Windows Vista machine out, so I looked up an online JavaScript emulator and started playing with the keyboard. I thought I'd give it a second chance like I did with ET and Dragster. I saw that some people really liked this port. This morning, however, I was reading through my first ever topic on this site asking your top ten 2600 titles. It's very impressive for the system, yes, but I never liked the controls or hit detection on the video waf- I mean, gems. For me, it has always been a "you get an A for effort" kind of game. The 2600 port I played shortly after I first played the arcade game, also on Atari Anthology. Anyone else know the warp in level one that nets you 140,000 points? We went back, and YEAH! High score still standing! Sadly I didn't snap a pic of the score itself, but I did take a picture of my initials on the first level. This was on the cab I found while staying at a hotel. I love the arcade game so much, I went and got the high score. I think have one, but maybe I'm thinking of someone else. Nevertheless, if it was cheaper I would totally pick it up. I don't know if the machine was broken, but the minuscule trak ball was puny, imprecise, and honestly horrible. I played it on an Arcade 1up machine in a game store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. If I could get any arcade cabinet, Crystal Castles would be it.
After playing the cab, I grew to love the game. Not that the analog stick is any better for Crystal Castles. Until I found the cabinet in person, I didn't even know it was a trak ball game. Little did I know that the reason I didn't like it was because of the D-Pad! I'm not a fan of analog sticks with old games, so I almost never use them. I played this "weird 3D Pac-Man clone" with a D-Pad at the time, and I'm not sure if I knew I could jump until later! I thought it was just okay. Here was a game I had never heard of surrounded by true classics: Centipede, Asteroids, Pong, Super Breakout, Tempest, and more. I fist played the arcade version of Crystal Castles around 2013 on the XBOX collection Atari Anthology. Today I was reacquainted with the Atari 2600 version of Crystal Castles using an online emulator.
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