Crystal Quest Classic Reviews

Crystal Quest! I used to play this ALL the time as a kid. Well, the original one. And let me say that I got MUCH better than I did when I was a child. Because. You know. I was a child. Anyway, as soon as I saw this in the Steam store, I had to get it. And I wasn't disappointed. Yeah it gets pretty nuts in the harder levels, but I did well, and I'm really loving throwing it on for a quick time-killer. You don't expect to survive long, and it's a blast. Nostalgia out the wazoo!

I was a little hesitant because of the "from my childhood" reviews. But then I considered that people regardless of age hate fundamentally bad games, so people wouldn't remember this game so fondly if it sucked. Then I remembered that games like this existed to teach basic I/O skills on computer and waving the mouse around was one of the styles... and on that basis I feared it really MIGHT suck. Well after giving it a go I'm happy to say it doesn't suck. In fact the gameplay is well-tuned and very skill-based, and overall this game is charming and compelling. I have the hand cramp of a life time, but it was worth it and I plan to play a lot more when it un-seizes. What you see in the previews in the Steam Store is what you get here. But it is the kind of game that keeps calling you to play more because you know you can hone your skill "just a bit more" as you click to play again. Worth it! Edit: I came back after about 3 hours of play to say I'm done with this game. It was a fun diversion and worth what I paid for the fun I got back. Sure it wasn't AAA gaming but the core gameplay is fun enough.

Not recommended except for nostalgia reasons. has funny sound effects and an interesting control scheme, but thats about all youll get. Used to play this as a kid on the family computer all the time. not a good game by modern standards, or any standards really, but a nice nostalgia trip and piece of computer game history.

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 never played this on the Mac and have not encountered previous versions of the game, but I am a tremendous fan of Williams' classic arcader ROBOTRON 2084. Robotron has had many, many descendants to its twin-stick gameplay mechanic, but this game adapts the OTHER elements of Robotron into a different gameplay mode. It works great in terms of gameplay. Currently playing this with a desktop trackball but I will soon try this on an arcade cabinet using a full-size trackball and arcade buttons and expect the experience to be rewarding. For weirdos like me who hunt down Steam games for use on an arcade cabinet, this is a winner.

Had to request refund since you can't adjust the screen size and achievements do not work. The game also requires super precision mouse skills, my walmart special just isn't up to the task.

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.

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this pop up on Steam - I spent so many hours in the late 80s and early 90s playing this on a variety of old-school Macs. This seems to be pretty much a perfect recreation of the classic, down to the amazing sound effects. Blem. Blem. Blem. AaaAAAaah!

PROS: If you played this game on Mac back in the day, your brain will melt from nostalgia. It plays and sounds exactly like what you remember. CONS: As noted by others, the achievements do not work. Based on the fact that the game is still being sold at full price despite being no longer being supported by the devs, I can't really promote the game. If the devs decide to reappear and fix the achievements and maybe make some minor updates, then I'll change my review. As it stands, the brief nostalgia trip isn't worth the five bucks.

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.