The Kristal

The Kristal
Developer(s)	Fissionchip Software
Publisher(s)	Addictive Games Cinemaware
Director(s)	Michael Sutin
Producer(s)	Mark Pearce
Designer(s)	Rodney Wyatt Michael Sutin
Programmer(s)	Alan Butcher
Artist(s)	Michael Haigh
Writer(s)	Michael Sutin
Composer(s)	Rodney Wyatt Mickey Keen
Platform(s)	Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS
Release	NA: 1989 EU: 1989
Genre(s)	Adventure game
Mode(s)	Single-player

The Kristal is an action game/adventure game first released in 1989 for the Amiga computer. It was later released for the Atari ST and MS-DOS. It was developed by the UK-based company Fissionchip Software, and published in Europe by Addictive Games and in the US by Cinemaware. Unusually for a video game, the game is based on a play, , written in 1976; the authors of the play worked together with the game developers and the play was never shown in theatres or on film before the game's release. A dialog introducing the setting recorded by Patrick Moore, who introduced both the game and play.

The player takes the role of a pirate named Dancis Frake, on a mission to recover the "Kristal" on behalf of the Kring of Meltoca.

The game features a number of different classic game genres merged: fighting, space flight/combat, and (to a limited extent) LucasArts-style point-and-click adventuring.

Reception[]

The game was reviewed in 1989 in Dragon #152 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 41⁄2 out of 5 stars.^[1] Computer Gaming World gave the game a very negative review, citing the poor controls for the action sequences and the repetitive interrogation of other characters. The review summed up the game saying, "The Kristal is virtually unplayable except to the master arcade gamers that might have the time and patience for the "challenge"."^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• The Kristal at MobyGames
• The Kristal at the Hall of Light

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