Crystal Caves
Enter an underground world of treasures and traps in Crystal Caves, a colorful EGA game that rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, enter cave after cave…
Crystal Caves is an arcade developed by Apogee Software, released 23 October 1991 on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Crystal Caves is
Crystal Caves is an arcade game developed by Apogee Software and released in 1991. It was published by 3D Realms. It is available on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Enter an underground world of treasures and traps in Crystal Caves, a colorful EGA game that rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering teasures and evading countless hazards. Crystal Caves is a mixing of Nintendo's Mario Brothers, Commander Keen, and Indiana Jones. As with all Apogee games, a high priority has been placed on solving ingenious puzzles built into the game. Episodes include "Trouble with Twibbles", "Slugging it Out", and "Mylo Verses the Supernova"
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Crystal Caves launched on 23 October 1991, within three weeks of Super Castlevania IV and Super Ghouls'n Ghosts.
Released around the same time: Super Castlevania IV, Super Ghouls'n Ghosts.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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