Crystal Caliburn

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Crystal Caliburn
Crystal Caliburn.jpg
Cover art for the game.
Developer(s) LittleWing
Publisher(s) StarPlay
Platform(s) iOS, Macintosh, Windows, Windows 3.x, Windows Mobile
Release
  • WW: 1993
Genre(s) Action, arcade

Crystal Caliburn is a 1993 video game by Japanese studio LittleWing (ja) and published by StarPlay for Macintosh and Windows; it was later released for Windows Mobile and iOS.

Contents

Gameplay

Crystal Caliburn is a pinball game with multiball play. [1]

Reception

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Crystal Caliburn the 140th-best computer game ever released. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World . No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2022-06-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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