| Crystal Caverns | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Imaginative Systems Software |
| Publisher(s) | Hayden Software |
| Designer(s) | Daniel Kitchen [1] |
| Platform(s) | Apple II, Commodore 64 |
| Release | 1982: Apple [2] 1984: C64 [3] |
| Genre(s) | Text adventure [4] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Crystal Caverns is a text adventure written by Daniel Kitchen of American studio Imaginative Systems Software [5] for the Apple II and published by Hayden Software in 1982. A Commodore 64 port was released in 1984.
Crystal Caverns is a treasure-hunt game which takes place in a mansion, as well as in the woods and in tunnels. [6] [7]
Kelly Grimes reviewed Crystal Caverns in Space Gamer No. 64. [6] Grimes commented that "It is a nice change of pace from hack-and-slash or space shoot-em-ups, but it is not worth the price." [6] In Softalk , Roe Adams commented that the game is "written primarily for intermediate level adventurers" and concluded that it "offers several hours of enjoyable fun and thought." [8] In The Book of Adventure Games , Kim Schuette commented on the "imagininatively written, highly descriptive text, and several very well done puzzles", concluding that the game was "all in all, rather interesting." [4]
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