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Crystal Caves (1991)

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Crystal Caves is a Jump & Run/Platformer game. It was made and published by Apogee. It was released in 1991.

The game begins in a main level containing the entrances to 16 caves. To complete the game, Mylo must collect all the crystals in all the caves. Mylo can complete the caves in whichever order he chooses. Mylo can quit a cave at any time, but in doing so, will negate all progress he made in that level.

Each cave consists of some simple puzzles to solve. Pulling a lever will open the door of a corresponding colour. There will also be switches that Mylo can use to activate and deactivate obstacles.

Mylo is armed with a rocket gun to destroy enemies and obstacles. Mylo begins the game with five rockets, but can collect more as the game goes on. There are many other power-ups to help Mylo:

P-Pill - Supercharges Mylo's gun so it can destroy all enemies with a single shot
G-Pill - Reverses gravity, allowing Mylo to walk on the ceiling.
Stop Signs - Freeze all enemies on the screen, allowing Mylo to sneak past them
Mylo begins each level with three hit points. Lose all hit points, and you go back to the start of the level. Finish a level with all hit points, and you get a bonus score of $50,000.

Crystal Caves was inspired by Miner 2049er. The main character's name, "Mylo Steamwitz", was coined by George Broussard and was meant to sound like a loser's name. Most graphics were created by Frank Maddin.

Development on Crystal Caves began back when George Broussard was still releasing games under the name Micro F/X. A few months into the development (when about 50-70% of the game was complete) Broussard joined Apogee and Crystal Caves became an Apogee product. It was originally going to be released in September 5, 1991 but was delayed for a month.

On October 24, 2005, 3D Realms (formerly Apogee) released a maintenance patch to fix a bug in the game which set the player's computer's clock backwards 100 years after playing on Windows XP.

By October 2020, a High Definition remake of the game was developed by Emberheart Games giving the game additional colours, animations and music tracks.

Source: Wikipedia