Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal for the Atari 8-bit family

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Published on August 17, 2013 5:07:29 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhX0I_uo9rU

Game:

The Dark Crystal (1983)

Duration: 7:43

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Came also out for:

Apple II
FM-7
PC-88
PC-98


Game description:

The Dark Crystal is closely based on Jim Henson's film of the same name. The game is set in Thra, a world with three suns, which come together every thousand years in an event known as "The Great Conjunction". The player controls Jen, the last survivor of the Gelfings, a race of mole-like people. He must find a dark crystal and its broken shard, and repair it to end the reign of a tyrannical lord.

Like other installments of the Hi-Res Adventures series, the game is entirely text-based, with non-animated graphics to illustrate the areas. Movement between areas and interaction with the game world is performed by typing commands consisting of either one or two words (a combination of a verb and an object).


What I think:

Easily the best out of the Hi-Res Adventure games you can get for the Atari 8-bit systems.

It is the most fun and offers the most variety out of all the Hi-Res Adventure games.