

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"
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Plot-driven, classical in form, cool and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the game
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
- Developer
- Apogee Software
- Publisher
- FormGen, Apogee Software, 3D Realms
- Released
- October 23, 1991
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.6/10 from 16 ratings.
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