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  Tom's Crystalis World - Your Headquarters for All Things Crystalis
Crystalis is one of the greatest games ever for the NES (Well good enough to be rereleased).
Crystalis was released by the SNK Corporation in July of 1990, and was released in Japan under the title "God Slayer".
In June 2000, Nintendo rereleased Crystalis on the Game Boy Color (GBC); there are a few small changes in game play and Nintendo worked to tie the plot more closely together, as SNK had to neglect the plot when releasing the NES version in order to meet their deadline.
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  Hardcore Gaming 101: Crystalis
As a result, Crystalis is remembered as one of the best early action-RPGs, surpassing almost all contenders in the field in terms of overall gameplay, and even earning a spot in Nintendo Power’s top 100 games in the magazine’s 100th issue.
After the prologue of Crystalis finishes, the first thing you see is a computer booting up, which then asks your name.
In the end, both versions of Crystalis are worth a try, even though the NES version is more satisfying in terms of story, and I'd imagine, for one's overall gaming experience.
hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com /crystalis/crystalis.htm   (1439 words)

  
  Crystalis - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Crystalis is an action Role-playing video game produced by SNK in July 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Crystalis takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where the aftermath of a global thermonuclear war has reverted civilization to a primative, medieval state while populating much of the scorched Earth with fierce mutant creatures.
Crystalis is often considered an unheralded classic RPG of the 8-bit genre.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Crystalis   (565 words)

  
 RPGamer > Retroview > Crystalis
Combat in Crystalis, of course, is real-time, with the player gaining up to four elemental swords during the game, with enemies being strong or weak against certain types.
Crystalis is surprisingly original, though, being the earliest action RPG I've played with charge attacks, diagonal movement, elements, apocalyptic references, tools not seen in the Zelda games like a Gas Mask, and so forth; no problems here.
Crystalis, in the end, was a surprisingly decent entry by SNK into RPGs, despite its flaws, and would a decade later receive a remake on the Gameboy Color near the end of that system's life, although I'm not certain if that port would be best, given the horror stories I've heard about its aurals.
www.rpgamer.com /games/crystalis/cryst/reviews/crystrdrev2.html   (689 words)

  
 Crystalis Review for Game Boy Color - Gaming Age   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The story of Crystalis is standard RPG fare: A post-apocalypse world has returned to a magical land where a chosen few can wield powerful spells.
The graphics in Crystalis are exactly the same as the NES original--which can be a blessing or a curse, depending on personal preference.
Crystalis is viewed from a top-down view similar to the Zelda series.
www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=gameboy&game=crystalis   (512 words)

  
 Crystalis   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Crystalis is an action Role-playing video game produced by SNK in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
It was released for the Game Boy Color in June 2000 with a different storyline, new music, and some other minor modifications.
Over the course of the game, the nameless hero searches for Mesia, a girl from his own time, who was also cryogenically frozen 100 years earlier.
www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/c/cr/crystalis.html   (415 words)

  
 Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Crystalis"   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Despite its quality, Crystalis never became a runaway hit, although it is considered today a cult classic among other titles such as River City Ransom and Terranigma.
Nearly ten years after the game's initial release, Nintendo bought the rights to Crystalis and released it for the Game Boy Color on June 26, 2000.
Crystalis takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where the aftermath of a global thermonuclear war has reverted civilization to a primitive, medieval state while populating much of the scorched Earth with fierce mutant creatures.
www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=crystalis   (618 words)

  
 AllRPG.com - Crystalis - Review
Crystalis was released in 1990 by SNK, the company responsible for the Neo Geo.
Crystalis is unique and fun from the start, and it continued to meet my initial expectations all the way through.
Crystalis adds a twist to this familiar setup, though, which I found interesting: some of the survivors of the war built a floating tower from which they could watch over the regrowth of humanity and make sure their mistakes are never repeated.
www.allrpg.com /games/crystalis/index.php3?page=review&num=1   (516 words)

  
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 IGN: Crystalis Review
It's kind of interesting to note that Crystalis was released on the NES by SNK, a company with its own handheld but pulled out of the market before the release of its game on the competing portable.
Crystalis is like Legend of Zelda in the sense that you run around the land and swipe your sword at all the alien creatures of the land.
In the case of Crystalis, the task is to locate the four swords that have been wielded in the four elements: wind, fire, earth, and water.
uk.gameboy.ign.com /articles/163/163597p1.html   (1038 words)

  
 Games : Crystalis
Crystalis is an overhead-perspective adventure game, set in a landscape where magic and technology coexist.
Crystalis is a faithful representation of the original classic, but the development team at NST has made some major improvements.
Crystalis fans will notice a greater level of detail in the background graphics, but we were particularly impressed with the improved continuity of the game's storyline.
www.nintendo.com /games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=347   (437 words)

  
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Crystalis is an Action/RPG video game produced by SNK in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
On the NES, Crystalis utilized the MMC3, a standard Memory Controller that allowed access to >64kb ROM.
The story is as follows: On October 1st, 1997, a war breaks out across the world.
www.nintendofire.com /Nintendo-Encyclopedia/Crystalis.html   (347 words)

  
 Bargain Crystalis from our online store - SmartDownloads Online Store   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The story in Crystalis revolves around a young warrior who was cryogenically suspended before an earthly cataclysm that was scheduled to take place October 7, 1997.
Crystalis can be considered one of the first RPG's ever introduced, and its a great one at that.
Crystalis has great graphics, sound, control, and is overall a fantastic game.
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 RPGRocker's Overlooked RPGs - Crystalis (NES) - Legacy Systems - Nintendo NSider Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Crystalis is an action RPG by SNK, a relatively low-profile developer who made a slew of arcade and NeoGeo games (Metal Slug, Ikari Warriors), but they didn’t make too many for Nintendo consoles.
Crystalis has had one re-release since its NES days, and that was one for the GameBoy Color.
I had (as you might say) overlooked Crystalis during the NES days, and, it wasn't until the GBC version of it was released that I finally got a chance to try it.
forums.nintendo.com /nintendo/board/message?board.id=legacy&message.id=229624   (2384 words)

  
 Crystalis for Game Boy Color Review - Game Boy Color Crystalis Review
For a game developed more than ten years ago, Crystalis is still surprisingly relevant, and it's a testament to tight, polished RPG game design.
Crystalis was originally spawned by SNK for Nintendo's 8-bit NES console.
In Crystalis' control scheme, one button lets you attack with your sword, while the other is reserved for the mapping of different items or spells.
www.gamespot.com /gbc/rpg/crystalis/review.html   (786 words)

  
 Console vs. Handheld: Crystalis from 1UP.com
Filled with nods to works like Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa, Crystalis inspired as neatly as it stole: Square's Secret of Mana was basically three-player Crystalis with ring menus, all the way down to the floating technofortress at the game's end.
Crystalis' Japanese name was God Slayer, giving SNK a good nine-year headstart on Square's 32-bit exercise in sacrilege (Xenogears, etc.).
Crystalis for GBC is a perfectly enjoyable handheld game, but it doesn't offer enough new features to compensate for its unique flaws, like the cramped dimensions that make it far too easy to walk into a bad guy before you can see it.
www.1up.com /do/feature?cId=3133565   (637 words)

  
 About Crystalis Treasures - Beads, Jewelry and Gifts
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 Gamebits: Crystalis
Players take the role of a hero destined to reunite the four swords of the elements to form the sword Crystalis, and defeat the evil wizard Dragonis.
Crystalis is not paced so that you walk into a new town with money to buy new armor, or enough experience to defeat the next boss.
Crystalis is an excellent example of the games that rightfully captured our hearts more than a decade ago, and is easily one of the most faithful NES translations to date.
www.gamebits.net /handheld/crystlis.shtml   (546 words)

  
 All-Reviews.com Videogame Review: Crystalis
Crystalis is a classic role playing game from the days of 8-bit technology.
To my dismay, I couldn't find Crystalis in my limited NES archives, so I can't directly compare the new Crystalis to the old Crystalis.
You are not a true gamer unless you have played Crystalis all the way to the end.
www.all-reviews.com /videogames/crystalis.htm   (625 words)

  
 RPGFan Reviews - Crystalis
Now, Dragonia caught wind of this uprising, showed up, kicked all four of their scrawny magician butts, and scattered the four swords to the four corners of the Earth.
The gameplay in Crystalis is like that in The Legend of Zelda but with fewer puzzles and more button mashing action.
Crystalis is one of those great little games you need to try at least once.
www.rpgfan.com /reviews/crystalis/Crystalis_gb.html   (985 words)

  
 ClassicGaming.com - Game of the Week
The box was a color somewhere between pink and purple and, to be quite honest, the character pictured on it looked like the guy on the cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid." I let it languish for days before I finally opened the box.
Crystalis is an Action-Adventure with overhead perspective, in the manner of The Legend of Zelda.
Perhaps the greatest part of Crystalis is its very variety - The world is simply huge and full of people to help, fight, hop around, or paralyze.
www.classicgaming.com /rotw/crystalis.shtml   (1142 words)

  
 Classic Review Archive - Crystalis
Crystalis is a standard adventure/RPG is that you must find items, fight enemies to gain experience, and achieve many different goals (like getting the windmill to start up to help the town at the beginning of the game).
The hero in Crystalis has excellent agility and control so it doesn't take forever to get from place to place.
The music in Crystalis is fabulous because there are LOTS of themes that have variety and different feel.
hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com /nes/cryst.htm   (869 words)

  
 GameStats: Crystalis Cheats, Reviews, News
CRYSTALIS for the Game Boy Color takes you to a post-apocalyptic world where an evil force named Dragonia threatens to take over.
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 Meta-Review: Crystalis - NES - racketboy.com
In SNK’s Crystalis, the mechanics and story are best described as the precursor of SNES’s Zelda:A Link to the Past.
Despite its quality, Crystalis never became a runaway hit, although it is considered today a cult classic among other titles as River City Ransom and Terranigma.
Crystalis is everything the Zelda sequel should’ve been, and my personal favorite Action RPG made for the NES.”;
www.racketboy.com /retro/2006/07/meta-review-crystalis-nes.html   (440 words)

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