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The Dark Crystal (computer game)
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The Dark Crystal is a graphic adventure
computer game
based on Jim Henson's fantasy film, The Dark Crystal
. The game was designed by Roberta Williams and published under the SierraVenture line in 1983 as Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal. It was the first Hi-Res Adventure released under the SierraVenture line, the previous titles being released under earlier names and later re-released under SierraVenture.
Development took a little over a month. A simplified version written by Al Lowe
, titled Gelfling Adventure, was released in 1984 and was intended for a younger audience.
The Dark Crystal is set in Thra, a world with three suns. Every thousand years the three suns come together in an event known as "The Great Conjunction". The player controls Jen, a gelfling. Two souls are destined to battle to reveal the secrets of their past. One warrior's fate rests in the hands of a tyrannical villain who is hellbent on destruction.
The game features no music, a single beep is used to alert that no action other than the return key can be taken and a double beep if another command is used at that time.
Adventure game
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film,...
computer game
Personal computer game
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based on Jim Henson's fantasy film, The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal is a 1982 British-American fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. Although marketed as a family film, it was notably darker than previous material created by them. The animatronics used in the film were considered groundbreaking. The primary concept artist was the...
. The game was designed by Roberta Williams and published under the SierraVenture line in 1983 as Hi-Res Adventure #6: The Dark Crystal. It was the first Hi-Res Adventure released under the SierraVenture line, the previous titles being released under earlier names and later re-released under SierraVenture.
Development took a little over a month. A simplified version written by Al Lowe
Al Lowe
Al Lowe is an American musician and game designer/programmer who developed several adventure games, mostly for Sierra On-Line. He is best known for his creation of Leisure Suit Larry and the long-running series it spawned....
, titled Gelfling Adventure, was released in 1984 and was intended for a younger audience.
Gameplay
The game features no music, a single beep is used to alert that no action other than the return key can be taken and a double beep if another command is used at that time.
External links
- HI-RES VOL. 1, NO. 3 / MARCH 1984
- IF Legends
- Review from Creative Computing March 1983
- A detailed walkthrough of The Dark Crystal
- Vintage-Sierra.com part 1
- Vintage-Sierra.com part 2
- The Sierra Help Pages
- Sierra-Collector
- Dark Crystal Information
- The Dark Crystal - Movie Merchandise
- Synchronic Web: Fantasy Adventures - Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/SSI/AD&D...
- Gamespot
- Dark Crystal Information