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Now, that's a gem!

Crystal Caves, a classic Apogee platformer spanning across 48 challenging, colorful, and fun-packed levels (16 per episode), is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux on GOG.com, for only $5.99.

Do you remember how almost every single game in the 90s had a Sci-Fi backstory? GOG.com remembers. The game begins with Mylo rocketing to the Altairian star system on a simple treasure hunt. But what happens is far more dangerous than even Mylo bargained for. He enters an underground world of chambers full of alien technology and traps. Strange alien creatures and robots inhabit the caves, protecting the priceless crystals from money-greedy explorers. A festival of platform-hopping commences.

Crystal Caves is a colorful game with arcade-style gameplay, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, you'll enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering the treasures of each, while evading hazards galore! On some levels Mylo will even walk up-side-down! Other levels have such low gravity that the recoil from Mylo's laser pistol can knock him into other dangers! Some levels are without lights, and others are packed full of falling hammers egg-dropping alien bats, free roaming slither eyes, web-shooting alien spiders, and much, much more.

Do you have it in your heart to help Mylo strike it rich and quit his day job in Crystal Caves, for only $5.99 on GOG.com?
Super Mario anybody ?
Post edited August 07, 2014 by Matruchus
Niiice. It's not Command and Conquer or Final Fantasy, but certainly a good old game with over 200 wishlist votes.

Since this is a Apogee/3D Realms release, Imma give another shoutout to the freeware classics Bio Menace and Halloween Harry/Alien Carnage. Please bring 'em! Some of us want to play them, some of us want them on our game shelves as part of the classic platformer collections, and some of us want to see them "preserved" here as we think they're worthy of being so.

EDIT: Or a freeware classic even higher up on the wishlist...

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tburger: Maybe some series discount, GOG ;-)?
I very much agree with this, too.

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Post edited August 07, 2014 by tfishell
Can you please link the shareware version on your store page, or maybe even create an installer with DOSBox for it?

[url=ftp://ftp.3drealms.com/share/1cc10a.zip]ftp://ftp.3drealms.com/share/1cc10a.zip[/url]
I feel like they're teasing, holding back Commander Keen while releasing the others.
Another great Apogee classic, I remember playing a lot of this and Secret Agent. :D

I do hope this trend of classic platformers continues, and I too still hope to see the freeware Halloween Harry here to compliment all the other great games.
instabuy, now to read he thread. I was waiting for this one. I only played the shareware version mostly because I didn't have it till a lot later then secret agent which I played an awful LOT.

Anyway good to have here and I'm still waiting for the rest of the apogee games including scubaventure but that doesn't have many votes on the wishlist :(
The guy in the front page artwork looks like he's suffering inside, lol.
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haydenaurion: The guy in the front page artwork looks like he's suffering inside, lol.
heh, this is one of those games that was mail order only and didn't come in a cool big box is it not?
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haydenaurion: The guy in the front page artwork looks like he's suffering inside, lol.
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cpc464: heh, this is one of those games that was mail order only and didn't come in a cool big box is it not?
Oh I have no idea as i'm not familiar with PC gaming from that era, I just love that artwork, lol.
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For me too expencive for a 23 year old not-so-memorable platformer game. Could consider buying if it was for a dolar or so...
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Matruchus: Super Mario anybody ?
You mean the green pipes? lol. I guess Nintendo doesn't have any copyright on them because they didn't try to sue Flappy Bird either.
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cpc464: instabuy, now to read he thread. I was waiting for this one. I only played the shareware version mostly because I didn't have it till a lot later then secret agent which I played an awful LOT.

Anyway good to have here and I'm still waiting for the rest of the apogee games including scubaventure but that doesn't have many votes on the wishlist :(
Ooh, I didn't even hear of Scubaventure before. I see now that it's mentioned on the 3D Realms website, but it says that it's technically not an Apogee title:
http://www.3drealms.com/tech/allgames.html
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TheCycoONE: I feel like they're teasing, holding back Commander Keen while releasing the others.
Nooe, those rights belong to id Software LLC.
Wishlisted for now. I have played the shareware version and I remember that it often crashed right at the beginning, even later in DOSBox.
I'll buy this one at a discount. $6,- seems a bit too much for a game with only 16 levels and no notable goodies except the hint sheet. I will buy the Commander Keen series at this price, even when split into 1-3 and 4-6 packages. Keen 4 is the best of the series though. I hope that GOG will one day sign ID software as well.
Post edited August 07, 2014 by jorlin
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haydenaurion: The guy in the front page artwork looks like he's suffering inside, lol.
a lot of old box art is hilariously bad, I guess this is no exception