Deteacher Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) Bentley Bear gathers gems found along the paths of many three-quarters-view castles. Wear the magic hat to kill the witch, Berthilda, and eliminate the gem eaters while they are eating. Secret warps take you to higher levels. Use the trackball to move Bentley Bear around the paths of the various "castles" and pick up gems. A level is completed when all the gems are picked up either by you or the gem eaters. If you get the last gem, you will receive extra bonus points. Kill the gem eaters only when you can see them swallowing a gem. Jumping over the trees will shrink and disable them temporarily. Wearing Berthilda's hat temporarily grants you invincibility and allows you to kill the witch if you can catch her. Other creatures such as the balls, skeletons, and ghosts must be avoided. The pot of honey can be eaten for extra points, but watch out for the swarm of bees. Game Information: Game Name: Crystal Castles Manufactured By: Atari/1983 Dipswitches: Default (Must go into service mode...nothing to change under dipswitches) ROMset: ccastles.zip Chosen By: MisterVCS ROM Location: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/55639/mame103/Crystal-Castles-version-4.html NOTE: Game must be started from the beginning. No warps allowed. High Scores: 1. 180,430 Deteacher [+15] 2. 138,412 Fallout_002 [+14] 3. 121,004 M.A.M.E. Offender [+13] 4. 111,872 Classicgamer_27330 [+12] 5. 82,860 onmode-ky [+11] 6. 67,298 Gimmeclassics [+10] 7. 63,713 Cynicaster [+9] 8. 63,370 kane [+8] 9. 54,549 asponge [+7] 10. 44,516 DonPedro [+6] 11. 41,267 Mister VCS [+5] 12. 40,892 darrin9999 [+4] 13. 39,008 darthkur [+3] 14. 34,861 jblenkle [+2] 15. 25,731 roadrunner [+1] Points Leaderboard: 1. kane [111] 2. M.A.M.E. Offender [92] 3. GimmeClassics [92] 4. Fallout_002 [68] 5. DonPedro [64] 6. Darthkur [63] 7. Darrin9999 [62] 8. Deteacher [59] 9. Cynicaster [55] 10. onmode-ky [47] 11. bigbee99 [43] 12. jblenkle [36] 13. roadrunner [36] 14. andyy119 [33] 15. asponge [26] 16. SBAZ [26] 17. NE146 [14] 18. Wolfman24 [13] 19. kojr55 [13] 20. Classicgamer_27330 [12] 21. Vaughan [6] 22. LarcenTyler [2] Edited November 24, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Dust off those trackballs! If you don't have a trackball, you can use your mouse or laptop track-pad. Good luck, all! I'll get the point leaderboard updated shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 (edited) @ Deteacher > unfortunately I don't have a trackBall. I realy can't play this game (other than losing all lifes very quickly) when using a keyboard / mouse. These controls don't respond any good when playing this game. Therefore I realy realy hope it's also allowed to use ROMset ccastelsj which supports use of a joystick; my xbox360 controller works very good with this game. I'd like to be able defend my third place at the Leaderboard Awaiting anxiously... Edited November 17, 2013 by GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 @ Deteacher > unfortunately I don't have a trackBall. I realy can't play this game (other than losing all lifes very quickly) when using a keyboard / mouse. These controls don't respond any good when playing this game. Therefore I realy realy hope it's also allowed to use ROMset ccastelsj which supports use of a joystick; my xbox360 controller works very good with this game. I'd like to be able defend my third place at the Leaderboard Awaiting anxiously... Not to panic. I am pretty sure your Mame version will allow you to gear down the sensitivity and make it playable. The contingency to that is to modify your PC settings on the mouse. Eventually we are going to run into classic games that use trackballs. I have never played Crystal Castles so I will probably find myself 5th or 6th optimistically. I vote you give the game a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Seems to play OK on the keyboard, I've never played it before either so don't know what it should be like. 41,690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Crystal Castles - 34,861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 (edited) I am pretty sure your Mame version will allow you to gear down the sensitivity and make it playable. The contingency to that is to modify your PC settings on the mouse. Seems to play OK on the keyboard, I've never played it before either so don't know what it should be like. I've more than once tried playing this game on my keyboard and also adjusted the sensitivity of my mouse. I'm afraid it's still awful playing this game using a keyboard / mouse @ Deteacher > again, I really hope you'll allow me (and others) to use ROMset ccastelsj which supports use of a joystick. It's the same game but it offers you a chanche to play it using a controller. Playing this game with my xbox360 controller is so much better. It responds 100 x better than playing it with my keyboard / mouse. Awaiting anxiously Edited November 18, 2013 by GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I can't speak for the Teach, but I can't see a problem with using your XBox controller if that is what you feel most comfortable with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 40,187 also on keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 read em and weep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) 39,008 Edited November 20, 2013 by darthkur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 25,731 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 30,604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 To raise the bar higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallout_002 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 138,412 I would think this goes without saying, but I have to assume using any of the game's multiple "warp" spots is strictly in violation of the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) @ Deteacher:about my question (nov 17th) and the PM (nov 19th) I've sent you > i'll take your silence as consent Points: 54,101initials: DEN Edited November 22, 2013 by GimmeClassics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Darrin9999 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 40,892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.M.E Offender Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I played this game for a half an hour without realizing that you can jump!! Hence that would explain the sudden score jump. I know I can hit 6 digits eventually. 92,080 Higher score to come!! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I've more than once tried playing this game on my keyboard and also adjusted the sensitivity of my mouse. I'm afraid it's still awful playing this game using a keyboard / mouse @ Deteacher > again, I really hope you'll allow me (and others) to use ROMset ccastelsj which supports use of a joystick. It's the same game but it offers you a chanche to play it using a controller. Playing this game with my xbox360 controller is so much better. It responds 100 x better than playing it with my keyboard / mouse. Awaiting anxiously Just sent you a PM and I don't have a problem with using that ROMset. Just for everyone's info, I was away because my wife was taken to the hospital earlier this week. All is good now and I'm hoping to get a few games in today, myself. Updating everything right now. Edited November 23, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeClassics Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Just sent you a PM and I don't have a problem with using that ROMset. Just for everyone's info, I was away because my wife was taken to the hospital earlier this week. All is good now and I'm hoping to get a few games in today, myself. Updating everything right now. I hope everything is going well now. Thank you for sharing this with us. And thank you for allowing me to use ROMset ccastelsj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 138,412 Crystal Castles - 138,412.jpg I would think this goes without saying, but I have to assume using any of the game's multiple "warp" spots is strictly in violation of the rules. You are correct...and is stated in the first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 159,340 (used the "level 1 warp-option") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted November 23, 2013 Author Share Posted November 23, 2013 (edited) I got a few games in today. My best so far: 180,430! In one of the games I played, I got the following message instead of the traditional "game over" screen. See pic below: Has anyone else ever seen this? If not, I have a theory on how to trigger it, but I'm going to test it out further. EDIT: I think I figured it out. It seems that if the first and last digit of your score match at the end of the game, it triggers the special screen. I didn't see that on the Digital Press Easter Egg page for CC. Woo Hoo! Edited November 23, 2013 by Deteacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister-VCS Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 No without any warps: 41,267 ...and my score shows it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamer_27330 Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 I thought I'd actually win a game. My hopes have been dashed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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