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'''''Crystalis''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|''God Slayer: Haruka Tenkū no Sonata''|ゴッド・スレイヤー はるか天空のソナタ|Goddo Sureiya Haruka Tenkū no Sonata|lit. "God Slayer: Sonata of the Far-Away Sky"}}, is an [[:Category:Action|action]]-[[:Category:Adventure|adventure]] [[:Category:RPG|RPG]] produced by [[SNK Playmore|SNK]] for the [[:Category:NES|Nintendo Entertainment System]].  It was released on [[April 13]] [[1990]] in Japan and later that July in the United States.  Though ''Crystalis'' never became a runaway hit, it is now considered a cult classic.<ref name="Greatest games of the past decade" /> The game's initial success prompted a release for the [[Game Boy Color]]  by [[Nintendo Software Technology]] in 2000, which is generally considered more of a remake than a simple port.<ref name="RPGFan" /><ref name="Viper" /><ref name="Hamm" />  Many changes were made to the story, music, and other aspects of the game, upsetting many fans of the original.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101" />
'''''Crystalis''''', known in Japan as {{nihongo|''God Slayer: Haruka Tenkū no Sonata''|ゴッド・スレイヤー はるか天空のソナタ|Goddo Sureiya Haruka Tenkū no Sonata|lit. "God Slayer: Sonata of the Far-Away Sky"}}, is an [[:Category:Action|action]]-[[:Category:Adventure|adventure]] [[:Category:RPG|RPG]] produced by [[SNK Playmore|SNK]] for the [[:Category:NES|Nintendo Entertainment System]].  It was released on [[April 13]] [[1990]] in Japan and later that July in the United States.  Though ''Crystalis'' never became a runaway hit, it is now considered a cult classic.<ref name="Greatest games of the past decade">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamespot.com/users/davidscorc/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-24751400 | title=The Greatest games of the past decade part 1 | author=davidscorc | publisher=[[GameSpot]] | accessdate=2007-10-19}}</ref> The game's initial success prompted a release for the [[Game Boy Color]]  by [[Nintendo Software Technology]] in 2000, which is generally considered more of a remake than a simple port.<ref name="RPGFan">{{cite web | url=http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/crystalis/Crystalis_gb.html | title=Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review | author=Pocket Squirrel | publisher=RPGFan | accessdate=2007-10-24}}</ref><ref name="Viper">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/review/R10082.html | title=Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review | author=Viper | publisher=[[GameFAQs]] | accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref><ref name="Hamm">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/review/R19590.html | title=Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review | author=Hamm | publisher=[[GameFAQs]] | accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref>  Many changes were made to the story, music, and other aspects of the game, upsetting many fans of the original.<ref name="Hardcore Gaming 101">{{cite web | url=http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/crystalis/crystalis.htm | publisher=[[GameSpy]] | work=Classic Gaming | title=Hardcore Gaming 101: Crystalis | author=Robert Greene | accessdate=2007-10-26}}</ref>


The game begins with a man's awakening from a [[cryonics|cryogenic sleep]] one hundred years after a global [[nuclear warfare|nuclear war]].<ref name="Ohmsford" />  Even though he is unable to recall his name or who he was, he begins to discover that he may be the key to save this world from destruction.<ref name="Caffeine Commando" />  Aided by four wise sages and a mysterious woman, he rises up against the [[tyrant|tyrannical]] Draygonia [[Empire]] to ensure that humanity ultimately has a future.<ref name="Saikyo Ki" />
The game begins with a man's awakening from a cryogenic sleep one hundred years after a global nuclear war.<ref name="Ohmsford">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/review/R15721.html | title=Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review | author=Walker Boh Ohmsford | publisher=[[GameFAQs]] | accessdate=2007-10-21}}</ref>  Even though he is unable to recall his name or who he was, he begins to discover that he may be the key to save this world from destruction.<ref name="Caffeine Commando">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/review/R33229.html | title=Crystalis (NES) Review | author=Caffeine Commando | publisher=[[GameFAQs]] | accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref>  Aided by four wise sages and a mysterious woman, he rises up against the tyrannical Draygonia Empire to ensure that humanity ultimately has a future.<ref name="Saikyo Ki">{{cite web | url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/review/R19294.html | title=Crystalis (NES) Review | author=Saikyo Ki | publisher=[[GameFAQs]] | accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref>


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Crystalis | Table of Contents | Gameplay | Walkthrough

Table of Contents

Gameplay

Crystalis logo

Walkthrough
  1. Leaf
  2. Brynmaer
  3. Oak
  4. Nadare's
  5. Portoa
  6. Joel
  7. Swan
  8. Amazones
  9. Shyron
  10. Goa
  11. Sahara
Appendices

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Crystalis, known in Japan as God Slayer: Haruka Tenkū no Sonata (ゴッド・スレイヤー はるか天空のソナタ Goddo Sureiya Haruka Tenkū no Sonata?, lit. "God Slayer: Sonata of the Far-Away Sky"), is an action-adventure RPG produced by SNK for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released on April 13 1990 in Japan and later that July in the United States. Though Crystalis never became a runaway hit, it is now considered a cult classic.[1] The game's initial success prompted a release for the Game Boy Color by Nintendo Software Technology in 2000, which is generally considered more of a remake than a simple port.[2][3][4] Many changes were made to the story, music, and other aspects of the game, upsetting many fans of the original.[5]

The game begins with a man's awakening from a cryogenic sleep one hundred years after a global nuclear war.[6] Even though he is unable to recall his name or who he was, he begins to discover that he may be the key to save this world from destruction.[7] Aided by four wise sages and a mysterious woman, he rises up against the tyrannical Draygonia Empire to ensure that humanity ultimately has a future.[8]

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Plot summary

"The Tower"

Crystalis takes place in a post-apocalyptic world,[9] one hundred years after a global thermonuclear war has reverted civilization to a primitive, medieval existence populated with fierce mutated creatures.[5] Science and advanced technology have been abandoned though the old ways of magic have survived.[10][5] The survivors of the terrible destruction built a floating "Tower" to prevent any future cataclysms, as its occupants would have the power to govern the world due to the Tower's weapons systems.[5][8] A man known as Emperor Draygon, however, has revived the forbidden ways of science and combined them with magic.[10][9] With these skills, he controls the world's last remaining military power and seeks to conquer what's left of the planet by attempting to enter the Tower.[5][8]

The protagonist is a young man who has been cryogenically frozen since the time of the devastating war one hundred years earlier.[5] He awakens in the future with no memory and, guided by four wise sages, gradually learns that the world is sinking into turmoil once again, due to the Draygonia Empire's destructive influence.[5] Entrusted with the Sword of Wind, he seeks to aid Mesia, another survivor from his time, and to combine the four elemental Swords of Wind, Fire, Water, and Thunder into the legendary sword, Crystalis.[5] Together, they must defeat Draygon before he uses the Tower to achieve his evil ambitions.[8]

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Gameplay

Crystalis logo

Walkthrough
  1. Leaf
  2. Brynmaer
  3. Oak
  4. Nadare's
  5. Portoa
  6. Joel
  7. Swan
  8. Amazones
  9. Shyron
  10. Goa
  11. Sahara
Appendices


References

  1. ↑ davidscorc. The Greatest games of the past decade part 1. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2007-10-19.
  2. ↑ Pocket Squirrel. Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review. RPGFan. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
  3. ↑ Viper. Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  4. ↑ Hamm. Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Robert Greene. Hardcore Gaming 101: Crystalis. Classic Gaming. GameSpy. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
  6. ↑ Walker Boh Ohmsford. Crystalis (Game Boy Color) Review. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  7. ↑ Caffeine Commando. Crystalis (NES) Review. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Saikyo Ki. Crystalis (NES) Review. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2007-11-04.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Gaming Age
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GameSpot
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