Moon Crystal
| Moon Crystal | |
|---|---|
 Japanese Famicom box art | |
| Developer(s) | Hect |
| Publisher(s) | Hect |
| Programmer(s) | Tomonari Matsumoto |
| Composer(s) | Tsukasa Tawada |
| Platform(s) | Family Computer |
| Release date(s) | JP August 28, 1992 NA Canceled[1] |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Moon Crystal (ムーンクリスタル) is a 1992 action video game developed and published by Hect for the Family Computer. The game was released in Japan on August 28, 1992, and had a planned North American release before being cancelled.
Cinematic cut scenes are done with a higher resolution of 8-bit graphics that are rarely seen on the Family Computer.[2]
Gameplay
Players must guide Ricky on a quest to rescue his father from the evil necromancer Count Crimson. The rest of Ricky's family has also been kidnapped; prompting him to fight even harder against Crimson's forces.[3] Seven stages are in this game; with each level ending with a boss fight.[2]
While beginning with a simple knife, players can improve the range of the knife by picking up power-ups.[2] The final boss of Moon Crystal is inside an unusual building. Defeating the dragon-like enemy will force the player to evacuate the building before it collapses.[4] There are an unlimited amount of continues in the game.[2]
Players can grab on to ledges that are too high to reach and attempt to grasp them like in Prince of Persia.[5]
Plot
Ricky Slater, the son of a local inventor from Cirrus Village, has to save the world from the evil Count Crimson after his father was kidnapped. A magic stone called the Moon Crystal has the ability to power up the Lunasystem; that turns the dead back into the living. While the rest of the village is being used for slave labor, Ricky teams up with a mysterious girl named Rosina in a quest to put a stop to Count Crimson's evil plot.[6]
After defeating the final enemy, the Lunasystem goes haywires and causes undead to become dead again. The mine begins to sink into the bottom of the sea; bringing the Lunasystem down with it. Both Ricky and his sister learn that abusing power has great consequences and return home in order to help his father make a better world.[7]
References
- ↑ Moon Crystal Release Information for NES, GameFAQs, archived from the original on 2012-06-27, retrieved 2013-09-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Overview of Moon Crystal, MobyGames, retrieved 2013-01-23
- ↑ "Story information (second reference)". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ↑ "Advanced overview of Moon Crystal" (in Japanese). FC no Game Seiha Shimasho. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ "About the Edge Grab technique". Vintage Computer. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ↑ "Story information". Deviant Art. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
- ↑ "Ending for Moon Crystal". Video Game Museum. Retrieved 2013-01-24.