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Terrible rip off of Zelda

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: June 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game cand not be compaired to Zelda. Just can't, and you know why. Because this is nothing of the a third rate game with dum monsters and no skill once or ever. Play The first Zelda game. Its way more easy.

they took the original one and butchered it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

ok first of all i must say this is one of the best rpg's in NES but not so much in GB. since the GB color's screen was so small the game was edited so that the character would look bigger on screen taking away some visual radius,meaning you will be closer to the enemies before you can see them.
they also changed the story a little, in the first one the main character was a scientist who built a flying tower and was frozen before the end of the world due to nuclear war and mutants roamed the lands of the future were magic is also available. in the GB version he was one of the people who developed magic powers and went into hivernation,the tower's there too and so are the beasts but more magic less sciece. simply put an age of magic replaced an age of technololgy(vissionaries style).but that's not so important.
now the worst thing they did was to change the musical score completely and replace it with a horrible one, if you played the original game and remenber how cool the music was, playing while listening to the new music might be frustrating and even anoying. i don't recomend this version exept if you're too curios to see the differences but in my opinion its not worth it.

Great classic adventure game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best adventure games I have ever played. I had it for my NES, and as soon as my firends saw it they got it. This is a classic adventure game that Zelda like game fans should not miss.

Classic RPG action is revived

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who played Crystalis for the NES know what to expect from this. Crystalis can be considered one of the first RPG's ever introduced, and its a great one at that. This game could be compared mainly to the Legend of Zelda, except this features leveling up and magic spells. There's more to this game than to the Legend of Zelda really. You can purchase armor upgrades, items, gather spells, achieve better swords, and of course, you must defend your world against the ultimate evil. Crystalis has great graphics, sound, control, and is overall a fantastic game. Its not the greatness that Zelda is, but its the next best thing.

Not as good as the original

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game was one of my all-time favorite games for the old Nintendo Entertainment system, so I was very happy to hear that NST was remaking the game for the Game Boy color. However, this version of the game spoils pretty much everything that was good about the original. The game holds your hand every step of the way. This new "feature" might be great for your average 5 year old, but it greatly tones down the difficulty and removes all sense of freedom and exploration. Also, the great music from the original has been removed and replaced with garbage. If you want to play a good version of Crystalis, play the NES version. If you want a good adventure game for your Game Boy, buy Zelda. As it is, this version of the game is a disappointment, so I can't recommend it.

A really good game boy game for RPG

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is really good if you like RPGs. I'm new to RPG playing, but this is the best game I have written. I love having to explore everywhere to find everything you need. I love the fighting that is involved. Hack-and-slash is one of my favorite things. I also love learning all of the spells and talking to everyone. The only problem I have is that it takes a while to get to all of the new towns, especially if you stop to fight all of the monsters that you meet. I recommend this game for anyone, and everyone, who likes RPG.

OK game, but lots of flaws

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: May 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game was pretty good at the begining, with lots to do, a somewhat decent plot, and towns that are interesting at the start, but the game quickly goes down from there. The game has just about no side quests and everything you are supposed do is overly obvious and no fun to figure out (as opposed to Zelda where there are many optional side quests and fun plot-involved puzzles). Also, the bosses are stupid. In Zelda each boss had a special way you had to figure out to defeat him, and the method usually involed using the latest weapon you recieved, but in Crystalis, all you do is walk up to a boss, chop him up with your sword at the same time you are getting chopped up, and hope he dies first. Can you say BORING? Another stupid thing is the save/ load feature . You don't reload where you saved, but at the beginning of the area you are in. This means that if you die at the end of an area (at a boss) you have top rework your way back through the entire area to have another shot at him. Finally, the biggest problem with the game is that there is a glitch in the game so you can't win. You can never get the sword Crystalis and though you can get to the final boss without it, you need it to damage him. My recommendation... try the Zelda series instead!

Great, but some things changed

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It's been a while since I played Crystallis on NES. It was cool, so I got the GBC version. It was cool too, but some things were changed, like some animations were made less cool, and the entire last area was changed... Why they did that, I dunno. Great game though. If you can, get the nes version, but this one is just as much fun.

Much Better Than Link

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Starting off, i must set some things straight. #1. Crystalis came out originally for the regular 8-bit NES, not SNES #2. It is by far the best of the RPG genre, greatly surpassing the Legend Of Zelda.

While i must confess that i do not have a Gameboy, i do have the original NES and i still play Crystalis. i do encourage the purchase of this game. i hope that by rereleasing it on Gameboy, nintendo can usher in a new generation of gamers that will like the old skool nintendo games. i know i do...

The game. Crystalis is by far my favorite game of all time. And that spans every console game i have, (NES, Genesis, Game Gear, 3DO, Playstation, and N64) I rememeber spending hours and hours, killing foes to collect money to get bigger and better armour. the storyline is very deep and it gets u immersed in the game. The thing i like most about this game is the fact that its not turn based RPG. I dunno but i cant stand turn based RPGs...Shining Force? Great game, don't get me wrong, but i hated just watching a damn screen and watching characters take turns to fight. With Crystalis (on the NES) you control your character, and if its like the NES version, you can name your character too. The game is set in the future too, buts its pretty wicked because the only way people can dominate other people is to use Magic. So theres a lot of technology and medieval kind of stuff too. You meet up with 4 wise men who, along your journey as you get better and better Magic Points, will teach u magic such as Recover (allows you to recover from paralysis) Refresh (restores your Hit Points) and Teleport(allows you to go back to any town youve beento before.) There are also 4 swords u need to find. you start out with the sword of wind. find the ball of wind and u increase you potential to hurt enemies. find the tornado bracelet and u can crush every enemy in your path, there is also the Fire, Water, and Thunder swords which all have balls and bracelets that increase the power of the swords. All the swords combine to give you Crystalis, the mightiest weapon ever made. With it you can defeat Draygonia in the Floating Tower (by the way, what is it with the word draygonia in RPGs? in Landstalker, there was a character named Drakon from Drakonnia. Spelled diffently but he was a lizard of some sort. If u played Crystalis and Landstalker for Genesis, you'd catch my parallesism) There is so much more to see and do. As any old skool NES fan can tell you, there's nothing quite like the original. dont miss out on a legend

get it for regular nintendo too

crystalis

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: September 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is awsome. The story is, a guy named Dragonia uses technology and magic to rule the world. You gather the four swords of the elements and make the sword crystalis and free the world from his grasp.

This is a great game and I would recamend it to any body.

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