Description: A new, never-used copy of Crystal City for the 512K Tandy Color Computer 3. Comes direct from Sundog Systems' original stock! Classic game from Sundog Systems and Gosub Software, and arguably the fastest space shooter arcade game made for the CoCo. The Crystal City is one of the most ambitious games ever done for the Coco 3. It featured extremely fast gameplay, hardware horizontal scrolling terrain (30 megabytes worth - non-repeating) throughout the 6 levels, and crunched down to fit on two 35 track disks. It's author, Jeremy Spiller, also did another amazingly fast arcade game called Zenix as well. The game plays somewhat similar to the arcade games Scramble and Super Cobra, although at a much faster pace. Also, most of the game is flying over the planet's surface, although you will notice that there are mountain tunnels to fly through in one of the above screenshots. The main key to doing well in the game is to collect as many of the parachuting fuel supplies as you can; this will increase your shield power (although your shields are useless against running into the ground). There are also large boss ships to destroy at the end of each level. On level 5, Jeremy programmed the colors so they were intense daylight colors when you were outside, but dimmed to dark colors once you entered cave systems. Another nicely done touch was that your shots (as well as crashing alien planes, helicoptors and other opponents) could actually damage the terrain; on level 6 this becomes mandatory so that you can blast holes through buildings in order to fly through them.
Price: 69.95 USD
Location: Concord, California
End Time: 2024-09-11T22:17:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.99 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Platform: Tandy Color Computer, Tandy TRS-80
Genre: Arcade
Publisher: Sundog Systems
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Game Name: Crystal City
