Crystal sword

Alright, so it's Pac Man... BUT instead of getting the super pill to eat ghosts you have to power your Crystal Sword with all the Crystal... Dots... to start thrusting it into things. Like enemies. Who are not immune to being stabbed. Because everything can get stabbed if you try hard enough. It also helps that your health is replenished once you finish charging the sword. A Boss Fight every 5 levels, with their...

2 found this helpful, 2021-05-16

While very short, being only 20 levels long, it's a charming little project with an interesting concept. You essentially have two phases for each level. One where you run from enemies and collect crystal shards to restore the power in your sword, and the other where your sword is powered up and you need to kill all the enemies on-screen, then get to a door to continue. I haven't seen anything like it before, it's...

1 found this helpful, 2021-08-06

Crystal Sword is a 2D retro pixel ripoff of the Bandai Namco arcade game, Pacman. The chief differentiator is that instead of power pills, you just need to collect enough pellets to charge your sword then you can attack the baddies. The quality here is very low. They chose to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent,...

2 found this helpful, 2021-07-29