Lanzinger, a designer of Crystal Castles. Posted by Maxwell Jensen at 5:28 PM 1 comments. Sponsored by Gregs Game Room Reviews, Top 10s, & History videos Crystal Castles System: 2600 Publisher: Atari Genre: Action Graphics Score: 90 Sound & Music Score: 100 Gameplay Score: 85 Control Score: 80 Final Score: 90. Jumping 100 times or more in the southeast corner of level 1‒1 and clearing the maze of all gems will make ATARI appear on level 1‒2. On level 5‒4, if the player kills Berthilda and goes to the corner of the area where she was and jumps, “FXL” will appear in the southeast corner of the screen. When not exploring the Crystal Castles various dungeons, the local town provides a variety of useful shops to aid our hero in his quest. Crystal Castles is one of the few 2600 games that are actually pleasant to listen to and is. He started his career in game programming in 1982 at Atari Games, Inc., where he designed and programmed the classic arcade game Crystal Castles. The player can also skip some castles and acquire additional lives and points by using secret warps activated by making Bentley Bear jump at special locations.Ĭrystal Castles contains two notable easter eggs. Franz Lanzinger is the owner and chief game developer of Lanzinger Studio, an independent game development and music studio in Sunnyvale, California. When all gems in a castle have been collected, a tune of the Nutcracker Suite is played, and the player moves on to the next castle. Crystal Castles has nine levels with four castles each, and a tenth level which features a single castle the clearing of which ends the game.Each of the 37 trimetric-projected castles consists of a maze of hallways filled with gems and bonus objects and also includes stairs, elevators and tunnels that the player can use as shortcuts. The three-letter initials of the player with the highest score are used to form the first level’s castle structure. Each of the 37 trimetric-projected castles consists of a maze of hallways filled with gems and bonus objects and also includes stairs, elevators and tunnels that the player can use as shortcuts. Crystal Castles has nine levels with four castles each, and a tenth level which features a single castle - the clearing of which ends the game.