game
icon
title The Crystal of Kings
set name crysking
manufacturer Brezzasoft
year 2001
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / 2.5D (hof)
driver status good
driver source crystal.c
snapshots PS: in game | title | select | scores | how to | gameover | bosses / MW: in game / CT: in game | title | select / artwork: PCB
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rating

68% after 96 votes
 
BIOS crysbios
display
colour emulation good
palette 65536
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x240
frequency 60.000000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu SE3208 @ 43MHz
audio VRender0
data
version added .090
last change(s) .109
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
mx27l1000.u14  131072  beff39a9  crysbios    b6f6dda58d9c82273f9422c1bd623411e58982cb 
bcsv0004f01.u1  16777216  8feff120  crysking    2ea42fa893bff845b5b855e2556789f8354e9066 
bcsv0004f02.u2  16777216  0e799845  crysking    419674ce043cb1efb18303f4cb7fdbbae642ee39 
bcsv0004f03.u3  16777216  659e2d17  crysking    342c98f3f695ef4dea8b533612451c4d2fb58809 
additional information
info 0.90 [ElSemi]

WIP:
  • 0.90: ElSemi added The Crystal of Kings (Brezzasoft 2001).
  • 27th December 2004: ElSemi - I've uploaded an update to the crystal system emu. I've fixed the music speed in evolution soccer, also the emulator shouldn't fail if your videocard doesn't support Hardware T&L (it's not used, but the emu always tried to use a hardware T&L Device).
  • 25th December 2004: ElSemi - Here is the first release of my Crystal System emulator. The emulator currently supports the 2 known games for this system: "Crystal of the Kings" and "Evolution Soccer". This is the first version of the emulator, so there might be still some emulation issues.
  • 8th August 2004: Guru - I've run into a small problem with trojaning the Crystal System PCB. We have the trojan code ready and waiting to be run. I assumed the BIOS ROM on the Crystal System was an EEPROM, but it turned out to be just an EPROM. Since it's a PLCC32 chip, it's not easily swappable with another (blank) EPROM and the one on this PCB is not erasable because it has no clear window.
  • 7th August 2004: ElSemi - Presents some nice WIP shots of attract and game start in Crystal Of Kings. Unfortunately, protection prevents in-game emulation working, but this is a great start!
  • 28th July 2003: Guru - Received Crystal of Kings (Brezzasoft 2001, Crystal System) from Taucher.
LEVELS: 8

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The Crystal of Kings

Romset: 49152 kb / 3 files / 36.97 zip
history The Crystal of Kings (c) 2001 BrezzaSoft.


A nice beat'em up featuring transparencies, rowscroll effects and eight levels...

Stage 1 : The Pull Off Evil - Boss : Great Destructer

Stage 2 : Across The Currents - Boss : Serpent

Stage 3 : The Cave Of Darkness - Boss : Master Of Underground

Stage 4 : The Congress Of Cystals - Boss : Harpies

Stage 5 : Into The Darkness - Boss : 2 Minotaurs

Stage 6 : Estorea - Boss : Sinister Dragon

Stage 7 : Nero Filone - Boss : Black Knight

Stage 8 : Crystal Of The King - Boss : Night Spirit, Dark Spirit


- TECHNICAL -


Zealer Board Hardware


Main CPU : SE3208 (@ 43 Mhz)

Sound Chips : VRender0 (@ 43 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels

Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 4

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 3 (ATTACKS, JUMP, MAGIC)


- TRIVIA -


This game runs on Zealer board (so-called 'Crystal System'). There are various games on this system, this one and "ES Evolution Soccer", "Office YeoInCheonHa", "Mahl Dalrijah", "EuhRahtChaCha Mooh Daeri", "Cutey Fatty", "Dong-geul Dong-geul Haerong-yi", "Bohmool-Seom", and so on.


The subtitles, 'Copper' / 'Silver' / 'Gold', are the level of difficulty : Easy / Medium / Hard.


- TIPS AND TRICKS -


* There is 3 mode of play (depending of the subtitle on the titlescreen) :

Copper title Mode = Normal

Silver title Mode = Hard

Gold title Mode = Very Hard

The ending is changed by Crystal Level at the end of final stage. 'Copper' is bad ending, 'Silver' normal ending and 'Gold' good ending.


* Hidden Character : At the character select screen, place the cursor over Lustro Furia and hold up for a second or 2 until the card flips over to reveal an extra version of the character.


- STAFF -
  • Director : Night Spirit Persons
  • Planner : venom, Dai, Yoshida
  • Programmer : Yurita Ro, T. Oishi
  • Designer : Yama-O, Dai, Yoshida
  • Title Logo Design : Naohisa's Factory
  • Composition & Sound Design : Whale Brand Music, Takao Nakagawa
  • Voice Actor : Hidetosi Sakamoto, Tanapy
  • Hardware : MagicEyes Co
  • Executive Director : Yosh Jinno
  • - SOURCES -
  • Game's rom.
  • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=the-crystal-of-kings&page=detail&id=3836&o=2
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