Crystal Quest is an action computer game for the Apple Macintosh and Apple IIgs. It was written by Patrick Buckland for Casady & Greene in 1987, and was ported to the IIgs in 1989 by Bill Heineman. Ports were also made to the Amiga, Nintendo Gameboy and Palm. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. ... Casady & Greene, founded in 1984 by Robin Casady, was a software publisher for shareware products compatible with Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Casady designed fonts in the early days of desktop publishing. ...

It was notable for its fast paced gameplay, and for being the first game to support the color displays on the Macintosh II. Macintosh II was the first personal computer model of the Macintosh II series in the Apple Macintosh line. ...

The game was based on the original shareware version, Crystal Raider, one of the supporters of which had been Michael Greene, founder of Greene Inc (later to merge with CasadyWare to become Casady & Greene). Casady & Greene, founded in 1984 by Robin Casady, was a software publisher for shareware products compatible with Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Casady designed fonts in the early days of desktop publishing. ...

A sequel, similar to the original game, Crystal Crazy, was created some years later. Crystal Crazy is an arcade game, published by Casady & Greene for the Mac OS during the 1990s. ...

A completely updated version of Crystal Quest was made available on Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service for the Xbox 360 on February 7, 2006. It was developed and published by Patrick Buckland's company, Stainless Games, and was re-written by Buckland himself. Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is an online service operated by Microsoft that is used to distribute video games to Xbox and Xbox 360 owners and from late 2007 to Games for Windows - Live users [1]. The service was first launched in late 2004 and offers games from about US$5... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ...

In March 2007, Crystal Quest became one of the first games to appear on Microsoft Windows Vista. Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, Tablet PCs, and media centers. ...

On August 22, 2007, the company Hands-On Mobile announced to have licensed the game for publishing on mobile phone later that year.

External links

• Stainless Games Ltd
• Mac Games Database - Crystal Crazy
• Space Miner Flash Game - This is a web based game inspired by Crystal Quest, although it is significantly less complex.