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The Dark Crystal

TitleThe Dark Crystal
First release1983
DeveloperSierra Entertainment
PublisherSierra Entertainment
PlatformsApple II, Atari 8-bit, NEC PC-98
Genreadventure video game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
Releases
Apple II: 1983-01-01
Wikidata IDQ5631063

Jen, the last Gelfling, must navigate the world of Thra in this text-based adventure. Players interact with the environment through text commands to locate the Dark Crystal and its missing shard. The objective is to repair the Crystal before the Great Conjunction occurs, an alignment of the world's three suns.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q5631063) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
REG-Vault (apple2/the-dark-crystal) · last updated 2026-10-12 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0
TheGamesDB (74496) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sierra Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Image: Sierra On-Line, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“On-Line Systems-06 -The Dark Crystal.jpg”)
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