Probably one of the more unique, and my personal favorite, Pac-Man clones. You run around collecting gems, similar to how Pac-Man collects dots, but now in an entirely 3D environment, allowing you to take elevators and find hidden gems inside buildings. I don't know how the game compares on console to the arcade cabinet, but I'm not a huge fan of how fast the trackball throws you around, especially when a good chunk of the game needs you to be specific with your movement (like when needing to use the elevators) or backtrack to pick up the one gem you may have missed. The trackball makes it practically impossible to not just zoom to the other side of the screen. I feel the bees are too quick to come attack the player, too, quickly catching notice that the game sends them after you when they feel you've spent too long on a level. That might just be me complaining though because the bees always kick my ass lmao.

Overall, Crystal Castles is a game I enjoy, and I always get excited to play it when I see it at an arcade.

3/5