Play The Kristal Online
You're Dancis Frake, a space pirate swinging swords in taverns one minute and dodging asteroids the next—all while hunting some weird crystal from an obscure play. It’s janky, genre-hopping MS-DOS madness with Patrick Moore narrating like it’s a documentary.
Game Overview
So The Kristal is this weird little gem from 1989 that somehow blends space combat, sword fighting, and point-and-click adventure into one bizarre pirate story. You play as Dancis Frake, some scoundrel hired to track down a mysterious crystal—classic 80s fantasy stuff, right? But here’s the kicker: it’s actually based on an obscure 1976 stage play that never even got performed. They even got astronomer Patrick Moore to narrate the intro, which gives the whole thing this oddly serious vibe before you’re suddenly brawling in taverns or dogfighting in spaceships.
The controls take some getting used to (it is MS-DOS), but there’s something charming about how it jumps between genres. One minute you’re trading blows with a cutlass, the next you’re navigating asteroid fields. The adventure bits feel like a stripped-down Monkey Island, though good luck figuring out some puzzles without trial and error. It’s janky, ambitious, and totally of its time—the kind of game that makes you wonder how the devs talked anyone into funding it.
If you’re into retro oddities or just want to see where "genre-blending" games started, this one’s a trip. Just keep your expectations in check—it’s more fascinating than polished.
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".
Download The Kristal ROM
You can download this ROM to play The Kristal offline using an MS-DOS emulator (Top Emulators).
*This ROM is provided for backup and educational purposes only.
