Crillion

Crillion

Game No.	106
Voting	8.24 points, 25 votes
Developer	Oliver Kirwa
Company	Markt & Technik
Release	1988
Platform	C64, Plus/4, Amiga
Genre	Breakout, Logik
Gamemode	Single player
Operation
Media
Language
Information	Successor: Crillion II, Crillion '93 Level editor: Crill-Edi "Listing of the month" in: Happy Computer 7/88 also published in: 64'er Sonderhefte 37, 43, 53 64'er Spielesammlung‎ Band 4 64'er Spiele total

Description[edit | edit source]

In this game a ball, which can be recoloured over colour fields and as in Breakout resolve stones of the same colour, is controlled by the joystick. Furthermore there are pushable stones that pose unwanted obstacles and skull fields that cost a life. While the first levels are well playable, the higher levels need more thinking.

Element	Name	Description
	Wall	Here the ball bounces off.
	Ball	The constantly hopping ball.
	Block	If the ball touches a block of the same colour it will dissolve.
	Colour changer	When touching it, the ball picks up its colour.
	Slider	If the ball touches a slider of the same colour, it will be moved one field further.
	Skull	Every touch costs a life.

Design[edit | edit source]

Level 9

2D single screens, no scrolling
appropriate design of the 25 levels, blocks in 3D design
information are shown in the right part of the screen
in the background you can hear wind sounds
very successful and numerous sound effects
small animation when exploding

Hints[edit | edit source]

Animation from the game (levels 1-19)

The game starts with 4 lives
Every 10.000 points there is an extra life
Each destroyed block gets you - depending on the level - a certain amount of points (minimum 25 points)

Controls in the menu

Joystick left/right: set startlevel 1,5,9,13,17,21
Fire button: start

Controls in the game

Joystick left: steer ball to the left
Joystick right: steer ball to the right
Restore : self-destruction for desperate game situations
Run/Stop : pause mode

Aim of the game

Dissolve all coloured blocks, then the next level will come up.
After losing a life, the current level needs to be repeated.

Tips

The faster you finish a level, the higher is the time bonus.
You can have a maximum of 7 lives.

Solution[edit | edit source]

When all 25 levels haven been done successfully, you get into a random mode. From then on one of the 25 levels is chosen until the player has lost all his lives.

Cheats[edit | edit source]

The version by T.A.G offers some options for cheating, which on the other hand also make the game less fun.

Voting[edit | edit source]

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
8.24 points at 25 votes (rank 58). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
C64Games	7	27th December 2008 - "very good" - 2985 downs
Lemon64	7,6	27th December 2008 - 14 votes

Reviews[edit | edit source]

Jodigi: "Fantastic game with high addictive potential, which I played for hours at that time. It is also great, that for this game there is a level editor, that is nice to control."

Camailleon: "I loved playing Crillion in the earlier days and today it is as much fun as then. I think the idea of a different Breakout version is very felicitous."

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

For this game a level editor is available, see: Crill-Edi
The successor Crillion II is even harder.
There are several versions of Crillion with different level design, that have never officially been released, but can be found on C64Games.de or Gamebase64.
There are numerous remakes for the PC, see links section.