The game begins with Jen sitting in the Valley of the Stones. from mobygames.com
Ursu is dying! from mobygames.com
Impressive shadows here... from mobygames.com
Yeah, Ursu really doesn't look too well. from mobygames.com
Fell down into a forest. from mobygames.com
A babbling brook may babble interesting things if only you listen... from mobygames.com
This rock bears a secret. from mobygames.com
A big swamp. from mobygames.com
Captured! What's this? A hand holding an eye?! from mobygames.com
Hmmm... which one is it? from mobygames.com
Attacked by Garthims. RUN!! from mobygames.com
The crucial moment were Jen meets Kira, another Gelfling. Could it be love? from mobygames.com
Paddlin' through the swamps. from mobygames.com
The Apopiapoipidiappididiapipoh, or Pod People for short, like merry-making. from mobygames.com
The Garthims don't like merry-making. from mobygames.com
Luckily, the village is only partially destroyed. from mobygames.com
Watching TV can be instructive. from mobygames.com
These landstriders really look strange. from mobygames.com
A chasm blocks further progress. from mobygames.com
Riding through a desert. from mobygames.com
Garthims, again! Have they nothing else to do!? from mobygames.com
Kira has wings. Jen hasn't. from mobygames.com
An impressive face. Or maybe... a door? from mobygames.com
Sneaking through a labyrinth. from mobygames.com
Oh no! The evil Chamberlain grabs Kira and Fizzgig! from mobygames.com
Alone now, confronting a horde of Garthim. I guess they don't want to play ping-pong. from mobygames.com
Hope you're not acrophobic. from mobygames.com
I've freed Aughra, and what does she do? Scolding me! from mobygames.com
Hmm... which door shall we take? from mobygames.com
Some feasting skeksis. Eavesdropping may be rewarding. from mobygames.com
Some more tunnel-crawlin'. from mobygames.com
Finally, the crystal! from mobygames.com
It's high time! The suns are converging! from mobygames.com
One last thing to do here... from mobygames.com
Title screen from mobygames.com
Beginning of the game from mobygames.com
At the stones from mobygames.com
With UrSu from mobygames.com
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal is closely based on Jim Henson's film of the same name. The game is set in Thra, a world with three suns, which come together every thousand years in an event known as "The Great Conjunction". The player controls Jen, the last survivor of the Gelfings, a race of mole-like people. He must find a dark crystal and its broken shard, and repair it to end the reign of a tyrannical lord.
Like other installments of the Hi-Res Adventures series, the game is entirely text-based, with non-animated graphics to illustrate the areas. Movement between areas and interaction with the game world is performed by typing commands consisting of either one or two words (a combination of a verb and an object).
