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CRYSTAL CASTLES GAME 2004 MOVIE
CRYSTAL CASTLES GAME 2004 SOFTWARE

Most of them lend strength and power to the film: his passion for open landscapes, his vision of the power and horror of war, the uncompromised way his movies work to empower children, and especially girls. Miyazaki's directorial trademarks are here in spades. That said, Miyazaki is surprisingly successful, at moments, in capturing the richness of the novel's characters: the peculiar co-habitation of charm and terror in Howl the sorcerer and his demon companion Calcifer, and the pragmatic strength of will that makes us love Sophie, the protagonist, who embodies both the fairy-tale archetypes of the young girl and the old woman at once.

CRYSTAL CASTLES GAME 2004 MOVIE

However, even a pedestrian Miyazaki movie is infinitely more rich, frightening, imaginative and humane than any six Disney films put together, and there's a lot to love in "Howl's Moving Castle." I am glad I didn't reread Jones' book before seeing the film even going on my six-year-old memory of the novel, I can see the movie's a very loose adaptation, and I think Jones fans would do best to try to take the movie on its own merits instead of looking for a faithful adaptation. I find it's less imaginative, in terms of character development and emotional profundity, than Miyazaki's best masterpieces. Sorry, folks, and blame Disney! I understand the feelings of viewers who have criticized the movie as trite. As a raving fan of Miyazaki and of Diana Wynne Jones, I feel lucky to be an American living in France - I see there's no release date announced yet for the U.S. 12th (as "Le Château Ambulant," natch), and I saw it at an avant-première. ↑ Crystal Castles in the database of, accessed on December 11, 2010."Howl's Moving Castle" opened here in France on Jan.PlayStation 2 on Atari Anthology (2004).Atari home computer (1988) - rare XE cartridge.

CRYSTAL CASTLES GAME 2004 SOFTWARE

ZX Spectrum (1986, US Gold) - monochrome graphics, ported by Andromeda Software.

Amstrad CPC (1986, US Gold) - ported from Andromeda Software.

Atari ST (1986, Atari) - ported from Andromeda Software.

Commodore 64 (1984) - 2 versions (Atarisoft, Thundervision).

The game was so successful that conversion kits for other arcade devices were available.

All of the music was classical ( Nutcracker Suite and 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky, Mephisto Waltz by Liszt).

The high-score initials appear as a block graphic in the next game.

When Bentley Bear loses a life, different speech bubbles appear depending on the remaining number, like in a comic (BYE, OH-NO or OUCH).

The game was very popular and successful.

Witch Mathilda (the character has to find a hat to kill).

The game consists of ten levels, the first 9 with four locks each, level 10 is only one lock. There are stairs, elevators, tunnels as shortcuts and invisible teleporters.

There are some opponents who collect stones themselves and over which you can fly at the push of a button. When all gems have been collected, you get to the next level. A trackball was used for control in the arcade version. The player controls a bear named Bentley Bear, and has to pick up gems in a three-dimensional castle by walking over them.