The Test - Crystal: Crystal of Kings
384 megs

The newest of the new, The Crystal of Kings, this game was unreleased when I started my evaluation a few weeks ago, and has only been available to operators only for 1 week as of 01/05/2001.   This is the full release of the game I received for evaluation.  The first thing you notice about the title is it is entirely pre-rendered. Now regardless if you care for this type of graphical style there is no doubt it taxes the 2D powers of any board. 

The great news is the Crystal System handles the task easily.  This is the best pre-rendered game I have ever played.  The level of detail that is present throughout the game leaves no doubt the Crystal System has the power to handle some incredible 2D titles.  Stereo sound is present, along with support for med and high-res arcade monitors out of the box.  The sound in the game was very nice, although not up to the level of KOV9D, it was more memorable than Sengoku 3.

Only time will tell if this is the system of the future, but hardware wise I can already tell you the Crystal System can have that very title if the software keeps coming.