<s>
Crystal	B-Application
Caves	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Apogee	O
Software	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
three	O
episodes	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
distributed	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
and	O
the	O
other	O
two	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystal	B-Application
Caves	I-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
1982	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
game	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystal	B-Application
Caves	I-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Crystal	B-Application
Caves	I-Application
began	O
back	O
when	O
George	O
Broussard	O
was	O
still	O
releasing	O
games	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Micro	O
F/X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
into	O
the	O
development	O
(	O
when	O
about	O
50	O
–	O
70%	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
complete	O
)	O
Broussard	O
joined	O
Apogee	O
and	O
Crystal	B-Application
Caves	I-Application
became	O
an	O
Apogee	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
3D	O
Realms	O
(	O
formerly	O
Apogee	O
)	O
released	O
a	O
maintenance	O
patch	O
to	O
fix	O
a	O
bug	B-Error_Name
in	O
the	O
game	O
which	O
set	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
computer	O
's	O
clock	O
backwards	O
100	O
years	O
after	O
playing	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GOG.com	O
released	O
an	O
emulated	B-Application
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
authorized	O
remake	O
by	O
Emberheart	O
Games	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2020	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
