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{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Crypt Killer
| image = Crypt Killer Cover.jpg
| caption = [[North American]] arcade flyer
| developer = {{collapsible list|title=[[Konami]]|'''Arcade'''<br>Konami<br>'''Sega Saturn, PlayStation'''<br>Konami Computer<br>Entertainment Tokyo<br>'''Windows'''<br>Konami Computer<br>Games Aoyama<br>[[System Sacom]]}}
| publisher = Konami
| director = Kuniaki Kakuwa
| producer = Hideki Oyama
| programmer = Tadasu Kitae<br>Hisataka Yoshikawa<br>Mitsuhiro Nozaki
| artist = Kuniaki Kakuwa<br>Mitsuhiro Nomi<br>Motoki Toyama
| composer = [[Yuji Takenouchi]]<br>Mutsuhiko Izumi
| released = '''Arcade'''<br>{{vgrelease|WW|1995}} '''PlayStation, Sega Saturn'''<br>{{vgrelease|JP|March 7, 1997|PAL|March 21, 1997|NA|April 24, 1997}}
| genre = [[Light gun shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Microsoft Windows|PC]]
| arcade system = Konami System GQ
}}

'''''Crypt Killer''''' (known as '''''Henry Explorers''''' in Japan{{efn|ヘンリーエクスプローラーズ Henrī Ekusupurōrāzu}}) is a 1995 [[arcade video game]] produced by [[Konami]]. It was also released in 1997 for the [[Sega Saturn]] and [[PlayStation (console)|Sony PlayStation]] [[video game console|home consoles]], and in Japan for [[Microsoft Windows]]. The Saturn version makes use of the Saturn's various [[light gun]]s,<ref name=SSM19/> while the PlayStation version is compatible with the Naki Lunar Gun<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Laser-Hot|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=94 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=May 1997|page=20}}</ref> and the [[Konami Justifier]]. The game's scenery and characters are all [[Polygonal modeling|3D polygon models]], while most of the enemies and their projectiles are 2D [[Sprite (computer graphics)|sprite]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Crypt Killer |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=91 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=February 1997 |page=46}}</ref>

==Plot==
The players are "crypt raiders" guided by Galazon, the spirit of travels, who resembles a floating head to travel through variously themed caves, temples and crypts in search of the "Eyes of Guidance" which would open the doors of fate. On their journey they are armed with a [[shotgun]] to fend off many mythical enemies, such as [[mummy|mummies]], skeletons, fish-men, [[gargoyles]], and an array of other monsters.

==Gameplay==
One, two or three players simultaneously travel through levels "on rails", as in the vast majority of [[light gun shooter]]s. At certain points on each level the players choose their path by selecting to go one of two different ways. The opening screen allows the player to choose from any of the six levels.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Crypt Killer: Demons, Spiders and Heads-Oh My!|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=92 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=March 1997 |page=100}}</ref> There are three areas (besides the boss area) per level. At the end of each level, the player encounters a [[Boss (video gaming)|boss]] guarding the "Eyes of Guidance" needed to progress. The player can temporally upgrade their weapon by finding concealed more powerful guns such as a [[Gatling gun]], [[grenade launcher]], a more powerful shotgun, and an [[Automatic shotgun|automatic]] hidden behind breakable objects. In the console versions, for each life the player has three bombs which can destroy all enemies on screen.

Every time the player finds two Eyes of Guidance, an ending is revealed, although Galazon tells the players to keep playing until they clear all six levels. All endings start with placing the Eyes of Guidance in the statue. The eye obtained is either red or blue depending on the path chosen at the end of Act 2 in each level. Depending on the color combination of the two eyes that are obtained, the endings are:

*Normal/Good Ending: He encounters a skeleton, shoots it, and says that he is somehow tricked by an ancient text. The player finds the real treasure. This ending is reached if the first eye is blue and the other is red.
*Behind-The-Scenes Ending: The player directs a movie based from the game, and it is revealed that the monsters (skeletons, fish-men, gargoyles, etc.) are stunt men and actors. This ending is reached if both eyes are blue.
*Bad Ending: The player finds many treasure chests in a river which turns out to be fake. Then he is surrounded by all the bosses in the game. The player tries to escape but is killed. This ending is reached if both eyes are red.
*Legendary Sword Ending: The player finds a legendary sword. He activates its powers, consequently becoming its wielder. This ending is reached if the first eye is red and the other is blue.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| EGM = 4.625/10 (PS1)<ref name=EGM93>{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Crypt Killer |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=93|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=April 1997|page=54}}</ref>
| GSpot = 3.8/10 (PS1)<ref name=GSPS>{{cite web |first=Jeff|last=Kitts|title=Crypt Killer Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/crypt-killer-review/1900-2547192/|website=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=4 March 2018|date=March 27, 1997}}</ref>
| NGen = {{rating|2|5}} (ARC)<ref name=NGen12/>
| rev2 = ''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]''
| rev2Score = 47% (SAT)<ref name=SSM19>{{cite magazine|last=Nutter|first=Lee |title=Review: Crypt Killer|magazine=[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]|issue=19|publisher=[[Emap International Limited]]|date=May 1997|pages=54–55}}</ref>
| GR = 46% (PS1) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197013-crypt-killer/index.html |title=Crypt Killer for PlayStation|website=[[GameRankings]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209012943/https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/197013-crypt-killer/index.html|archive-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
}}
Reviewing the arcade version, a ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' critic praised ''Crypt Killer''{{'}}s ending but summed up that "besides the free-moving, hand-held sawed-off shotgun, enabling pump-handle reloading (a nice element), this game blends in quite well with the pile of new laser-gun shooters with little distinction."<ref name=NGen12>{{cite magazine |title=Crypt Killer|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=12|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=December 1995|pages=201, 205}}</ref>

The Saturn and PlayStation versions received overwhelmingly negative reviews, with critics deriding the heavily pixelated and blocky graphics,<ref name=EGM93/><ref name=GSPS/><ref name=SSM19/><ref name=GPro103>{{cite magazine|title=PlayStation ProReview: Crypt Killer|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=103 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=April 1997|page=79}}</ref> the lack of scariness in the enemies' appearance,<ref name=EGM93/><ref name=GSPS/><ref name=SSM19/> the numerous cheap hits,<ref name=EGM93/><ref name=GPro103/> and the player character's overdone acrobatics, which cause the perspective to spin and bounce around frequently in a nauseating manner.<ref name=EGM93/><ref name=GPro103/><ref name=GPro105/> Lee Nutter of ''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]'' was particularly vehement in his criticism, remarking that "more fun could be derived from the Virtua Gun if you were to spend an entire evening pistol whipping yourself with it". A sidebar on the seven light gun games which had been released for the Saturn in the UK up to that point showed that ''Crypt Killer'' had the lowest rating from ''Sega Saturn Magazine''.<ref name=SSM19/> Dan Hsu of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' defended the game, saying it "deserves a look" due to its unique mythical theme, but his three co-reviewers gave firmly negative assessments.<ref name=EGM93/> ''[[GamePro]]'' remarked that "Although the action gets frantic, it never intensifies to the point of hysteria, the way a good shooter like ''[[Area 51 (1995 video game)|Area 51]]'' does."<ref name=GPro105>{{cite magazine|author=Scary Larry|title=Saturn ProReview: Crypt Killer|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=105 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=June 1997|page=76}}</ref> ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s Jeff Kitts found the game's poor quality especially unforgivable since it came from the same company as the seminal light gun game ''[[Lethal Enforcers]]''.<ref name=GSPS/>

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*''[http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=crypt-killer&page=detail&id=548 Crypt Killer]'' at Arcade-History
*{{moby game|id=/crypt-killer}}

[[Category:1995 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Cooperative video games]]
[[Category:Konami games]]
[[Category:Light gun games]]
[[Category:PlayStation (console) games]]
[[Category:Rail shooters]]
[[Category:Sega Saturn games]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Yuji Takenouchi]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Konami arcade games]]
[[Category:Video games set in cemeteries]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:System Sacom games]]

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