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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
|composer= [[Yuji Takenouchi]]<br>Mutsuhiko Izumi▼
| programmer = Tadasu Kitae<br>Hisataka Yoshikawa<br>Mitsuhiro Nozaki
|released= '''Arcade'''<br>{{vgrelease|WW|1995}} '''Home console'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|February 27, 1997|JP|March 7, 1997|PAL|May 1997}} ▼
| artist = Kuniaki Kakuwa<br>Mitsuhiro Nomi<br>Motoki Toyama
|genre= [[Light gun shooter]]▼
▲| composer = [[Yuji Takenouchi]]<br>Mutsuhiko Izumi
|modes= [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]▼
▲| released = '''Arcade'''<br>{{vgrelease|WW|1995}} '''
|platforms= [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Microsoft Windows|PC]]▼
▲| genre = [[Light gun shooter]]
|arcade system= Konami System GQ▼
▲| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
▲| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Microsoft Windows|PC]]
▲| arcade system = Konami System GQ
}}
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==Reception==
{{
| 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>
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| 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 =
}}
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/>
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[[Category:1995 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Cooperative video games]]
[[Category:Konami games]]
[[Category:Light gun games]]
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[[Category:Rail shooters]]
[[Category:Sega Saturn games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]▼
[[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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