Cristalis 1.09 (beta)

Cristalis 1.09 (beta): Crystal Defenders Recomp, an unofficial native PC port of Crystal Defenders
(Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade) by static recompilation.

New in 1.09: DarkLauncher 2.15. The music behind the menus no longer cuts out at every move,
and the preview keeps its pace. A 1.07 or 1.08 offers this version by itself: start your game, and
choose "Update" in Settings, Internet.

Since 1.07: your saves are in the game's saves folder, and the launcher tells you when a newer
version is out and installs it when you choose "Update" (it checks the file's size and SHA-256
against GitHub's first; your saves, screenshots, settings and game data are kept). The look is one
request to GitHub at each start; turn it off in Settings, Internet. Copies before 1.07 cannot update
themselves: install this one by hand once.

You need your own copy of the game: the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS (or 58410989) folder from your
console. These programs contain no game assets (pictures, sounds, music, texts): they are read
from your copy, which is checked on installation. Crystal Defenders belongs to Square Enix; this
project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Cristalis-Setup.exe. Put your CRYSTAL DEFENDERS folder next to it
  and run it. Already installed? Run it again: it installs over your copy and keeps your things.
• Linux x86-64 (experimental): Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Unpack it, copy your folder into
  it, run crystal_defenders.sh.
  So far it has only been run under WSL (Linux running inside Windows), never on a real Linux PC
  or a Steam Deck; DarkLauncher's Linux side (window, menus, sound, controllers) is just as new.

Download them only from this page.

What it has

• The game on DarkLauncher 2.15 (open source, MIT): settings screen, pause menu, seven languages,
  keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation 4/5 controllers with vibration, achievements, screenshots,
  accessibility options, updates.
• The game's six languages; internal resolution up to 3840 × 2160; HDR (Windows).
• A crash report that says where the game was ("W1, Stage 2, Wave 5").

It is a beta: played by few people so far; real controllers, real Linux PCs and the Steam Deck
have not been tried yet. Everything else: README,
CHANGELOG.

SHA-256:

• Cristalis-Setup.exe: 6211338546EFCB9032FA79B55D4365034D48D20E95EE08BCDBDCAFBEB4AE8F25
• Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: EF86ECA305473AC57614EEE475FB1F3398F80831E356085CC35B431F7BD2926F

Cristalis 1.08 (beta)

Cristalis 1.08 (beta): Crystal Defenders Recomp, an unofficial native PC port of Crystal Defenders
(Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade) by static recompilation.

New in 1.08: DarkLauncher 2.14. On the Internet page, "Update" and the new version's page now
appear only when a newer version is out. It is the first version a 1.07 can install by itself: start
your game, and choose "Update" in Settings, Internet.

Since 1.07: your saves are in the game's saves folder, and the launcher tells you when a newer
version is out and installs it when you choose "Update" (it checks the file's size and SHA-256
against GitHub's first; your saves, screenshots, settings and game data are kept). The look is one
request to GitHub at each start; turn it off in Settings, Internet. Copies before 1.07 cannot update
themselves: install this one by hand once.

You need your own copy of the game: the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS (or 58410989) folder from your
console. These programs contain no game assets (pictures, sounds, music, texts): they are read
from your copy, which is checked on installation. Crystal Defenders belongs to Square Enix; this
project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Cristalis-Setup.exe. Put your CRYSTAL DEFENDERS folder next to it
  and run it. Already installed? Run it again: it installs over your copy and keeps your things.
• Linux x86-64 (experimental): Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Unpack it, copy your folder into
  it, run crystal_defenders.sh.
  So far it has only been run under WSL (Linux running inside Windows), never on a real Linux PC
  or a Steam Deck; DarkLauncher's Linux side (window, menus, sound, controllers) is just as new.

Download them only from this page.

What it has

• The game on DarkLauncher 2.14 (open source, MIT): settings screen, pause menu, seven languages,
  keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation 4/5 controllers with vibration, achievements, screenshots,
  accessibility options, updates.
• The game's six languages; internal resolution up to 3840 × 2160; HDR (Windows).
• A crash report that says where the game was ("W1, Stage 2, Wave 5").

It is a beta: played by few people so far; real controllers, real Linux PCs and the Steam Deck
have not been tried yet. Everything else: README,
CHANGELOG.

SHA-256:

• Cristalis-Setup.exe: 9CC218D1003852553D14BE03FB3EB41F3E520BA7DCBE59A0D217AB0E647D2C4E
• Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: 7B145DA0867004A2CD44D510A324018295E5F8501D8A4335220A055E855C7DEE

Cristalis 1.07 (beta)

Cristalis 1.07 (beta): Crystal Defenders Recomp, an unofficial native PC port of Crystal Defenders
(Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade) by static recompilation.

New in 1.07:

• Your saves are in the saves folder of the game, where you would look for them (before:
  userdata\content). The game moves the old ones there by itself at its first start.
• Updates: from this version on, the launcher tells you at start when a newer version is out,
  and installs it when you choose "Update" (it checks the file's size and SHA-256 against GitHub's
  first). Your saves, screenshots, settings and game data are kept. The look is one request to
  GitHub at each start; turn it off in Settings, Internet. Copies before 1.07 cannot update
  themselves: install this one by hand once.
• DarkLauncher 2.13: Internet is in Settings, and the help texts name only what is offered.

You need your own copy of the game: the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS (or 58410989) folder from your
console. These programs contain no game assets (pictures, sounds, music, texts): they are read
from your copy, which is checked on installation. Crystal Defenders belongs to Square Enix; this
project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Cristalis-Setup.exe. Put your CRYSTAL DEFENDERS folder next to it
  and run it. Already installed? Run it again: it installs over your copy and keeps your things.
• Linux x86-64 (experimental): Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Unpack it, copy your folder into
  it, run crystal_defenders.sh.
  So far it has only been run under WSL (Linux running inside Windows), never on a real Linux PC
  or a Steam Deck; DarkLauncher's Linux side (window, menus, sound, controllers) is just as new.

Download them only from this page.

What it has

• The game on DarkLauncher 2.13 (open source, MIT): settings screen, pause menu, seven languages,
  keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation 4/5 controllers with vibration, achievements, screenshots,
  accessibility options, updates.
• The game's six languages; internal resolution up to 3840 × 2160; HDR (Windows).
• A crash report that says where the game was ("W1, Stage 2, Wave 5").

It is a beta: played by few people so far; real controllers, real Linux PCs and the Steam Deck
have not been tried yet. Everything else: README,
CHANGELOG.

SHA-256:

• Cristalis-Setup.exe: 04F768E496FFB56BFCDF0B713B33A7B255D05B93769D221EC2DC1773DACE15FF
• Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: 5A210DE233676893DC255A8618098F8A071AB088BE6E0D5C54ABB9801279A46F

Cristalis 1.06 (beta)

Cristalis 1.06 (beta): Crystal Defenders Recomp, an unofficial native PC port of Crystal Defenders
(Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade) by static recompilation.

New in 1.06: DarkLauncher's fast forward is no longer offered (it worked badly with this game);
the game's own fast forward stays. Since 1.05, the game no longer crashes when it closes.

You need your own copy of the game: the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS (or 58410989) folder from your
console. These programs contain no game assets (pictures, sounds, music, texts): they are read
from your copy, which is checked on installation. Crystal Defenders belongs to Square Enix; this
project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Cristalis-Setup.exe. Put your CRYSTAL DEFENDERS folder next to it
  and run it.
• Linux x86-64 (experimental): Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Unpack it, copy your folder into
  it, run crystal_defenders.sh.
  So far it has only been run under WSL (Linux running inside Windows), never on a real Linux PC
  or a Steam Deck; DarkLauncher's Linux side (window, menus, sound, controllers) is just as new.

Download them only from this page.

What it has

• The game on DarkLauncher 2.06 (open source, MIT): settings screen, pause menu, seven languages,
  keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation 4/5 controllers with vibration, achievements, screenshots,
  accessibility options.
• The game's six languages; internal resolution up to 3840 × 2160; HDR (Windows).
• A crash report that says where the game was ("W1, Stage 2, Wave 5").

It is a beta: played by few people so far; real controllers, real Linux PCs and the Steam Deck
have not been tried yet. Everything else: README,
CHANGELOG.

SHA-256:

• Cristalis-Setup.exe: 97C64B7E9A24D664DD91E00741EE87C377FEB15D784F9742A3CF95C2A3C02B83
• Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: 01031945F9809CCF88581E5EF1C1D59B1E8D337E3BC04FF3895DE864E9580E9D

Cristalis 1.05 (beta)

Cristalis 1.05 (beta): Crystal Defenders Recomp, an unofficial native PC port of Crystal Defenders
(Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade) by static recompilation.

New in 1.05: the game no longer crashes when it closes (Windows); that crash made the next
start open in safe mode.

You need your own copy of the game: the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS (or 58410989) folder from your
console. These programs contain no game assets (pictures, sounds, music, texts): they are read
from your copy, which is checked on installation. Crystal Defenders belongs to Square Enix; this
project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Cristalis-Setup.exe. Put your CRYSTAL DEFENDERS folder next to it
  and run it.
• Linux x86-64 (experimental): Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Unpack it, copy your folder into
  it, run crystal_defenders.sh.
  So far it has only been run under WSL (Linux running inside Windows), never on a real Linux PC
  or a Steam Deck; DarkLauncher's Linux side (window, menus, sound, controllers) is just as new.

Download them only from this page.

What it has

• The game on DarkLauncher 2.05 (open source, MIT): settings screen, pause menu, seven languages,
  keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation 4/5 controllers with vibration, achievements, screenshots,
  accessibility options.
• The game's six languages; internal resolution up to 3840 × 2160; HDR (Windows).
• A crash report that says where the game was ("W1, Stage 2, Wave 5").

It is a beta: played by few people so far; real controllers, real Linux PCs and the Steam Deck
have not been tried yet. Everything else: README,
CHANGELOG.

SHA-256:

• Cristalis-Setup.exe: 7BD962E436F222A47E1CE665A243FA1CE6989D0CCA9FE9DE848A2D61BBCB7967
• Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: 86E45F04BD42E99C3C7F776900F0E5C2E0F06761F58770F1B5908515F54939DB

Cristalis 1.04 (beta)

Cristalis 1.04 (beta): Crystal Defenders Recomp, an unofficial native PC port of Crystal Defenders
(Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade) by static recompilation. The first public version.

You need your own copy of the game: the CRYSTAL DEFENDERS (or 58410989) folder from your
console. These programs contain no game assets (pictures, sounds, music, texts): they are read
from your copy, which is checked on installation. Crystal Defenders belongs to Square Enix; this
project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix.

Downloads

• Windows 10/11, 64-bit: Cristalis-Setup.exe. Put your CRYSTAL DEFENDERS folder next to it
  and run it.
• Linux x86-64 (experimental): Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz. Unpack it, copy your folder into
  it, run crystal_defenders.sh.
  So far it has only been run under WSL (Linux running inside Windows), never on a real Linux PC
  or a Steam Deck; DarkLauncher's Linux side (window, menus, sound, controllers) is just as new.

Download them only from this page.

What it has

• The game on DarkLauncher 2.05 (open source, MIT): settings screen, pause menu, seven languages,
  keyboard, Xbox and PlayStation 4/5 controllers with vibration, achievements, screenshots,
  accessibility options.
• The game's six languages; internal resolution up to 3840 × 2160; HDR (Windows).
• A crash report that says where the game was ("W1, Stage 2, Wave 5").

It is a beta: played by few people so far; real controllers, real Linux PCs and the Steam Deck
have not been tried yet. Everything else: README,
CHANGELOG.

SHA-256:

• Cristalis-Setup.exe: 59514BD77A2EABF476D8BC9EBF1F87DFFCADD151CD27DA8593A0679B19787439
• Cristalis-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: 4DDD6F70B36A6C550F531ADA97CA675E5B40ABA6B236A8D260BEFE2EC16843E0