# Crystal Caves — shareware Episode 1

Apogee Software, 1991. Episode 1, "Troubles with Twibbles".

## Why this is hosted here

Episode 1 is the freely-distributable shareware episode. The included
VENDOR.DOC permits distributing the shareware episode unmodified and in its
entirety, and forbids distributing any registered version or any episode other
than #1 — so only Episode 1 is here.

Episodes 2 and 3 were the commercial purchase and are NOT included. The
trilogy is still sold on Steam and GOG.

## Source

Retrieved 2026-07-29 from DOS Games Archive:
https://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/crystal-caves (package `1cc10a`).

That package ships only a DOS installer wrapping a proprietary `.SHR` archive,
so the game files were extracted by running the original INSTALL.EXE inside our
own DOSBox runtime and reading the unpacked files back out — the game's own
unpacker did the work, nothing was reverse-engineered or modified.

Original 1991 game files plus a `.jsdos/dosbox.conf` DOSBox configuration.
VENDOR.DOC and ORDER.FRM are retained as the licence requires.

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