The Magic Candle: Volume 1

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Description

The Magic Candle is best described as an Ultima clone. Its a top-down party-driven RPG.

The plot revolves around you (Lukas) and your party of intrepid adventurers, whose task it is to seal the demon Dreax within the Magic Candle (which is burning down, and when it does, he gets released).

The game has 3 difficulty levels (changing the number of 'days' you get to complete the game in.) A lot of travelling, dungeon-crawling, town-exploring, and especially, lots of conversing with NPCs.

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Alternate Titles

• "マジックキャンドル" -- Famicom Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Magic Candle series

User Reviews

An Original story and great game engine! One of the best fantasy based RPGs.	DOS	Yakumo (419)
The Ultimate old-school RPG	DOS	dave taylor (6)
Huge game needs a big notebook	DOS	Will Myers (3)

Critic Reviews

Lemon64	Commodore 64	May 15, 2009	10 out of 10	100
RarityGuide.com	Commodore 64	Dec 16, 2008	100 out of 100	100
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Apr, 1991	90 out of 100	90
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	May, 1990	90 out of 100	90
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft	Commodore 64	1992	71 out of 100	71
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	DOS	Jun, 1991	8.4 out of 12	70
Dragon	DOS	Aug, 1989		60
Commodore Format	Commodore 64	Jul, 1991	58 out of 100	58
All Game Guide	DOS	1998		50
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Sep, 1989	6 out of 12	50

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Nes game	6	Pseudo_Intellectual (52279) Aug 14, 2012

Trivia

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • October 1989 (Issue #64) – Role-Playing Game of the Year
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – Most Rewarding Ending of All Time

Related Web Sites

• Magic Candle (Fansite with information and hints)