Master of Magic

aka: The Master of Magic
Moby ID: 16961
Commodore 64 Specs
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Thelric the Wizard has kidnapped you by beaming you into his world, and will only set you free if you recover for him the Amulet of Immortality. The game engine is menu-driven, using the joystick to select options from menus to activate each of the game's main functions. The screen display has both top down and side-view representations of what is going on around you, plus measures of your mind and body health, and an inventory.

To help, Thelric teaches you four spells - a magic missile to attack creatures, a burn spell which works over a wide radius, a spell to drain enemy energy, and a magical shield. Additional weapons (including daggers and a mace) and potions can be collected throughout your quest.

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Critics

Average score: 84% (based on 6 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.1 out of 5 (based on 9 ratings with 1 reviews)

A great game in its time, a classic today.

The Good
With a little fantasy you could call it one of the first 3rd person graphic adventures, although your character is just a yellow blob. You navigate through a 2D maze, graphics of items and opponents are however displayed in a separate window and are pretty HQ. Compared to today, the puzzles are not really complex, but still challenging. The Intro- and In-game-music is great and even features transitions in case of death or victory.

The Bad
Like most C64 games, it is rather short and does not have a save-game-option.

The Bottom Line
see above

Commodore 64 · by Tomthesecond (26) · 2006

Trivia

Music

Rob Hubbard's music for this game is a cover version of the track Shibolet by Synergy from the album Audion.

Awards

  • Happy Computer
    • 1986 - Runner-up as Budget Game of the Year

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Game added by Martin Smith.

Additional contributors: bioculture, formercontrib, Patrick Bregger.

Game added March 17, 2005. Last modified January 17, 2024.