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Might and Magic is a series of first-person fantasy role-playing games developed by New World Computing. Together with Wizardry and Ultima, it is considered a major franchise in Western RPG development that helped to shape the genre in its early stages.

Early Might and Magic games relied on the Wizardry template, focusing on dungeon crawling and featuring party creation with characters belonging to various classes and fantasy races, random enemies, and turn-based combat. Compared to Wizardry games, they featured larger outdoor areas and more free-form exploration. Might and Magic VI (1998) moved away from random enemy encounters, introduced real-time combat with dynamic movement while allowing to switch to traditional stationary turn-based battles at any time, and implemented a manual leveling system with skill point distribution. All these elements were retained in subsequent installments.

Most Might and Magic installments have an overarching plot that contains elements of science fiction. It focuses on a group of powerful space travelers known as the Ancients, whose long-lasting battle against the alien race Kreegan has caused many worlds to be cut off from advanced technology. In the first five games, the player-controlled party of heroes tracks down Sheltem, the corrupt guardian of Earth. The sixth game starts a story arc set on the planet Enroth, which allows a closer look at the war between the Ancients and the Kreegan.

The series has also gave birth to spin-offs, most notably the Heroes of Might and Magic series of strategy games.

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Title (Year ) Platforms Genres Moby Score
box cover thumbnail Gold Games 4 (1999) DOS, Windows (+1 more) Compilation
7.8
box cover thumbnail Kroniki Might and Magic: Antologia (2006) Windows Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might & Magic X: Legacy (2014) Windows, Macintosh Role-playing (RPG)
7.0
box cover thumbnail Might & Magic X: Legacy (Deluxe Edition) (2014) Windows Special edition
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box cover thumbnail Might & Magic X: Legacy - The Falcon & The Unicorn (2014) Windows DLC / Add-on
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic (1992) TurboGrafx CD Role-playing (RPG)
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic I & II (1992) Macintosh Role-playing (RPG), Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic I, II, III, IV, V:... (1998) DOS Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World (1988) DOS, SNES (+11 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.3
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (1991) DOS, SNES (+6 more) Role-playing (RPG)
8.0
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic IX (2002) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
6.0
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic Sixpack (1998) DOS, Windows Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic Trilogy (1995) DOS Compilation, Special edition
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (1998) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
7.9
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven... (1998) Windows Compilation, Special edition
7.4
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (1999) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
7.5
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer (2000) Windows, PlayStation 2 Role-playing (RPG)
6.6
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the... (1986) DOS, NES (+9 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.1
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen (1992) DOS, PC-98 (+1 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.8
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Collection Edition (2003) Windows Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen (1993) DOS, PC-98 (+1 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.8
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Millennium Edition (1999) Windows Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Platinum Edition (2002) Windows Compilation
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box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: World of Xeen (1994) DOS, Macintosh Role-playing (RPG), Compilation
7.3
box cover thumbnail The Ultimate RPG Archives (1998) DOS, Windows Compilation
7.9
box cover thumbnail Ultimate Might and Magic Archives (1998) Windows Compilation, Special edition
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