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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 Platforms Released
box cover thumbnail Gold Games 4 DOS, Windows, Windows 3.x 1999
box cover thumbnail Kroniki Might and Magic: Antologia Windows 2006
box cover thumbnail Might & Magic X: Legacy Windows, Macintosh 2014
box cover thumbnail Might & Magic X: Legacy (Deluxe Edition) Windows 2014
box cover thumbnail Might & Magic X: Legacy - The Falcon & The Unicorn Windows 2014
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic TurboGrafx CD 1992
Might and Magic I & II Macintosh 1992
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic I, II, III, IV, V:... DOS 1998
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World DOS, SNES, Genesis, Amiga, Commodore 64, Apple II, MSX, Macintosh, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Sharp X1, FM-7 1988
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra DOS, SNES, Amiga, SEGA CD, TurboGrafx CD, Macintosh, PC-98, FM Towns 1991
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic IX Windows 2002
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic Sixpack DOS, Windows 1998
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic Trilogy DOS 1995
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven Windows 1998
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven... Windows 1998
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor Windows 1999
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer Windows, PlayStation 2 2000
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the... DOS, NES, Commodore 64, Apple II, MSX, Macintosh, PC-88, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Sharp X1, FM-7 1986
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen DOS, PC-98, FM Towns 1992
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Collection Edition Windows 2003
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen DOS, PC-98, FM Towns 1993
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Millennium Edition Windows 1999
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: Platinum Edition Windows 2002
box cover thumbnail Might and Magic: World of Xeen DOS, Macintosh 1994
box cover thumbnail The Ultimate RPG Archives DOS, Windows 1998
box cover thumbnail Ultimate Might and Magic Archives Windows 1998