Time and Magik
| Time and Magik | |
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| Developer(s) | Level 9 |
| Publisher(s) | Mandarin Software |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Text Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Time and Magik is a trilogy of text adventure games by Level 9. The individual games were initially released separately in 1983-1986. In 1988 the three games were revised, expanded and re-released together as a compilation by Mandarin Software, a division of Europress Software.
The Games
Lords of Time
A time traveller is sent into the distant past to collect a number of items required to defeat the evil Lords of Time.
Red Moon
Red Moon Crystal, a powerful source of Magik, has been stolen and must be recovered to save the country of Baskalos from destruction.[1] The game won the award for best adventure game of the year in Crash magazine,[2] and the game was voted best adventure game of the year at the Golden Joystick Awards.[3]
The Price of Magik
Sequel to the previous game; Myglar the Magician, guardian of the Crystal, has become insane and is draining its energy for his own use; he must be defeated before it is exhausted.
Reviews
- Sinclair User, review of The Price of Magik:
"... further proof of Level 9's position as the leading UK adventure house... Everything in The Price of Magik is for the best - plot, parser, graphics, and above all the execution of the game."[4]
References
- ^ "Level 9's big red moon", Zzap!64 (1), Newsfield Publications Ltd: 67–68, June 1985
- ^ http://www.crashonline.org.uk/27/awards.htm
- ^ "Golden Joystick Awards", C+VG (55), Future Publishing: 90–91, May 1986
- ^ "The Price of Magik Review", Sinclair User, no. 52, p. 33, July 1986
External links
- Time and Magik at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Time and Magik at MobyGames
- Time and Magik on the Amiga at the Hall of Light (HOL)
- Time and Magik at Lemon Amiga
- Time and Magik at Lemon 64
- History of Time and Magik at Mandarin Software
- Time and Magik on the BBC Micro at the Centre for Computing History