Master Of Magic

MS-DOS · 1994 · WOR

Also known as: Master of Magic (US) · シヴィザード魔術の系譜 · MOM · Maître de la Magie (FR) · Civizard: Majutsu no Keifu

MicroProse SimTex Simulation

Publisher: MicroProse · Developer: SimTex · Genre: Simulation

The plot of Master of Magic is to become the dominant wizard on two 'planes' of existence, the normal Earth-like one and the fantasy based plane ''Myrror''. You can do this by destroying your competing wizards (up to 4 computer players) or by casting the Spell of Mastery. Game play is carried out in a 2D top down perspective. You move your armies around the board, fighting monsters to get treasure, and more importantly 'nodes'. Once you control a node you can summon a spirit to meld with the node and gain mana from it. You also must build up your cities so you can support and train your army. City management is very much like Civilization. You also must allocate your mana for use, or research. You must research to learn new spells. You can do battle with the enemy in a quasi-isometric perspective or you can have the game simulate the battles.