Magic: The Gathering (W32)

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Magic: The Gathering
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Platform: Windows 32
Year: 1997
Developer: MicroProse Software, Inc.
Buy: Amazon

Although several games were released regarding the Magic: The Gathering card game, the MicroProse game was the first one to properly emulate and enforce the game's rules. Unfortunately, this was the game's undoing. The rules are so strict and the interface has such a sharp learning curve that many early players are turned off by it. The game purposely does not have an undo which is very unforgiving to mistakes. That aside, the game is remarkably similar to the real card game. Rules are right out of the book so there is no need for interpretation and the game does a good job at displaying how things are going to go down.

The game allows for basic one-on-one, but also a story games which requires you to roam around a world map seeking new cards, treasure, and battling monsters. By finishing quests, you gain rewards including power-ups, extra life, and better cards.

The AI to play this game obviously had to be extremely complex and the guys at MicroProse did a decent job with it. The AI handles combat very well often performing clever moves you wouldn't expect. It does have a few weird quirks including the occasional self-destructive move, and it isn't able to learn from its mistakes, but it's still better than your average Magic newbie.

The game has two add-ons, Spells of the Ancients and Duel of the Planeswalkers. SotA added a new layout and DofP gave Internet play. Both additions also gave more cards, but neither gave the game new music.

Screenshots

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The title screen. The graphics scale to your resolution, which makes it a bit ugly at times.

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Early on in a duel. Just wait until I get my Mox set!

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Invading the green castle.
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Music

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Roland Rizzo composed a nice collection of ambient music for the game. It has an old world sound which incorporates many different instruments to give a variety of different moods and feelings. Unfortunately, much the music is just played randomly during duels, deck building, and the like. Only a few places like the castles have special music. The titles come from their WAV file names on the disc.

Recording

# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
01 Duel Tune Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 0:10
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02 Win Duel Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 0:11
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03 Lose Duel Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 0:10
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04 Local Music 00 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:00
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05 Local Music 01 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:14
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06 Local Music 02 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:07
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07 Local Music 03 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:09
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08 Local Music 04 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:08
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09 Local Music 05 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:07
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10 Local Music 06 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:13
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11 Local Music 07 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:08
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12 Local Music 08 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:13
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13 Local Music 09 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:10
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14 Local Music 10 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:08
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15 Local Music 11 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:27
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16 Local Music 12 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:12
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17 Local Music 13 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:27
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18 Local Music 14 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:19
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19 Local Music 15 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:22
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20 Local Music 16 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:06
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21 Local Music 17 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:14
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22 Local Music 18 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:16
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23 Local Music 19 Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:22
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24 Temple Music Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 0:59
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25 Black Castle Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:12
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26 Blue Castle Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:10
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27 Green Castle Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:14
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28 Red Castle Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:16
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29 White Castle Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 1:05
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30 Win Game Roland RizzoRoland Rizzo 0:36
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Credits

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Format

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The game music and sound effects are located in the .\Sound folder on the game disc. They are in PCM WAV format, which was encoded into Vorbis.

Since the game uses WAV, the Vorbis recording is the same and a rip will not be included.

Releases

  USA.svg   USA
Magic - The Gathering - W32 - USA.jpg
Title: Magic: The Gathering
Platform: Windows 32
Released: 1997-03-06
Publisher: MicroProse Software, Inc.
  France.svg   France
Magic - The Gathering - W32 - France.jpg
Title: Magic: The Gathering
Platform: Windows 32
Released: 1997-??-??
Publisher: MicroProse Software, Inc.
  Germany.svg   Germany
Magic - The Gathering - W32 - Germany.jpg
Title: Magic: The Gathering
Platform: Windows 32
Released: 1997-??-??
Publisher: MicroProse Software, Inc.
  UK.svg   UK
Magic - The Gathering - W32 - UK.jpg
Title: Magic: The Gathering
Platform: Windows 32
Released: 1997-??-??
Publisher: MicroProse Software, Inc.

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