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The phenomenal success of Wizards of the Coast's Magic collectible card game is unparalleled in card gaming history. Although it stands to reason that computer games based upon this property would probably be a success, an automatic assumption of accomplishment is not always warranted (see Magic: The Gathering - Battlemage). However, in the case of Magic: The Gathering for Windows, MicroProse has cast a successful spell.
- Face a greater challenge with Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013! In the latest installment of this hit franchise, travel across the fantastic plane of Shandalar as you face.
- Magic: The Gathering (aka 魔法风云会, MTG, Magic: Die Zusammenkunft, Shandalar) is a video game published in 1997 on Windows by MicroProse Software, Inc. It's a strategy game, set in a cards, fantasy, real-time, turn-based, licensed title and trading / collectible card themes.
The guts of this title consist of the card game itself, populated with almost 400 actual Magic cards that can be used in play. Cards are used to cast spells, and most spells are split by color: White magic enables healing and protection, Red magic is fueled by the power of fire and earth, Blue magic is drawn from the strength of air and water, Green magic is spawned from the force of nature, and Black magic is bred from the might of death and decay. Each color has a specific type of land, called Mana, which must be used to supply power of the correct color to cast any spell. There are also colorless Artifact cards, which can be powered by any color combination of Mana. The player will also find twelve special cards created especially for this product, called the Astral Set, which do not appear in printed card format.
Doubleclick magic.reg to make sure it gets into the registry (setup.bat tries to do it but might not succeed). Download the unofficial 1.3.2 manalink patch. Extract magicgmana.zip and install the patch (it expects MTG to be in c:magicProgram). After that's all done, you can move it whereever you want, and just run magic.exe.
There are a couple of different varieties of gaming available in Magic: The Gathering, although they are all geared toward playing the card game itself. First, the player can simply play the card game against opponents sporting different decks. Players can duel in single-match mode against one opponent, or in a ladder-style tournament against a collection of opponents. To aid the player in building a killer deck, a Deck Builder utility is also included with the product, enabling the player to add cards to or delete cards from his deck. Decks created in this way can be saved, and tested against the decks of the AI opponents. For those of a more adventurous ilk, an RPG-like adventure game is also included. The player's responsibility is to travel the world of Shandalar, dueling creatures and wizards for control of the magical land. As play progresses, the player will discover new cards hidden on the map, as well as have the opportunity to buy those of his choosing. He will encounter dungeons and crypts populated by monsters of different varieties, each equipped with a deck of Magic cards accentuating strengths in certain types of magic. When an enemy is encountered, the player will be taken to the Duel screen to fight the battle.
Overall, this is an exceptional game with a few, very minor difficulties that do not detract from the finished product. MicroProse has done an outstanding job in translating what is a very difficult and complex game into a product that is accessible for both novices and experts alike.
Graphics: Although I have heard a few complaints about the graphics used for the adventure map of Shandalar, the average player will not spend enough time there to be concerned with this. The graphics in the Duel portion of this game are remarkable, with some cards showing a real, 3D look in 16-bit graphics mode.
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Sound: The sound is occasionally scratchy, and it sounds to me as though some sounds play louder than others. However, this is a minor quibble.
Enjoyment: For anyone who enjoys the challenges of a magical, mystical world, this is an ideal product. Anyone who is already a fan of the Magic card game should absolutely adore this product.
Replay Value: Replay value is high, because of several factors. The player can select from numerous opponents to battle in tournament fashion, and the world of Shandalar is regenerated anew at the start of each new game.
The eponymous Magic: The Gathering is quite easily the best adaptation of the collectible card game you will ever play. While it adds an adventure storyline aspect to the game, it doesn't sacrifice the heart of the card game upon which it is based.
Essentially, the game features to main play modes - 'World' and 'Duel'.
Duel mode consists of a quick match or series of matches against your opponent using one of many prebuilt decks or using one of your own design. You can choose from a comprehensive collection of Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Revised, and 4th Edition core sets, as well as the Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and The Dark expansions. Alternatively, Duel mode can be played as a sealed deck format tournament, starting with six sealed starter boxes or booster packs of your choosing.
World mode is the story campaign of the game. You find yourself in the world of Shandalar where five wizards, one from each of the governing colours of MTG, are conspiring to raise a great evil. It is up to you to prevent them from bringing destruction to the world. You start with a basic deck of one or more colours, depending on the difficulty level you choose upon starting the game. Cards are won by ante, found, earned through quests, etc.
The user interface while dueling can seem a little convoluted at first, but handles the play mechanics of the card game well - players familiar with the Magic: The Gathering card game will feel right at home once they get used to this UI. Players unfamiliar with the card game may have a slightly hard time getting into and learning the game but an interactive Tutorial has been included to facilitate this.
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Magic The Gathering Shandalar 2015
A fan reimplementation of the original MicroProse Magic: The Gathering PC game, updated with community patches and 64bit Windows support.
'In March 2009, after the manalink.de forum had been down for some time, many contributors relocated to the Collectible Card Game Headquarters (CCGHQ) forum at SlightlyMagic.net, where development continues. More than 2,000 cards (the limit imposed by the original program) are now playable, by swapping different groups of cards in and out of the game. A 'Challenge Mode' and various other play modes have also been made possible, along with new artwork. All these changes are optional and involve compromises to the original game, most notably by making multiplayer unstable. The last major challenge involves expanding the Shandalar portion of the game. It is now understood how to do this---it involves expanding arrays using assembly language---but no competent programmer has yet been willing to spend the time.'
From the readme.txt
Magic the Gathering 2009 Edition (Updated March 2010).
A custom installer for Sid Meier's classic
Magic: The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers, Spells of the Ancients
Published by Microprose
Brought to you by Hip63 and the CCGHQ Team at SlightlyMagic.net
BEFORE:
Install Magic: The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Install Spells of the Ancients.
Try getting it to run with compatibility mode, which never reliably worked.
See your wizard move too fast in Shandalar. See missing cards in your deckbuilder.
See invisible text in game dialogues.
Spend hours and hours googling for solutions, and following dead links.
Finally, if you still had the time, motivation, knowledge and hard drive space,
give up and install a virtual machine, then Windows 95 or 98, then DOTP and SOTA all over again.
Be stuck with a limited selection of cards.
TODAY:
All those hassles have been obliterated with:
M A G I C : T H E G A T H E R I N G
' D U E L S O F T H E P L A N E S W A L K E R S '
- - - 2 0 0 9 E D I T I O N - - -
This is an updated installer for MAGIC: THE GATHERING
'Duels of the Planeswalkers/Spells of the Ancients'.
It has been modified to install and play on new operating systems
such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
It has been tested with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
It runs in a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.
This version includes Mok's Manalink 2.01 unofficial updates,
Smiling Spectre's Application Compatibility Fix to
correct graphics issues, and hundreds of new cards added by
the Magic The Gathering Community, released as of early March 2009!
The CD-Rom Features:
A professional grade installer that allows the user full control of the installation.
A reworked Autorun Menu featuring an animated splash screen and original CD artwork and sounds.
A new Tutorial Viewer. (Sorry, it's not interactive anymore, but all the info is still there.)
All the original manuals as PDF files. These are available from the program menu and the Tutorial Viewer as well.
The Installer Features:
Installer presentation with slide show and music from the original installer.
All the original registry entries are created by the installer.
The full game is installed already patched with manalink 2.01 plus
all the latest community card packs.
A new Magic the Gathering Launcher Application that allows for starting the
Deck Builder, Magic or Shandalar, and Character Generator directly from the Launcher.
The Manuals can also be viewed from the Launcher.
However, the BIG feature of the new installer is the fact that it automatically installs
Smiling Spectre's ACT Fix WITHOUT having to use the Application Compatibility Toolkit.
And everything still fits on a single CD-Rom disc too!
INSTRUCTIONS
The ISO image can be burned to disc with any CD burning program.
Alternately, you can mount the image in a virtual drive such as DAEMON TOOLS,
Slysoft.com's Virtual Clone Drive, MagicDisk from MagicISO.com, etc.
If the installer doesn't begin, navigate to the CD and run autorun.exe.
After that it is just a simple install process (that will look VERY familiar) ;)
* - Your OS should be installed on your C drive.
* - Do NOT Install to a long folder path!
The Application Fix does not work with long folder paths!
EXAMPLES:
---------
C:Program FilesMagicTG -GOOD!
C:Program FilesMagic the Gathering -BAD! Will have issues
After installing, the Install window will pop up again.
You can install the tutorial viewer at this time.
If you don't want to do that, then close the window.
* - Be sure to update the CardArtNew images. See CardArtNew Instructions.txt.
Launch the game from the Magic TG Launcher shortcut on your desktop or
the shortcut in the Programs menu.
* - The Launcher minimizes to the system tray, and you can have more than one open
at a time, so keep an eye on it.
* - Sometimes when starting or loading a game,
the display may not 'fill the screen' and the game will run
in a window in upper left corner of the screen. To correct
this, simply save, exit, then reload the game and it
should correct the issue.
* - When Starting a new Shandalar Game, it is
RECOMMENDED that you save your character's image before
proceeding, or you may not have a character at all!
To view the Tutorial, run C:Program Files (x86)MagicTGTutorial.exe or
see the shortcut in your Start/All Programs Menu.
CREDITS:
Mok for cracking and updating the game, and keeping it alive.
He proved it could be done even without the source code and with no help.
Without him none of this would be possible.
Bog Wraith, the most experienced DOTP user in the world, for his enthusiasm and support.
He kept the team together and the ball rolling. Go Canucks!
Hip63 for spending COUNTLESS hours making the installer, re-doing the tutorial videos,
integrating the ACT fix, making the installer work on Vista and Windows 7, etc etc.
Smiling Spectre for his invaluable ACT fix.
The guys in the new Manalink 2 forum at
http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=25 for continuing development.
(Go there to get all kinds of new stuff like cards, play modes and graphics.)
And of course the CCGHQ Team at http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum.
EXTRAS:
We have archived all the original game CD's at
http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=898
Come see us!
And most importantly:
Enjoy Every One!
Huggybaby
March 2010
'In March 2009, after the manalink.de forum had been down for some time, many contributors relocated to the Collectible Card Game Headquarters (CCGHQ) forum at SlightlyMagic.net, where development continues. More than 2,000 cards (the limit imposed by the original program) are now playable, by swapping different groups of cards in and out of the game. A 'Challenge Mode' and various other play modes have also been made possible, along with new artwork. All these changes are optional and involve compromises to the original game, most notably by making multiplayer unstable. The last major challenge involves expanding the Shandalar portion of the game. It is now understood how to do this---it involves expanding arrays using assembly language---but no competent programmer has yet been willing to spend the time.'
From the readme.txt
Magic the Gathering 2009 Edition (Updated March 2010).
A custom installer for Sid Meier's classic
Magic: The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers, Spells of the Ancients
Published by Microprose
Brought to you by Hip63 and the CCGHQ Team at SlightlyMagic.net
BEFORE:
Install Magic: The Gathering, Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Install Spells of the Ancients.
Try getting it to run with compatibility mode, which never reliably worked.
See your wizard move too fast in Shandalar. See missing cards in your deckbuilder.
See invisible text in game dialogues.
Spend hours and hours googling for solutions, and following dead links.
Finally, if you still had the time, motivation, knowledge and hard drive space,
give up and install a virtual machine, then Windows 95 or 98, then DOTP and SOTA all over again.
Be stuck with a limited selection of cards.
TODAY:
All those hassles have been obliterated with:
M A G I C : T H E G A T H E R I N G
' D U E L S O F T H E P L A N E S W A L K E R S '
- - - 2 0 0 9 E D I T I O N - - -
This is an updated installer for MAGIC: THE GATHERING
'Duels of the Planeswalkers/Spells of the Ancients'.
It has been modified to install and play on new operating systems
such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
It has been tested with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
It runs in a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.
This version includes Mok's Manalink 2.01 unofficial updates,
Smiling Spectre's Application Compatibility Fix to
correct graphics issues, and hundreds of new cards added by
the Magic The Gathering Community, released as of early March 2009!
The CD-Rom Features:
A professional grade installer that allows the user full control of the installation.
A reworked Autorun Menu featuring an animated splash screen and original CD artwork and sounds.
A new Tutorial Viewer. (Sorry, it's not interactive anymore, but all the info is still there.)
All the original manuals as PDF files. These are available from the program menu and the Tutorial Viewer as well.
The Installer Features:
Installer presentation with slide show and music from the original installer.
All the original registry entries are created by the installer.
The full game is installed already patched with manalink 2.01 plus
all the latest community card packs.
A new Magic the Gathering Launcher Application that allows for starting the
Deck Builder, Magic or Shandalar, and Character Generator directly from the Launcher.
The Manuals can also be viewed from the Launcher.
However, the BIG feature of the new installer is the fact that it automatically installs
Smiling Spectre's ACT Fix WITHOUT having to use the Application Compatibility Toolkit.
And everything still fits on a single CD-Rom disc too!
INSTRUCTIONS
The ISO image can be burned to disc with any CD burning program.
Alternately, you can mount the image in a virtual drive such as DAEMON TOOLS,
Slysoft.com's Virtual Clone Drive, MagicDisk from MagicISO.com, etc.
If the installer doesn't begin, navigate to the CD and run autorun.exe.
After that it is just a simple install process (that will look VERY familiar) ;)
* - Your OS should be installed on your C drive.
* - Do NOT Install to a long folder path!
The Application Fix does not work with long folder paths!
EXAMPLES:
---------
C:Program FilesMagicTG -GOOD!
C:Program FilesMagic the Gathering -BAD! Will have issues
After installing, the Install window will pop up again.
You can install the tutorial viewer at this time.
If you don't want to do that, then close the window.
* - Be sure to update the CardArtNew images. See CardArtNew Instructions.txt.
Launch the game from the Magic TG Launcher shortcut on your desktop or
the shortcut in the Programs menu.
* - The Launcher minimizes to the system tray, and you can have more than one open
at a time, so keep an eye on it.
* - Sometimes when starting or loading a game,
the display may not 'fill the screen' and the game will run
in a window in upper left corner of the screen. To correct
this, simply save, exit, then reload the game and it
should correct the issue.
* - When Starting a new Shandalar Game, it is
RECOMMENDED that you save your character's image before
proceeding, or you may not have a character at all!
To view the Tutorial, run C:Program Files (x86)MagicTGTutorial.exe or
see the shortcut in your Start/All Programs Menu.
CREDITS:
Mok for cracking and updating the game, and keeping it alive.
He proved it could be done even without the source code and with no help.
Without him none of this would be possible.
Bog Wraith, the most experienced DOTP user in the world, for his enthusiasm and support.
He kept the team together and the ball rolling. Go Canucks!
Hip63 for spending COUNTLESS hours making the installer, re-doing the tutorial videos,
integrating the ACT fix, making the installer work on Vista and Windows 7, etc etc.
Smiling Spectre for his invaluable ACT fix.
The guys in the new Manalink 2 forum at
http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=25 for continuing development.
(Go there to get all kinds of new stuff like cards, play modes and graphics.)
And of course the CCGHQ Team at http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum.
EXTRAS:
We have archived all the original game CD's at
http://www.slightlymagic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=898
Come see us!
And most importantly:
Enjoy Every One!
Huggybaby
March 2010