The evil wizard Zahgrim has turned the good wizard Aganar to stone, removed his six eyes, and scattered them across the world, though always in the same locations, so they may view the destruction being reaped.[2] The player's objective is to find the six eyeballs.
Gameplayedit
The player moves through a large, vertically and horizontally scrolling world, picking-up food, arrows, and spells. Roaming enemies can be avoided or shot with arrows; the player can only shoot arrows while moving. The game plays differently depending on the order the eyes are recovered. When one is collected, stronger types of monsters appear in the world and travel becomes more difficult.
Resources are limited. Food is always on the verge of running out and arrows are in short supply. A large bird can carry the player to a different part of the world, similar to the bat in Adventure for the Atari 2600. Shooting the bird with an arrow makes it go away temporarily.[2]
Spells are gained by collecting scrolls. They provide alternate approaches to problems. For example, Vanish prevents damage from monsters and casting Chill on water immobilizes the creatures in it and allows the frozen surface to be walked across.[2] The player's rank begins at apprentice and every 4000 points a new rank is awarded: wizard, sorcerer, and necromancer. New spells are unlocked with each rank.
Once all six eyes have been found and placed in the Blind Statue's empty sockets, a message appears explaining how to end Zahgrim's rule over the land once and for all. The player is then able to enter Zahgrim's castle, a difficult maze of traps and monsters.
Receptionedit
The game was reviewed in 1987 in Dragon #124 by Hartley and Patricia Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers called it one of the better games in the arcade/adventure genre, due to its variety of tasks required to complete the quest.[3]
black, magic, video, game, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, black, magic, video, game, news, newspape. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Black Magic video game news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Black Magic is a multidirectional scrolling action adventure game written for the Apple II by Peter Ward of Action Software and published by Datasoft in 1987 Commodore 64 ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions were also released Black MagicDeveloper s Action SoftwarePublisher s DatasoftU S Gold UK 1 Designer s Peter Ward 2 Platform s Amstrad CPC Apple II Commodore 64 ZX SpectrumRelease1987Genre s Action adventureMode s Single player Contents 1 Plot 2 Gameplay 3 Reception 4 Reviews 5 References 6 External linksPlot editThe evil wizard Zahgrim has turned the good wizard Aganar to stone removed his six eyes and scattered them across the world though always in the same locations so they may view the destruction being reaped 2 The player s objective is to find the six eyeballs Gameplay editThe player moves through a large vertically and horizontally scrolling world picking up food arrows and spells Roaming enemies can be avoided or shot with arrows the player can only shoot arrows while moving The game plays differently depending on the order the eyes are recovered When one is collected stronger types of monsters appear in the world and travel becomes more difficult Resources are limited Food is always on the verge of running out and arrows are in short supply A large bird can carry the player to a different part of the world similar to the bat in Adventure for the Atari 2600 Shooting the bird with an arrow makes it go away temporarily 2 Spells are gained by collecting scrolls They provide alternate approaches to problems For example Vanish prevents damage from monsters and casting Chill on water immobilizes the creatures in it and allows the frozen surface to be walked across 2 The player s rank begins at apprentice and every 4000 points a new rank is awarded wizard sorcerer and necromancer New spells are unlocked with each rank Once all six eyes have been found and placed in the Blind Statue s empty sockets a message appears explaining how to end Zahgrim s rule over the land once and for all The player is then able to enter Zahgrim s castle a difficult maze of traps and monsters Reception editThe game was reviewed in 1987 in Dragon 124 by Hartley and Patricia Lesser in The Role of Computers column The reviewers called it one of the better games in the arcade adventure genre due to its variety of tasks required to complete the quest 3 Reviews editASM Aktueller Software Markt November 1987 Commodore User September 1987 4 References edit Black Magic at SpectrumComputing co uk a b c d Black Magic manual Commodore 64 Datasoft 1987 via archive org Lesser Hartley Lesser Patricia August 1987 The Role of Computers Dragon 124 92 96 Buciak Bohdan September 1987 Black Magic Commodore User No 48 p 38 External links editBlack Magic at SpectrumComputing co uk Black Magic at Lemon 64 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Black Magic video game amp oldid 1219396236, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
