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- From: waveform@anna.az.com (Waveform)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Magic Candle
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 20:38:58 GMT
- Organization: Horizon Technologies
- Message-ID: <4dh2d2$tt@barad-dur.nas.com>
- References: <DKy623.3xB@freenet.carleton.ca> <2ac_9601120027@oku.ping.dk>
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- In article <2ac_9601120027@oku.ping.dk>,
- Jan Lund Thomsen <kwed@oku.ping.dk> wrote:
- > > Does anyone have this game for the C64? Is it as good as the Ultima
- > > series?
-
- I have an original of the Magic Candle. Its an interesting Role Playing
- game. When considering the puzzles, the scope of the game, the size of
- the adventuring world... it could be considered on par with the Ultima
- series...
-
- When considering the user interface, the way it was coded, etc... it
- might be better to say it runs like a BASIC version of an ML program. =)
-
- Hehehe... all in all, though... its great fun, although I haven't had the
- time to play it through to completion, though.
-
- I do have one serious gripe with the game, though. It seems like the
- authors had the imagination to write a story, but not to come up with
- names for the characters. =) Most of the names of people and things
- appear to have been spit out by a random character generator. =)
-
- >Can't really tell, as I've never played any of the Ultima games. I do have an
- >original copy of "The Magic Candle" (and I don't want to sell it in case anyone
- >should wonder) and it looks pretty good. Even compared to my favourite C64-RPG
- >of all time: Wasteland.
-
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