Software:The Price of Magik

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Short description: 1986 video game
The Price of Magik
The Price of Magik cover.jpg
Developer(s)Level 9 Computing
Publisher(s)Level 9 Computing
SeriesTime and Magik
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
Release1986
Genre(s)Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single-player

The Price of Magik is the third game in the Time and Magik trilogy.

Gameplay

Sequel to the previous game; Myglar the Magician, guardian of the Crystal, has become insane and is draining its energy for his own use; he must be defeated before it is exhausted.

Reception

John Sweeney for Page 6 said "this adventure is excellent value for money. Congratulations on another great game, Level 9."[1]

Amtix said "No doubt the game will be another smashing success. It's just a pity that all their imagination seemed to be exhausted in well hidden ideas and nothing was left to beef up the plot or flavour the atmosphere."[2]

Keith Campbell for Commodore User said "as with all Level 9 games, one can only say, 'Their best yet!'"[3]

Rob Steel for The Games Machine said "There is nothing to bind the adventure together, it is simply a number of rooms containing unexciting creatures, clues to one of the 18 spells or nothing of interest."[4]

  • Sinclair User, review of The Price of Magik:

    "... further proof of Level 9's position as the leading UK adventure house... Everything in The Price of Magik is for the best - plot, parser, graphics, and above all the execution of the game."[5]

Reviews

  • Aktueller Software Markt (German)[6]
  • MSX Gids (Dutch)[7]
  • Computer and Video Games - Jul, 1986
  • Sinclair User - Jul, 1986
  • Crash! - Jul, 1986
  • Zzap! - Jul, 1986[8]

References