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{{Infobox CVG
| title = Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter
| image = Majestic Part 1 Alien Encounter cover.jpg
| caption = 
| publisher = Piranha Interactive Publishing
| producer = Istvan Pely
| designer = Istvan Pely
| programmer = Istvan Pely
| released = November 1995<ref name="release date"/>
| genre = Point-and-click adventure
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]],<ref name="platform"/> [[Engineering:Macintosh|Macintosh]]<ref name="platform">{{cite web|url=http://www.piranhainteractive.com/products/majestic.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970403235252/http://www.piranhainteractive.com/products/majestic.htm|title=Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter|website=piranhainteractive.com|archivedate=April 3, 1997|accessdate=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
| alt = 
| writer = Sherban Young<br>Richard Sigler
| composer = Seth W. Jones
| artist = Istvan Pely
|developer =  Istvan Pely, Stephan Sherban, Seth Jones
}}'''Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter''' is a 1995 video game from Piranha Interactive Publishing.

==Development==
Majestic was developed by Loyola College students Istvan Pely, Stephan Sherban, and Seth Jones.<ref name="release date">{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Dresser|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103980333/the-baltimore-sun/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618164443/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103980333/the-baltimore-sun/|title=3 Loyola students create a hot computer game|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|page=39|archivedate=June 18, 2022|date=December 24, 1995|accessdate=June 24, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The game was developed with a budget of less than $9,000, financed largely by loans  from parents and the "maxed out" credit cards of the three partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103980272/the-baltimore-sun/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220618164443/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103980272/the-baltimore-sun/|title=3 Loyola students create hot computer game|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|page=40|archivedate=June 18, 2022|date=December 24, 1995|accessdate=June 24, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=''Electric Games''
|rev1Score=87%<ref name="EG">{{cite web|url=http://www.electric-games.com/reviews/majestic.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013231923/http://www.electric-games.com/reviews/majestic.html|title=Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter Review|website=electric-games.com|archivedate=October 13, 2007|accessdate=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
|rev2=''PC Games''
|rev2Score=41%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N047.1996.08-fl0n/page/n157/mode/2up|title=Majestic Part 1: Alien Encounter Review|magazine=PC Games|language=de|page=159|date=August 1996|accessdate=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
|rev3=''PC Spiel''
|rev3Score=3/5<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pc-spiel-1996-12/page/n129/mode/2up|title=Majestic|magazine=PC Spiel|language=de|page=131|date=December 1996|accessdate=June 24, 2022}}</ref>
}}

Electric Games gave the game a score of 87% stating "Good storyline. Graphics and sounds are all well-balanced. Answers to riddles could have been found in the game. A little short, but well worth playing"<ref name="EG"/>

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