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Entry 27th July 2023: Post 1: Time and Magik - Level 9 The Lords of Time.


Time and Magik - Level 9 The Lords of Time.

I was looking back over some of my older blogs that were first
reported on Yahoo Groups back in 2017, and I came across something
I wrote regarding the trilogy of games Time and Magik by Level 9.
For some reason I was under the impression I was needing to track
down two games for the Amiga called Red Moon and The Price of Magik.
Thing was that all these games were released between 1983 and 1986
making them earlier than the Amiga. So what was the deal here.

Simple answer, I was wrong. The earlier trilogy of games were
released on a whole raft of early platforms from C64, Spectrum and
Atari. In 1988 Mandarin published the Trilogy of games under the
title Time and Magik. To my knowledge only Lords of Time has been
subsequently re-released in 1992.

OK, glad I cleared that up. I don't have the earlier non-Amiga
versions though I do have the Trilogy and Lords of Time.

The interesting aspect of these games is that originally they were
primarily text based games on the 8-bit platforms. The release of
the trilogy updated the games to include images.

The hero of Lords of Time is of the present and appears to be sent
back in time to recover various treasures. He does this by use of
a grandfather clock that acts as a time machine. Makes a change
from a wardrobe I guess.

The prices currently for these games tend to be bonkers expensive
from over the pond. I have noticed that most stuff from The States
is out of my price bracket. Worth keeping your eye open I guess.
I gave up pretty quickly searching for the games, but then like an
idiot I was attempting to buy 8-bit pre 1986 Amiga games.

Lords of Time dates from 1983, Red Moon 1985 and Price of Magik 1986.
Whatamistakatomake ... never mind. I'll get the hang of this retro
thing one of these days.
  

Time and Magik - Level 9 The Lords of Time.


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