Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse (1994) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse

Al Qadim: The Genie's Curse features a new and improved interface and game engine. The perspective is that of a slant-overhead view that allows you to guide your character through the adventure. In comparison…

31 December 1994

What Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse is

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse is an adventure game developed by Cyberlore Studios and released in 1994. It was published by GOG.com. It is available on DOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

As the youngest son of a Noble Merchant, an easy life lay before you. But the call of adventure beckoned, and so, you left your home for a life of action and danger. Sea serpents, storms and tattered sails have all proved perilous as the years passed. You've taken ships and defeated fiends, at the side of your instructor, the Master Corsair Sinbar. But your thoughts always return to Kara, the Caliph's beautiful daughter. It is for her you devote your skill and honors. And it will be her hand in marriage that will be your reward for attaining your goal of becoming a Corsair. Your adventure begins now, on the hidden isle where Sinbar tests his pupils.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series

Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse is the 38th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager in 1994.

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