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Heavy on the Magick

Axil the Able stood in three inches of stagnant water and surveyed one of the most dismal dungeons he had ever been thrown into... 30 seconds earlier, he was sitting in front of the ox-roast in that famed…

31 December 1986

Heavy on the Magick is an adventure developed by Gargoyle Games, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

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What Heavy on the Magick is

Heavy on the Magick is an adventure game developed by Gargoyle Games and released in 1986. It is available on Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Axil the Able stood in three inches of stagnant water and surveyed one of the most dismal dungeons he had ever been thrown into... 30 seconds earlier, he was sitting in front of the ox-roast in that famed haunt of the Occult. The Golden Thurible engaged in his favourite pastime of Wizard-Baiting. What a good story Axil was telling - a new one about Therion, a certain Moon creature and a rather gullible Elf- really, the sudden silence ofhis audience should have warned him. The crowd parted as Therion strode across the floor, dangerous in all his 10 degrees. Therion raised a twig-like index ringer and flung Axil several hundred leagues across Graumerphy, into the dungeons beneath the dreary…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Heavy on the Magick launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Leaderboard.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Leaderboard.

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When did Heavy on the Magick come out?
Heavy on the Magick was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum.

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