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The Colour of Magic

A text adventure based on the Terry Pratchett novel of the same name.

31 December 1986

The Colour of Magic is an adventure developed by Delta 4 Software, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What The Colour of Magic is

The Colour of Magic is an adventure game developed by Delta 4 Software and released in 1986. It was published by Piranha. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Discworld series

The Colour of Magic is the first of 3 entries we hold in the Discworld series. The next entry was Discworld MUD in 1992.

See all 3 Discworld games in release order →

What it launched against

The Colour of Magic 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 The Colour of Magic come out?
The Colour of Magic was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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