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The Price of Magik

The Price of Magik is the sequel to the previous game; Myglar the Magician. The guardian of the Crystal has become insane and is draining its energy for his own use; he must be defeated before it is exhausted.

31 December 1986

The Price of Magik is an adventure developed by Level 9 Computing, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What The Price of Magik is

The Price of Magik is an adventure game developed by Level 9 Computing and released in 1986. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Price of Magik is the sequel to the previous game; Myglar the Magician. The guardian of the Crystal has become insane and is draining its energy for his own use; he must be defeated before it is exhausted.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Price of Magik 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 Price of Magik come out?
The Price of Magik was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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