Kingdom O' Magic
A point-and-click parody of fantasy fiction.
Kingdom O' Magic is a comedic point and click adventure game released by Sales Curve Interactive in 1996. It parodies fantasy fiction and offers a choice between two protagonists, Thidney or Sha-ron. Although planned for MS-DOS, PlayStation, Macintosh, and Sega Saturn, only the MS-DOS version was released.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Sales Curve Interactive
- Designer
- Fergus McNeill
- Released
- April 1996 (UK); August 1996 (NA)
- Genre
- Adventure
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- MS-DOS
Facts from the source article.
Themes
The game was written by television writer Alan Silberberg and filled with surreal humor. Its instruction manual claims it was first published in 1876 under a different title and that the CD-ROM version is calibrated for short people with red hair. Designed by Fergus McNeill, it parodies J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, featuring characters such as Don Elrondo of Rivendull and Queen Galadrag of De-Lorean. The closing credits play the theme to the 1970s British cartoon Roobarb.
Plot
Players choose between Thidney the Lizard Bloke, voiced by John Sessions, or Shah-Ron the Girlie, voiced by Lani Minella, from planet Comely. Thidney is skilled in combat and Shah-Ron in magic. Three quests are available: the Good, Old Fashioned, Traditional Quest; the Magnificent 7-11 Quest; and the Bizarre & Slightly Twisted Quest, which involves finding the Lost Lava Lamp Of The Ancient and defeating the Dark Lord.
Gameplay
The player encounters many moving NPCs, including karate elves and ringwraiths. Non-hostile characters can be engaged through dialogue trees with multiple response choices. Combat occurs when approaching an NPC with a weapon selected; violence is obscured by a cloud, and combatants walk away afterward. Magic spells supplement combat but their effects are largely unhelpful.
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