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Magic & Mayhem
Magic & Mayhem cover
Developers
Mythos Games
Publishers
North America Bethesda Softworks
Europe Virgin Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 1998
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Magic & Mayhem
Magic & Mayhem on HowLongToBeat
Magic & Mayhem on MobyGames
Magic & Mayhem on Wikipedia
Magic & Mayhem
Magic & Mayhem 1998
Magic & Mayhem: The Art of Magic 2001

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.1, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Scroll crash fix

Rename sound files[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\sounds.
  2. Rename Picview1 to 'Picview1'.
  3. Rename Picview2 to 'Picview2'.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
4 Versus
Online play
4 Versus
The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer MSN Gaming Zone

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References