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Revision as of 21:50, 16 July 2021
This page is for the original 1994 game. For the remake, see Master of Magic (2022).
Developers | |
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Simtex | |
Publishers | |
DOS | MicroProse |
Japan | Locus Company |
Digital | Atari |
Digital | Slitherine |
Release dates | |
DOS | September 1, 1994 |
Windows | December 12, 1997 |
Windows (DOSBox) | April 27, 2010[1] |
Linux (DOSBox) | May 12, 2015[2] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Genres | 4X, TBS |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Master of Magic |
Master of Magic | |
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Master of Magic | 1994 |
Master of Magic (2022) | 2022 |
General information
- Official forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Windows version was only released in Japan.[3] | |||
Publisher website | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[4] | |||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate (unavailable) |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Caster of Magic |
Essential improvements
Unofficial patch
- There is also an unofficial, community-driven patch, pushing the game version to 2.0. It's solely game-balancing and therefore is recommended for experienced players. You can find it here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1146370/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1146370/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (when using DOSBox). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German |
Issues fixed
Poor performance
Change video settings[citation needed] |
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The game runs at standard VGA resolution and being a turn-based strategy, doesn't really require lots of horsepower. However, you may want to speed up its execution by trying out the following:
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Disable music[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
The game is rather poorly written. Even with the latest patch (1.31) it may unexpectedly crash.
Furthermore, the game may slow all by itself if there are many units on the map. This may lead to the game being unstable, so if you encounter such condition try killing enemy units (massively) and saving often. The game saves your progress by itself every turn, upon pressing the Next turn button. However, you can force it to save anytime by pushing F10.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386SX | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 220 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1146370/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1146370) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.