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This page is for the original 1994 game. For the remake, see Master of Magic (2022).

Master of Magic
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
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
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
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
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
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
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German

Issues fixed

Poor performance

Change video settings^{[citation needed]}

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:

Enable frameskip -- values of 1 or 2 should be perfectly acceptable.
Disable Expanding Help option under Game -> Settings.
Disable Movement Animations option under Game -> Settings.

Disable music^{[citation needed]}

Choose Game -> Settings and uncheck Background music and Event music.
If that doesn't help, try running installation program and choosing No Sound for music playback device.

Notes

The in-game music management is rather poor -- not every track is being used and it quickly becomes repetitive. If you want to listen to a soundtrack while playing the game, it can be easily obtained from the Internet in the MIDI format. Try playing it in the background using your favourite music player. This way you'll be able to listen to tracks, you'd normally wouldn't hear and your game will perform better.

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
DOS video modes	VGA

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

DOS
	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
	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
	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 the cloud_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.

References

↑ New release: Master of Magic - GOG.com
↑ CHANGELOG - Master of Magic, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
↑ Master of Magic - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2021-05-11
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[DOSBox_mounted-5] 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 the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[Proton_path_note-6] 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.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1146370/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (1146370) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] New release: Master of Magic - GOG.com

[2] CHANGELOG - Master of Magic, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

[3] Master of Magic - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2021-05-11

[4] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com

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Developers

	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
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Top-down view, Isometric
Genres	RPG, TBS
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Master of Magic