Be stuck with a limited selection of cards. It has been tested with both bit and bit versions. It runs in a screen resolution of x This version includes Mok's Manalink 2. A reworked Autorun Menu featuring an animated splash screen and original CD artwork and sounds. A new Tutorial Viewer.
Sorry, it's not interactive anymore, but all the info is still there. All the original manuals as PDF files. These are available from the program menu and the Tutorial Viewer as well. All the original registry entries are created by the installer. The full game is installed already patched with manalink 2. The Manuals can also be viewed from the Launcher. And everything still fits on a single CD-Rom disc too!
If the installer doesn't begin, navigate to the CD and run autorun. The player's responsibility is to travel the world of Shandalar, dueling creatures and wizards for control of the magical land.
As play progresses, the player will discover new cards hidden on the map, as well as have the opportunity to buy those of his choosing. He will encounter dungeons and crypts populated by monsters of different varieties, each equipped with a deck of Magic cards accentuating strengths in certain types of magic. When an enemy is encountered, the player will be taken to the Duel screen to fight the battle.
Overall, this is an exceptional game with a few, very minor difficulties that do not detract from the finished product. MicroProse has done an outstanding job in translating what is a very difficult and complex game into a product that is accessible for both novices and experts alike. Graphics: Although I have heard a few complaints about the graphics used for the adventure map of Shandalar, the average player will not spend enough time there to be concerned with this. The graphics in the Duel portion of this game are remarkable, with some cards showing a real, 3D look in bit graphics mode.
Sound: The sound is occasionally scratchy, and it sounds to me as though some sounds play louder than others. However, this is a minor quibble. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET.
Download Now. The Download Now link will download a small installer file to your desktop. Remain online and double-click the installer to proceed with the actual download. Developer's Description By Wizards of the Coast.
Collect cards, build decks, and duel other Magic players right from your computer. All you need is Windows and an internet connection. Challenge real Magic players whenever you want, day or night, in the biggest Magic game room around. Full Specifications. What's new in version 3.
Perhaps Battlegrounds deserves credit for being realistic. This means that Battlegrounds makes it almost impossible, at its current pace, to manage ten spells at a time. Your options are very limited, unless you feel like memorizing arcane combos like K-O-L to drop a gorilla and then I-J-J to cast Giant Growth on it and I-L-J to pop off a quick Untamed Wilds for extra mana for your Silverback gorilla I-K-J on the keyboard , with a close eye on your Tranquility enchantment destroying spell I-L-K depending on what the other wizard is doing.
It really is an abysmal game-scuttling way to design an interface. However, as a quick-and-dirty fighting game in which each wizard has just a couple of spells, it's manageable. The arcade mode, in which you choose a wizard and fight a series of opponents to unlock later wizards, is an example of how you can approach it as a streamlined fighting game.
In fact, many of the missions in the campaign mode are like puzzles you solve by crafting your spell book before a fight. There are only fourteen spells for each of the five colors of mana. You can combine two colors, but dual-colored spell books are often being beaten before they can get underway. This makes Battlegrounds less of a game you win by on-the-fly thinking and more of a game you win by building a strategy around a few spells and then relying on your reflexes.
This means multiplayer games are fast, furious, and often won before they've even begun. The graphics are serviceable, with a 3D engine doing a decent job of rendering a range of creatures from sniveling little goblins to large flapping dragons to old Magic standbys like Sengir vampires, Llanowar elves, and Mahamoti djinns. The backgrounds are nicely detailed and animated, but have no bearing on the gameplay. The view zooms in and out as the wizards move around.
While this works in a game like Star Control where the two-player ships are the only things you really need to see, here it makes it difficult to keep track of your support creatures and the mana that you have to pick up.
Battlegrounds is ultimately an ill-conceived attempt to bring the Magic card game license to a PC action game. It goes halfway towards inventing a new genre, but it can't decide whether to invent the action-RTS or the tactical-fighting game, so it ends up just awkwardly defying any sort of established gameplay conventions. One of the best computer translation of a non-computer games ever made, MicroProse's Magic: The Gathering not only deserves a Hall of Fame status for its faithful rendition of Wizard of the Coast's blockbuster trading card game of the same name, but also for the numerous innovations that are only possible as a computer game.
For the uninitiated and have never played Master of Magic before , Magic: The Gathering the card game pits two players, as powerful wizards, against each other in a magical duel, where each wizard can cast spells, summon monsters, and invoke various enchantments or curses. The game is turn-based, with each turn comprising several phases. The rules are too intricate to go into detail here - suffice it to say that there are 5 colors, i.
Blue, for example, is water, which prefers illusions and guile. Green, on the other hand, represents Earth.
You will therefore find many regeneration cards and forest creatures in this discipline.
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