The Magic Candle

The Magic Candle (1989)

by Mindcraft Software, Sammy
Genres:Role-playing (RPG)
Themes:Fantasy
Game modes:Single player
Story:The Magic Candle is best described as an Ultima clone. Its a top-down party-driven RPG. The plot revolves around you (Lukas) and your party of intrepid adventurers, whose task it is to seal the demon Dreax within the Magic Candle (which is burning down, and when it does, he gets released). The game has 3 difficulty levels (changing the number of 'days' you get to complete the game in.) A lot of travelling, dungeon-crawling, town-exploring, and especially, lots of conversing with NPCs.Show more
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Played this way back when they first came out. Classic old school RPGs that would be fun to replay, or play for the first time for others who love classic games. Would love to own them forever on GOG!
user avatar@billborreuser avatar@billborre
March 10, 2025
I really appreciated the programmer's decision to list the speech stat required for the NPC. When I was playing Ultima I never knew if an NPC had some important information to disclose and my stat was just too low.
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