Wizard War in Magic Carpet

My brother and me battling in a multiplayer game of Magic Carpet. We were able to set the game up on modern computers for a local area network game using Dosbox. My brother is playing as ARAXT with red mana (he looks like Vodor from the campaign). I am playing as KEV with white mana.

A description of the Gameplay, from Wikipedia:

The player plays a wizard (on a magic carpet) flying over water, mountains, and other terrain while destroying monsters and rival wizards (which are controlled by the computer) and collecting "mana" which is gathered by hot air balloons and stored in the player's own castle.

Greater amounts of mana stored in the castle allow the player to cast more powerful spells. As the player expands the castle, it spawns additional mana-collecting balloons and armed guards that defend the castle against attacks by enemy wizards. Besides storing mana, the player's castle also serves as a home base for the player where he cannot be killed and where he can regain health and mana.

Victory is attained by storing in one's castle the necessary percentage of the total mana in the current level (or "world"), restoring it to "equilibrium". The total mana level is fixed in a given world (unless expanded by cheat codes), though it is not in free form and thus must be acquired by killing enemy wizards and monsters. Often, a necessary proportion of mana can only be released by the defeat of a high level wizard or powerful monster.

The magic carpet can be piloted in 3 dimensions, similar to a helicopter, although the player cannot roll and it is impossible to crash.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• magic
• carpet
• multiplayer
• lan
• dosbox
• dos
• msdos
• bullfrog
• wizard
• mana
• wyvern

[roystenvasey]

I really have no fucking clue what is happening in this video.

[KadeshSa]

@roystenvasey Haha okay, I have updated the description to try and help the people who don't understand the gameplay.

[JockamoGoon]

man, why haven't they remade this yet? it was killer!

[KadeshSa]

I totally agree. The lead designer of Magic Carpet, Peter Molyneux, is still around too. He's at Lionhead Studios, which has produced Black and White 1&2 and Fable 1&2. It seems that they are currently working on projects unrelated to Magic Carpet. It really is a shame.

[Epip6687]

There are no FPS games like this today. What a gold mine if someone recreates this game and markets it well. Imagine the possibilities for a new Magic Carpet?

[BiohazardBunney]

Back when games weren't about stories and rp and hot elves. They were just about strategy, and having fun.

[tidydannyboy]

This was an awesome game!! Needs to be remade for sure.

[NinjaRunningWild]

@DreamChasing Do a search for "NetWare DOS Client" and ipxnet. Then another for "magic carpet dosbox" to see how one guy set it up.

[leileilol]

it's like i'm really in 1994

[DreamChasing]

How did you set up the multiplayer?

[RetrogamerFTW]

GOG :D