Magic: The Gathering Official Trailer (1997, Microprose)

Magic: The Gathering is a computer game published by MicroProse in April 1997 based on the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering.
The game takes place in the plane of Shandalar, where the player must travel the land and fight random enemies to gain cards, and defeat five wizards representing the five colors. The player must prevent one color from gaining too much power, and defeat the planeswalker Arzakon, who has a deck of all five colors. Adventure game and role-playing game elements are present, including inventory, gold, towns, dungeons, random battles, and character progression in the form of new abilities and a higher life point total. An oversized version of Aswan Jaguar was included in the game box.

The game is playable in several modes: a single-player campaign, a duel or tournament against computer-controlled opponents, and later a multiplayer experience added by the Manalink add-on. All three share the same duelling interface, which is based on the mechanics of the real-life Magic: The Gathering card game. In Duel and Multiplayer modes, the game allowed a player to construct his or her own deck (using a specialized Deck Editor), or to play with a randomly generated deck (simulating a "fresh pack of cards" as was the custom in various tournaments at the time). The single-player campaign however required the player to participate in a large-scale quest, during which he or she would endeavor to gather cards and thus be able to construct more powerful playing decks, hopefully powerful enough to defeat the campaign's chief antagonists.

Get the Demo! (It lets you play using 5 premade decks, one for each colour:
http://www.4shared.com/file/119050987/b205a4a/MTGDemo.html

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[R0gueB0y123]

can i be the first to dislike?

[Shyranis]

@R0gueB0y123 If you want, but why? I always like to learn people's opinions =)

[bibbyDK8300]

"4th Edition Cards"...and then Ancestrall Recall shows up among them?

[Shyranis]

@bibbyDK8300 They had various more famous cards that came out before 4th edition, and a handful of cards made specifically for the game as well.

[Mightypoo007]

MANA BURN!

[Ihateworking1]

If anyone has actually played this game it is ridiculously fun. It gives you a good idea of how fun MTG was before that idiot Rosewater and his idiotic dork buddies stole and ruined Richard's game.

[Hapseleg]

BATTLE THE COMPUTER!

12 NEW CARDS!

this game was so hard :(

[imblue7]

@Ihateworking1 Dude i just saw this vid in 2011 and this game is fun. Everyone sayid it was stupid before they played including me but when i finally gave in to play i realized this is the shit!

[Ihateworking1]

@wildreams perhaps, its a great game though, i replay the freeware version every few years.

[wildreams]

@Ihateworking1 It was Sid Meier that made the game fun:p

[CrunchBogus]

I wish the new Duels of the Planeswalkers were like this game, but with online play. Sadly, that will never happen because it would cut into the profitability of Magic Online, and without full deck customization, I could take or leave the RPG/adventure elements.

[Liface]

@deacon9260 I got it on the underdogs, if that doesn't work, try bittorrent!

[deacon9260]

where can I download or play this online now?

[deacon9260]

@Liface Where did you get it? Can I get it now?