Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds (Every FPS Ever Made)
1The evil demon lord Vissuluth has taken control of the realms of the Netherworld. Once prosperous lands have been infested with monsters and several evil wizards, Vissuluth's side-kicks, are up to no good either. Fortunately the magician Kafkar knows a promising young apprentice who may stand up to Vissuluth. You're that apprentice!
Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds is the sequel to Magic Carpet and uses a new 3D engine to produce better looking graphics. New spells and monsters are also included. It's an action game with some elements from other genres thrown into the mix. The biggest part of the gameplay is FPS action. You fly around on your magic carpet, clearing levels by killing monsters and battling other wizards. Instead of guns, you use offensive spells like fireball, meteor, lightning, tornado etc.
Every monster you kill leaves behind a certain amount of mana which you can possess and store in your castle. You need this mana to cast spells and if you store it in your castle other wizards can't steal it (in some levels you need to defend your castle from attacks by monsters and rival wizards). With enough mana you can upgrade your castle which allows you to cast more powerful spells. During the course of the game you'll get all kinds of new spells and improve the ones you already have.
Like many other games by Bullfrog Magic Carpet 2 is also a bit of a god game. Many realms are inhabited by neutral citizens; you can help them by destroying monsters that attack them or destroy their cities yourself. You can also completely transform each game world with spells like volcano, earthquake and gravity well.
Developed by: Bullfrog Productions, Ltd.
Published by: Electronic Arts Ltd.
Released In: Sep 29, 1995
German version
Translations how they should not be. On the back of the German cover the advertisement want to state that Magic Carpet 2 is still an action game and that the action is faster than before. Unfortunately the word "action" was also translated and now the advertisement state something about faster activity and activity parts within the game. Strange, they have managed to keep the word "action" within the first sentence of the advertisement.
Intel
Magic Carpet 2 features several references to the Intel Pentium processor. In several of the regular levels you can find an entrance to bonus Demon Lord levels. While these Demon Lord are being loaded, briefly a screen with the Intel Inside logo and the message "Pentium processor detected, configuring for optimal performance" is shown. The funny thing is, you also get to see this message when your PC is equipped with an AMD processor.
Music
One of the advanced command line parameters for executing this game from CDROM is: NETHERW -MUSIC2 which allows the gamer to listen to alternative music from the original Magic Carpet.
Awards
PC Player (Germany)
Issue 01/1996 - Best 3D Action Game in 1995
Power Play
Issue 02/1996 – Best ActionGame in 1995
DOS
Business Model Attribute Image Commercial
Minimum CPU Class Required Attribute Image Intel i486 DX2
Minimum OS Class Required Attribute Image PC/MS-DOS 5.0
Minimum RAM Required Attribute Image 8 MB
Media Type Attribute Image CD-ROM
Minimum CD-ROM Drive Speed Required Attribute Image 2X (300 KB/s)
Video Modes Supported SuperVGA, VESA, VGA
Sound Devices Supported Adlib, Adlib Gold, Ensoniq Soundscape, General MIDI, Generic MPU-401 MIDI devices, Gravis Ultrasound / ACE, Microsoft Sound System, PC Speaker (Tweaked), Pro Audio Spectrum, Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I), Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE32, Sound Blaster Pro
Input Devices Supported Gravis Gamepad, Attribute Image Keyboard, Attribute Image Mouse, Attribute Image VR Helmet/Headset
Controller Types Supported Analog Joystick
Multiplayer Options NetBIOS
Number of Offline Players Attribute Image 1 Player
Number of Online Players 2-8 Players
Miscellaneous Attributes Attribute Image 3-D Glasses, Audio CD Tracks, Math co-processor
Notes Supports cardboard 3-D Glasses
Hi-Res mode requires 16 MB RAM.
You Can Buy The Game Here: https://www.gog.com/en/game/magic_carpet_2_the_netherworlds