1996 · Eidos Interactive · Adventure

Kingdom O' Magic

Kingdom O' Magic is a parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, and features the voice talent of John Sessions.

Released: 31 July 1996
Platforms: MS-DOS
Genres: Adventure
Developers: Eidos Interactive
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Side view
Themes: Fantasy Comedy
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Kingdom O' Magic is a video game released by Sales Curve Interactive in 1996. It is a comedic point and click adventure game parodying fantasy fiction. It can be played with either of two available protagonists, Thidney or Sha-ron.

Kingdom O' Magic was planned for release on four different systems: MS-DOS, PlayStation, Macintosh, and Sega Saturn. However, only the MS-DOS version was ever released.

Keywords

surrealism
parody
satire
surreal comedy

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player is surrounded by many NPCs moving around, such as karate elves fighting against and ringwraiths. The player can interact with non-hostile characters, triggering a dialogue tree. Talking is handled by choosing from multiple responses, leading to different directions of conversation.

Combat occurs when approaching a NPC with a weapon selected. All violence is covered by a cloud as seen in many cartoons, and then the two combatants walk away as if nothing had happened.

Story

In the beginning, the player can choose between two protagonists: Thidney the Lizard Bloke (voiced by John Sessions) or Shah-Ron the Girlie (voiced by Lani Minella) from planet Comely. According to the on-screen descriptions, Thidney is skilled in combat and Shah-Ron is skilled in magic.

There are three quests: