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Magic Mountain

A ZX Spectrum text adventure where you must enter the titular Magic Mountain and recover the ancient Scroll of wisdom. But beware of poisonous spiders, monsters and magical traps!

31 December 1983

Magic Mountain is an adventure developed by Mike Farley, released 31 December 1983 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Magic Mountain is

Magic Mountain is an adventure game developed by Mike Farley and released in 1983. It was published by Phipps Associates. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An out-of-reach rope above a rock fissure is the only way into this Magic Mountain - or is it? Rumour has it that there are vast stores of treasure inside, but legends also tell of huge poisonous spiders, lizards and magic at work - you'll need more than just cunning to come out of this in one piece!
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Magic Mountain launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

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When did Magic Mountain come out?
Magic Mountain was released on 31 December 1983 for ZX Spectrum.

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