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Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering is a Dreamcast game published and released by Sega in June 2001, though in Japan only. It takes place in the town of Magic Heart, the surrounding areas of Murg, Camat Island, Lydar Forest…

28 June 2001

Magic: The Gathering is a card & board game developed by Alfa System, released 28 June 2001 on Dreamcast.

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What Magic: The Gathering is

Magic: The Gathering is a card & board game game developed by Alfa System and released in 2001. It was published by Sega. It is available on Dreamcast only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Magic: The Gathering is a Dreamcast game published and released by Sega in June 2001, though in Japan only. It takes place in the town of Magic Heart, the surrounding areas of Murg, Camat Island, Lydar Forest, Yeluk, Tornell, and The Balance Tower. It includes cards from 6th edition, Alliances, and Tempest. The game included 10 cards unique to it, generally utilizing random mechanics that would be difficult to implement in real-life card play.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Magic: The Gathering series

Magic: The Gathering is the fifth of 18 entries we hold in the Magic: The Gathering series. It arrived 3 years after Magic: The Gathering - Armageddon. The next entry was Magic: The Gathering Online in 2002.

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What it launched against

Magic: The Gathering launched on 28 June 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street and Sonic Adventure 2.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2.

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When did Magic: The Gathering come out?
Magic: The Gathering was released on 28 June 2001 for Dreamcast.

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