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Monkey Magic

A mixture of a platform and ladders game and a horizontal scrolling shoot'em up that was published by Micro Design aka Solar Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.

31 December 1984

Monkey Magic is an arcade developed by Solar Software, released 31 December 1984 on Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore Plus/4.

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What Monkey Magic is

Monkey Magic is an arcade game developed by Solar Software and released in 1984. It is available on Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore Plus/4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A mixture of a platform and ladders game and a horizontal scrolling shoot'em up that was published by Micro Design aka Solar Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Monkey Magic launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Monkey Magic come out?
Monkey Magic was released on 31 December 1984 for Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore Plus/4.

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