Enchanted Land
{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{for|the TV series|Enchanted Lands: Tales from the Faraway Tree}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Enchanted Land
| image = Enchanted Land cover.jpg
| developer = Thalion Software
| publisher = Thalion Software
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| released = {{vgrelease|EU|1990}}
| genre = Platform
| modes = Single-player
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Enchanted Land is a 1990 platform video game developed and published by Thalion Software for the Atari ST. An Amiga port was released later.
Gameplay
The game takes place in the fairytale land of Damiran. The source of magic, Heart of Lore, has broken into 100 pieces. The player is an old wizard, Krugan, who has been tasked to retrieve the pieces that are strewn across the land. The game is a scrolling platform game consisting of six levels. The game features nine different weapons that can be powered-up by potions that are found throughout the levels. Enchanted Land was the first game to use 4-plane multidirectional scrolling in full screen on the Atari ST.{{cite magazine |title=Le petit coin desdemos |journal=ST Magazine |date=January 1992 |issue=57 |pages=132–135 |url=https://archive.org/details/st-magazine-057/page/n131/mode/2up |publisher=SARL Pressimage |language=French |quote=premier jeu à utiliser un scrolling multidirectionnel 4 plans en plein écran, grâce à la technique du “hardscroll ST}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| ASM = 8/12 (ST){{cite magazine |last1=Hoogh |first1=Eva |title=Mit Blitz und Ball durchs Zauberland |journal=Aktueller Software Markt |date=April 1991 |volume=6 |issue=4/91 |page=42 |url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=6527 |publisher=Tronic-Verlag |language=German |quote=Preis/Leistung: 8/12}}
9/12 (Amiga){{cite magazine |last1=Rückert |first1=Lars |title=Konvertierungen - Enchanted Land |journal=Aktueller Software Markt |date=December 1991 |volume=6 |issue=12/91 |page=122 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/1/11/ASM_DE_1991-12.pdf#page=122 |publisher=Tronic-Verlag |language=German}}
| JS = 84% (ST){{cite magazine |title=Tests - Enchanted Land |journal=Joystick |date=March 1991 |issue=14 |pages=182–183 |url=https://archive.org/details/joystick014/page/n181/mode/2up |publisher=Sipress |language=French}}
| STFormat = 92%{{cite magazine |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Andy |title=Leisure - Enchanted Lands [sic] |journal=ST Format |date=March 1991 |issue=20 |pages=70–71 |url=http://www.atarimania.com/atari-magazine-issue-st-format-issue-20_1411.html |publisher=Future plc}}
| TILT = 14/20 (ST){{cite magazine |last1=Hautefeuille |first1=Olivier |title=Rolling Softs - Enchanted Land [Atari ST] |journal=Tilt |date=May 1991 |issue=90 |page=82 |url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt090/page/n81/mode/2up |publisher=Editions Mondiales S.A. |language=French}}
15/20 (Amiga){{cite magazine |last1=Harbonn |first1=Jacques |title=Rolling Softs - Enchanted Land [Amiga] |journal=Tilt |date=November 1991 |issue=95 |page=88 |url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt095/page/n87/mode/2up |publisher=Editions Mondiales S.A. |language=French}}
| rev1 = {{ill|ST Magazine|fr|ST Magazine}}
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Aktueller Software Markt reviewed the Atari ST version and criticized the overloaded graphics but praised the cutting-edge scrolling effect. It was recommended to try the game before buying. ST Format called the game "extremely addictive" and "an enjoyable, absorbing platform game". {{ill|ST Magazine|fr|ST Magazine}} called Enchanted Land "a very well made and enjoyable arcade game". Joystick said the game is not revolutionary but very well made technically.
According to Thalion's co-founder Erik Simon, the game was in development too long and sold less than expected.
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/54454/enchanted-land}}
- {{abime|id=2854}}
- {{atarimania|id=9228}}
{{Thalion Software}}
Category:Europe-exclusive video games
Category:Side-scrolling platformers
Category:Single-player video games