Magic Carpet Plus™

The short of it is that this game did not age well. I absolutely loved both Magic Carpet games in my youth. But coming back to them now, it just doesn't work anymore. It starts of with being difficult to get the game running at the right speed - it's either too fast or choppy pretty much all the time, even after tuning DosBOX as much as possible. Then, as many have already said, the controls are not great. More importantly though, the gameplay isn't quite there either. Just a lot of zooming around shooting and getting damaged by ambushes in a way that doesn't feel very communicative of what's going on. Lots of good ideas, but really just a mash of half-baked execution of most of them.

The controls are among the most awkward and frustrating I have ever encountered. Also the entire layout of the game is uninspired. I didn’t think I’d like it, but I heard great things so when I saw it was on sale I thought I would try it. But my instincts were right and I don’t like it at all.

Controls just outright suck. I don't think there's much here that warrants playing this.

pls, second magic carpet is much better.

It really looks dated by today's standards in graphics, but the gameplay is still a lot of fun. I prefer Magic Carpet 2, but I remember spending hours on this game on my Pentium Pro 200Mhz PC. The 1990's were really an innovative time in the video game industry with all the evolving hardware tech of that decade. Looking at the screenshots it is hard to believe how short the field of view is. Ouch! The gameplay is the true gem in this title.