...why the basic idea of the game has not been picked up again in modern times. Collecting mana, building a castle, upgrading spells and all that "on the fly" fighting other players would make a perfect internet game for today. Or sort of a coop-mode where you try to clear levels with a friend or two. Hm. Back on the 486 the graphics were among the most amazing to be seen. A lot was already in 3D (landscape, could be shaped and twisted with spells), the effects were gorgeous (still remember the first time I saw those transparency effects) and what was really mind boggling was how the mana blobs sort of got together to form bigger blobs. Played this with a friend (think we had a direct cable connection of two computers over LPT ports but too long ago actually) and it was real fun.
