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The Magic Show

by Jason Mac Innes

2004

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About the Story

A skilled magician, you expect it'll just be another night working at the dinner theatre. Or so the evening begins as you head out onto the stage to perform your usual feats of magic. But the night will be longer than you think and your magical skills will become a matter of life and death.


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Review by Greg Boettcher
Anyway, on the whole, The Magic Show is certainly worth a play. If I'm right about it being inspired by The Act of Misdirection, then I wish the author would have given credit accordingly. But, that aside, there is a lot to enjoy in this game. It's the best ADRIFT game I personally have played.
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Reviewed by Cobra1
Being a fan of magic, I couldn't help but try this widely mentioned game to see how it could stack up against the competition. The good news...it does. It does indeed...
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Review by Laurence Moore
https://delron.org.uk/reviews/magicshow.html
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Reviewed by David Whyld
Most items mentioned in the room description can be examined but there are a few lacking descriptions. The napkin is frustrating in that examining it reveals writing which supposedly can be read but "x writing" and "read writing" both return an error message. "Read napkin" works fine, however, and looks to a good luck message from one of the game’s testers.
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Recommended ADRIFT Games by Richard Otter
This is a list put together in early 2005 after a thread on the ADRIFT Forum It is not comprehensive, and not all of the games will appeal to everyone.

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This is a list of my favourite ADRIFT games, which I consider are well worth a look.




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