The popular 1990's arcade adventure Slightly Magic has been remastered and restored by the original author/programmer Colin Jones. Combine objects with spells to activate, turn into a bird, a fish or even invisible!
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Sep 29, 2016
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“The graphics and presentation are excellent too – full of colour and some nice bits of animation… All in all, Slightly Magic is, well, absolutely ‘magic'”
94% – Your Sinclair

“Slightly Magic does what few other games do. It takes a garbage truck full of fun and makes daily deliveries!”
89% – Sinclair User

“The updated graphics are a wonderful edition to the game, and feel completely original yet modern at the same time. The enhanced musical score and retro-sounding voice tracks both add an enjoyable level of atmosphere to each area of the game. All of the modern improvements sucessfully build upon the original vision of the game, helping to make the 8-bit legacy edition of Slightly Magic one that every fan should experience.”
9/10 – GBAtemp

About This Game

Remastered and reprogrammed, here's the legacy edition of the popular 1990's game Slightly Magic.

Expanding on the arcade adventure style, Slightly Magic was noted for using spells to solve puzzles. Each spell has an ingredient which needs to be combined with the spell to activate it. Run, jump and dodge, collect items and spells, change your form and generally have a fun time in Slightly's world.

  • Original ZX Spectrum graphics by Chris Graham
  • Remastered and reprogrammed by the game's original author & programmer Colin Jones
  • Remastered soundtrack by Allister Brimble
  • Re-programmable gamepad buttons
  • Director's commentary
  • New secret rooms

Bigwiz the wizard has left the castle in a hurry, in order to turn the King’s son Newton back into a frog.
Indeed, he was in such a hurry that he forgot to pack his spare wand, forgot to lock his laboratory door, and most importantly, forgot to return his utterly stupid, idiotic, incompetent, brain-dead nephew Slightly to his parents’ mud hut in the hills.
Oh well, it could be worse. A sunburnt dragon could be running off with the beautiful Princess Croak as we speak. The wizard’s spell cabinet might have been knocked over by a Flaming Octarian Whirlwind, scattering the spells everywhere. His kingliness the King might, in a fit of blind panic, have given Slightly the wizard’s private spell book to read. It might rain.
You see, it could be worse. But as it is, there’s not a cloud in the sky, a breeze in the air, or a whiff of dragon’s breath to be sniffed.
Hang on, where’s that pink fire-breathing creature going with that screaming princess? Is that a gentle wind wafting in through the door, or is it something stronger?
Oh no. Get the washing in mother, and lock all doors. Cancel the papers, and shoot the cow. I think it’s going to be one of those days…

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macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows xp onwards
    • Processor: 2GHZ
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Hardware accelerated graphics with dedicated memory
    • Storage: 150 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Supported
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: OSX 10.8 or higher
    • Processor: 2GHZ Dual Core
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Hardware accelerated graphics with dedicated memory
    • Storage: 150 MB available space
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS or equivalent or later
    • Processor: 2GHZ
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Storage: 150 MB available space

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