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Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest

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Game Information

Original Release Date: August 31, 1995

Platforms: DOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Involved Companies: New World Computing, New World Computing, The 3DO Company

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Summary: Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for DOS. A spin-off of New World Computing's Might and Magic series of role-playing video games, the success of Heroes of Might and Magic led to a number of sequels. In 1996, NWC released an updated version of the game, ported to Windows 95. This new version included a map editor, random map generator, CD audio, and new scenarios. As a bonus, King's Bounty was also included on the CD.

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This work is part of CSCI E-114, Web Application Development with Jamstack, Harvard Extension School. All video game data was obtained from The Internet Game Database (IGDB).