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The Magic Fly is a spacecraft. It's fast, dangerous and, with you in it, is capable of getting rid of all the nasty folk who live inside a complex series of wire-framed (as opposed to solid colour) 3D tunnels in a planet. You have to destroy five tough objectives, four bases and an enemy fighter.

This makes for a huge game with totally excellent graphics - even by today's standards. When the full-price game was reviewed in STF 14 it got 91%, primarily for these incredible visuals. They're fast, too, making the gameplay something that has to be experienced. As well as destroying things, you must avoid destruction by various insect-related craft and static defences positioned in obscure and unlikely places. Luckily, you can collect some serious firepower to help you.

Magic Fly is a very complex game. Keyboard shortcuts help, but it's still a seriously thought-provoking challenge. If you're prepared to invest the time, Magic Fly delivers the goods.

1. Superseded now, but at the time Magic Fly had the best and fastest graphics around.
2. Intense and exciting gameplay makes it unleave-alone-able - almost as good as Starglider 2.