<s>
Asterix	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
Carpet	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Thomson	B-Device
TO8	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
home	O
computers	O
and	O
for	O
PCs	O
running	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
eponymous	O
volume	B-Application
28	I-Application
of	O
the	O
popular	O
French	O
Asterix	B-Application
comic	O
books	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asterix	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
Carpet	I-Application
starts	O
as	O
a	O
graphical	O
adventure	O
game	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
chooses	O
a	O
character	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
with	O
a	O
cursor	O
and	O
selects	O
what	O
he	O
should	O
say	O
,	O
which	O
then	O
influences	O
how	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
plays	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occasionally	O
,	O
there	O
a	O
Pac-Man-like	O
mini	O
arcade	O
games	O
where	O
Asterix	B-Application
has	O
to	O
defeat	O
legionnaires	O
,	O
wild	O
boars	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
enemies	O
in	O
a	O
maze	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Obelix	O
who	O
oscillates	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
in	O
a	O
fixed	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
maze	O
.	O
</s>
