<s>
Black	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
scrolling	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
by	O
Peter	O
Ward	O
of	O
Action	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Datasoft	B-Application
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
bird	O
can	O
carry	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
a	O
different	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
bat	O
in	O
Adventure	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
rank	O
begins	O
at	O
apprentice	B-Application
and	O
every	O
4000	O
points	O
a	O
new	O
rank	O
is	O
awarded	O
:	O
wizard	O
,	O
sorcerer	O
,	O
and	O
necromancer	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
stated	O
the	O
"	O
Certainly	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
current	O
crop	O
of	O
arcade/adventure	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
tasks	O
required	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
quest	O
are	O
quite	O
varied.	O
"	O
</s>
