Hocus Pocus
Moonlite Software · 2014 · Action, Adventure, Platformer, 1990's, Retro
PC
Very Positive92% · 145 📉 Recent reviews down 83%
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About Hocus Pocus
This mission will take Hocus to 16 unique realms, each filled with unique dangers and enemies. Few have survived Terexin's final test. For many it's a one-way trip.
Along the way Hocus will encounter dragons, imps, ghosts and 30 more unique creatures, demons and enemies. Survive, and Hocus becomes a full-fledged, card carrying Wizard. The other option is not so favorable. After every two levels of play the level graphics, background and enemies completely change, giving this game unparalleled variety. Hocus Pocus is a action platform game, with exciting puzzles built into each level's structure.
Hocus is armed with a standard magic spell (he's not yet a full Wizard, after all), but he can find several potions that give him a temporary boost of magical energy. There are potions that give Hocus the ability to shoot rapidly, jump higher, teleport and fire a devastating energy blast, among others.
So Smooth, It's Magic: Smooth 360-degree scrolling, with a parallax background.
Six is the Magic Number: Over 6 megs of 256-color VGA animated graphics.
Monster Mayhem: Over 30 different monsters, four huge bosses and 36 huge levels.
A Wizard's Tale: Game saves, selectable skill levels and four cheat passwords!
Controller Support: Partial Xbox 360 Controller support.
Along the way Hocus will encounter dragons, imps, ghosts and 30 more unique creatures, demons and enemies. Survive, and Hocus becomes a full-fledged, card carrying Wizard. The other option is not so favorable. After every two levels of play the level graphics, background and enemies completely change, giving this game unparalleled variety. Hocus Pocus is a action platform game, with exciting puzzles built into each level's structure.
Hocus is armed with a standard magic spell (he's not yet a full Wizard, after all), but he can find several potions that give him a temporary boost of magical energy. There are potions that give Hocus the ability to shoot rapidly, jump higher, teleport and fire a devastating energy blast, among others.
Features
So Smooth, It's Magic: Smooth 360-degree scrolling, with a parallax background.
Six is the Magic Number: Over 6 megs of 256-color VGA animated graphics.
Monster Mayhem: Over 30 different monsters, four huge bosses and 36 huge levels.
A Wizard's Tale: Game saves, selectable skill levels and four cheat passwords!
Controller Support: Partial Xbox 360 Controller support.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Glad to see this classic on Steam. A truly fun platformer from the 90s Apogee era that sadly got a bit overshadowed by Raptor. It's your standard enemy shooting, treasure collecting fare a la Commander Keen, but the real magic (no pun intended) here is the graphics and the music. There's something very whimsical and fun here that cries out to my lost 90s child brain. It's worth a playthrough if you like that classic 90s gameplay.1 found this helpful
This is a game I played a few times as a kid. I randomly thought of it one day and checked to see if it was on Steam; I bought it and it gave me a nice bit of nostalgia for the weekend. This isn't a game that will be at the top of most people's list. Even for me, it is not the most amazing game I have played. It's a short game you can play that won't require a large time commitment and provides a good amount of fun for a dollar amount that is less than most things nowadays.
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ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE! WE WAZ THERE GANDALF, 3000 YEARS AGO (in the 1990s) WE PLAYED IT FROM THE SHAREWARE CD! IT WAS GLORIOUS! It is still. Glorious.
This is such a nostalgic trip for me, I remember playing this as a 6 year old on my dad's work laptop and always being bitter I didn't get to finish it. Now I can! It plays pretty well, I was surprised it doesn't feel "off" like some of these ports feel. The difficulty is decent and the gameplay is fun.
One of my favorite games since childhood. Quite challenging, lots of fun, nice secrets, a bit annoying especially with the trigger part, but all in all i reccomand it 100%. For the noobs there are 4 cheats : Code Effect FEELGOOD Full power BLAKE All keys BANANA Fire power QUARK Super fire power
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