An old game I can't remember the name of - driving me NUTS

[DaveC]

Please help!

 

I recently remembered this game I used to play in the 90s / early 2000s, but I can't remember the name of it. I MUST KNOW, for some reason! It's making my brain crazy.

 

STUFF I REMEMBER ABOUT IT:

 

Top down RPG type game. Graphical style was 2D sprites, almost claymation-y. Your character is a druid-type dude with a green shirt and bald head whose main ability was summoning various magical creatures. The campaign was a series of arena-like encounters with enemy dudes who had similar abilities as your druid dude. 

 

Your druid dude starts every map standing on a mana stone. It looked like a celtic stone circle (the whole game had a celtic fee, now that I remember). This mana stone regenerated your supply of mana, which you could use to summon creatures (unicorns, goat-men etc.)

 

The game usually involved you moving from mana stone to mana stone, trying to take more of them than your enemy summoner, usually leaving a garrison of summoned creatures at stone circles while you moved to take over more stone circles and dominate the map.

 

OTHER STUFF I REMEMBER:

 

I think throughout the campaign there was an arch-nemesis called ''Panopticon', or ''Pendragon'' or something.

 

I know what I'm describing here sounds like the most generic RPG ever but the game sticks in my mind still. It's just been so long ago that I cannot remember for the life of me what it's called. It's kind of unsearchable too because of the generic themes.

 

Anybody?

[Bjorn]

Magic and Mayhem? 

 

It only sticks in my mind because it was created by Julian Gollop, creator of Xcom.

[Twig]

The only thing I can think of that doesn't really match your description is Mystic Towers. I really don't think it's the right game, but I never made it very far in the game (maybe like fifteen minutes before getting stuck!) and don't know all the details, so I figured I'd drop the name just in case.

 

[DaveC]

  On 2/3/2014 at 6:22 PM, Bjorn said:

Magic and Mayhem? 

 

It only sticks in my mind because it was created by Julian Gollop, creator of Xcom.

 

YES!! THANK YOU!

 

Ahem. 

 

Yes, that's the one. I was convinced its name was ''Might & Magic'', which makes no sense.

 

Interesting that it's a Julian Gollop game. I'm off to watch a playthrough. 

 

Twig, that's remarkably similar to the character I had in my head! I hope the game is as deep as I remember. 

 

Cheers again. 

[osmosisch]

I played a lot of that Magic & Mayhem game back in the day. It's closely liked with Nox in my mind as a couple of games that did magic well.

[Roderick]

Magic & Mayhem is fantastic and I played it a lot. Super charmy and a lot of fun choosing your spell loadout.

 

Mystic Towers (!!!) I also played a lot on our old 386 computer. It was hard as balls. Maybe because I was a kid and didn't understand what the hell was going on.

[Bjorn]

Who would have guessed that looking for a retro game with a bald, green clothed druid would have multiple options?

 

Mystic Towers looks crazy familiar, but I can't honestly remember if I ever played it or not.

[Dr Wookie]

Wow, never played it, but it looks very Julian Gollop! I loved Chaos, and later Lords of Chaos, and the description by the OP made me think of these games.