Play The Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty Online

The Magic Candle II: The Four and Forty came out in 1991 for MS-DOS, developed by Mindcraft Software. It was a time when RPGs often relied on dense mechanics and exploration over hand-holding, and this game fit right into that tradition without much fanfare.

You control a party of adventurers, moving screen by screen across a large world, engaging in turn-based combat and managing resources like food and torches. Your main goal involves unraveling a central mystery tied to the Four and Forty, which requires careful dialogue with NPCs and thorough dungeon delving. The pacing is deliberate, sometimes slow, and the difficulty can be unforgiving if you rush ahead unprepared. Playing it feels like piecing together an intricate, patient puzzle where every discovery matters.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".