C64 The Mystic Zone
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The Mystic Zone game data
Commodore 64 game name: The Mystic Zone | Release date:
2025 |
Publisher: 576 kByte |
Game media type: d64 |
Language: hu
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About Commodore 64 The Mystic Zone
The Mystic Zone – A Lost Hungarian Graphic Adventure Resurfaces
📆 Year: 1991
💾 Size: 2 disk sides
🎮 Status: Full Game
🔍 Findability: 3/5
👨💻 Coding: Balazs Kar
🎨 Graphics & Sound: Fly
📥 Source: Games That Weren’t – The Mystic Zone
🙏 Contributor: Csaba Virág
A forgotten gem of Hungarian game development has been recovered: The Mystic Zone, a full graphic adventure game created in 1991 for the 576 KByte magazine’s game development competition.
Originally planned for release by the magazine, the game never saw the light of day due to copyright issues. It was heavily inspired by a 1984 interactive book titled The Weird Zone by Christian Black, which was published in Hungary by Móra in 1986 and is believed to be one of the first Fighting Fantasy-style books released in the country.
In early 2025, Csaba Virág unearthed the complete game from a set of disks obtained from Zoltán Áprili (Zolee / Reds), then editor-in-chief of 576 KByte. The game was fully finished and spanned two disk sides.
This is a major preservation win for the Hungarian C64 scene. The game is currently only available in Hungarian, but here’s hoping an English translation will appear someday. Until then, Hungarian-speaking fans can enjoy a rare and unique adventure that was nearly lost to time.
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The Mystic Zone C64 keyboard mapping
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C64 emulator joystick - keyboard mappings| DIRECTION | JOYSTICK 1 | JOYSTICK 2 |
|---|---|---|
| LEFT | A | CURSOR LEFT |
| RIGHT | D | CURSOR RIGHT |
| UP | W | CURSOR UP |
| DOWN | S | CURSOR DOWN |
| FIRE | LEFT / RIGHT CTRL | LEFT / RIGHT SHIFT |