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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum	1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World	1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra	1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen	1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen	1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen	1994
Swords of Xeen	1995
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Might and Magic: World of Xeen is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Might and Magic series.

This game is formed by combining Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen and Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen (see instructions). Later CD-ROM versions have full speech for all dialogue.

General information

Can be played on ScummVM.^[1]

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Celestial Heavens' subforum

Supported by Where Are We? — an automapping and game data reference utility.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		CD-ROM versions have full speech. Use DOSBox.
GOG.com		Includes both speech and text versions. Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]

The floppy version needs the manual to answer copy protection questions (see keys_3_5.pdf for GOG.com).

Essential improvements

Combine Clouds of Xeen and Darkside of Xeen

Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen and Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen can be combined to form World of Xeen.

Later compilations have the games already combined (the title screen will say World of Xeen).

Combine the two games^[4]

Combine the games:
- If neither game is installed, run the Darkside installer and insert the Clouds disks when prompted.
- If only Clouds is installed, install Darkside into the same folder.
- If only Darkside is installed, run the Darkside installer again and insert the Clouds disks when prompted.
- If both games are already installed separately, move XEEN.CC and your saves into Darkside's folder.
Run the game from the new combined folder by typing XEEN. The game will have a new title screen.

Notes

New games use the Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen starting location. To change this, see Start World of Xeen in Darkside.

Start World of Xeen in Darkside

World of Xeen normally uses the Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen starting location.

This does not work for the full speech version.

Run without XEEN.CC^[5]
Rename `XEEN.CC` temporarily. Run the game. You will see the Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen title screen. Make a new save and start the game, then save and quit. Rename `XEEN.CC` back again. You can now start playing World of Xeen in Darkside from that save.

Fix for flickering/disappearing mouse cursor

If the game is running under DOSBox, the mouse cursor may flicker or even disappear in the top portion of the game screen.

Increase the "CPU Speed" value to 30 000 cycles

Either

Increase the value using the hotkeys Ctrl-F11/Ctrl-F12 — only affects the current game session.
Or edit the DOSBox config file to make the change permanent:
1. Open the config file in the game's directory: it is named dosboxMM4-5.conf for the GOG installation of the World of XEEN.
2. Find the section [cpu] inside the config.
3. Inside this section change the value named cycles to read cycles=fixed 30000.
4. Save and close the config, relaunch the game.
5. The DOSBox window title should now read DOSBox [version number], Cpu speed: 30000 cycles, ...

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\XEEN.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\XEEN.SAV <path-to-game>\XEEN.WOX
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)

Speech version saves are *.WOX instead of *.SAV.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Off by default; for cutscene subtitles disable speech in the installer.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail only. French audio in floppy disk only.
German				In the GOG.com version.^[6]
Spanish				Fan translation by Clan Dlan (authors: L@Zar0, raulpuro), download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	3.0	3.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel i486
System memory (RAM)	2 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	VGA
Other	1x CD-ROM drive

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7.0	9.2.2
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68030
System memory (RAM)	3 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 MB
Video card (GPU)	12" color monitor

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Might and Magic: World of Xeen - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-25
↑ New release: Might and Magic 6-Pack Limited Edition ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Garrett on August 29, 2013
↑ MM4+5: Any way to start in Darkside?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Might and Magic games in German ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[DOSBox_mounted-6] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

[scummvm-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Might and Magic: World of Xeen - ScummVM :: Wiki - last accessed on 2019-09-25

[2] New release: Might and Magic 6-Pack Limited Edition ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[3] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[4] Verified by User:Garrett on August 29, 2013

[5] MM4+5: Any way to start in Darkside?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[7] Might and Magic games in German ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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+{{Availability/row| GOG.com | might_and_magic_6_limited_edition | DRM-free | Includes both speech and text versions. Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with [[DOSBox]].<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general/list_of_gog_games_using_dosbox/page1|title=List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> | | Windows }}
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-{{ii}} The floppy version needs the manual to answer copy protection questions (see <code>keys_3_5.pdf</code> for GOG.com).
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 # Rename <code>XEEN.CC</code> temporarily.
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-{{Fixbox|description=Increase the "CPU Speed" value to 30000 cycles |fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Increase the "CPU Speed" value to 30 000 cycles |fix=
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 * Increase the value using the hotkeys Ctrl-F11/Ctrl-F12 — only affects the current game session.
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Developers

	New World Computing
Publishers
	New World Computing
	3DO
Digital	Ubisoft
Engines
	Xeen^[1]
Release dates
DOS	1994
Mac OS (Classic)	April 1995
Windows (DOSBox)	September 3, 2009^[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Might and Magic