About this game
Star Wars: Behind the Magic is a 1998 multimedia CD-ROM from LucasArts.
Summary
Behind the Magic is spread over two discs and includes video clips of the making of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. A wealth of imagery is presented through more than 2,500 photos, 600 pieces of production art, 30 models, 40 minutes of digitized video, 20 minutes of audio, and 30 ship schematics, plus a searchable database with more than 700 glossary terms.
Development
Behind the Magic was shown by LucasArts behind closed doors at E3. Rumors circulated online that the title that would feature the first movie trailer for Star Wars: Episode One, but that was denied. It was compiled in one and a half years.
Reception
The Daily Chronicle said “More than anything, Behind the Magic is the kind of CD-ROM you can get completely lost in, not just because of the content but because of the proverbial bells and whistles”
Romanian magazine PC Gaming gave Star Wars: Behind the Magic a score of 92 out of 100
Entertainment Weekly ranked Star Wars: Behind the Magic as the best CD-ROM of 1998. It was also a finalist at the DICE Award’s for PC Family Title of the Year.
References
External links
- Official website (archived)
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