Magic Carpet

Magic Carpet (Bullfrog/Electronic Arts, CD-ROM for PC, $49.95) A flight simulator without nasty complications, like landing, and a combat game without walls, Magic Carpet offers a whole world to roam. With artillery ranging from simple fireballs to full-blown volcanic eruptions, you can do some serious damage to your enemies, the landscape, and your equilibrium (avoid the complimentary 3-D glasses unless you have an iron stomach). Multiplayer network competition is possible, but only an office equipped with a score of fast Pentium boxes and double-speed CD drives can keep Carpet's normally brisk animation from slowing to a crawl. A- -Michael T. Rose