Heroes of Might and Magic

MS-DOS, Windows, Game Boy Color, Mac1995

  1. JP—
  2. NA1995
  3. EU—
  4. RU2003

Heroes of Might and Magic was first released as Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest; its Russian release is called Geroi Mecha i Magii. The easiest legal way to play it today is the GOG edition, which runs in DOSBox.

Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest is a turn-based strategy game designed by Jon Van Caneghem and developed and published by New World Computing for DOS in 1995. It is a spin-off of the Might and Magic role-playing series.

The story follows Lord Morglin Ironfist, who flees his homeworld through a portal and lands in Enroth, a land contested by four rulers. Players lead one of four factions: the might-based Knight and Barbarian or the magic-based Sorceress and Warlock, and battles take place on a hexagonal grid.

A Windows 95 edition followed in 1996, and a Game Boy Color port appeared in 2000. By October 1997 the game, Heroes II and its expansion had sold over 500,000 copies combined.12

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
NA Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic QuestEnglish Wikipedia: end of September 1995; Russian Wikipedia: 31 August 1995. MS-DOS 1995 New World Computing 1
NA Heroes of Might and MagicWindows 95 edition with a map editor, random map generator, CD audio and new scenarios. Windows February 1996 New World Computing 1
WW Heroes of Might and MagicPort by KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks; region not specified in the source. Game Boy Color 2000 — 2
RU Герои меча и магииOfficial Russian version localized by Buka, in the 'Platinum Series' compilation. Windows Apr 17, 2003 — 2

Also known as: Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest WW1Герои меча и магии RU2

Box art by region

  • Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest box art, North America release
    NA Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest

Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: Wikipedia.

Version differences

  • ContentWindows 95 (1996)

    The 1996 Windows 95 edition adds a map editor, a random map generator, CD audio and new scenarios, and includes King's Bounty on the disc as a bonus.1

Translations

  • German Official

    —Released

    GOG's edition lists English, German, French and Polish.3

  • Russian Official

    Buka2003Released

    Buka localized the game; the official Russian version, Geroi Mecha i Magii, came out on 17 April 2003 in the "Platinum Series" compilation.2

Where to play legally today

  • GOG Purchase

    Heroes of Might and Magic

    DOSBox

    Checked: 2026-10-133gog.com

How to run it today

Buy Heroes of Might and Magic on GOG. It runs in DOSBox and is verified on Windows 10 and 11.3

Reception

New World reported 100,000 copies shipped by mid-November 1995. Computer Gaming World gave it 5/5 and named it a joint Strategy Game of the Year, and Computer Games Strategy Plus picked it as best turn-based strategy game alongside Jagged Alliance.1

Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2ru.wikipedia.org
  3. 3gog.com

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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