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Synopsis

Magic Carpet 1001 (called "Arabian Nights" in Chinese) is an unlicensed shoot-up developed by Mega Soft (NTDEC) and distributed by NTDEC in 1991, Caltron and Gluk Video in 1992 and Asder in 1993 as part of Asder. 20-in-1 multicart. Its Caltron 6-in-1 incarnation is undoubtedly the best known.
The game is a standard NES shoot-up. It is four levels long and takes place primarily in an Arabic setting, with the fourth level being in space. There are plenty of enemies that stand in your character's way (an Aladdin type who rides a magic carpet, although the title screen suggests he's a genie) that follow patterns that become more complex with each level.
Additionally, all four levels have a different boss. a witch, a snake in a flying pot, a giant skull and giant lips respectively, the latter often considered too difficult. Many power-ups can be collected randomly by eliminating a certain group of enemies before they disappear: upgrading your weapon, increasing player speed, an icon of your character's face for an extra life, hearts giving you several health points, and a magic lamp at the fourth level which maximizes your character's health. By default, your character starts with 6 lives, dies in one hit, and can only shoot once on the screen at a time.
Oddly for a shooter, this game has no scoring system and levels progress with the only warning when the screen fades after the boss. The ending is a shot of your character and (probably) the damsel in distress you save, followed by a credits screen that has some of the names that appear in other Mega Soft games.
This game was later hacked in 1995 to produce Aladdin III, which is identical to the title screen which removes the company name and logo, as well as decreasing the minimum speed of the protagonist. This appears on several multicards. He is also unrelated to Team Hummer's hacker.

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