# Question about 'Master of Magic' (released 1994!)

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-master-of-magic-released-1994/747825 "2016-03-03T13:31:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-master-of-magic-released-1994/747825/1 "2016-03-03T13:31:00Z")

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OK, so Master of Magic was released over 20 years ago. :eek:  
I think it’s classic - and thankfully a company\* has issued a Dosbox version which plays beautifully under Windows.

So I’m enjoying this historic game - but I would like to reset the ‘Hall of Fame’ scores.  
However the game doesn’t seem to have an option for this.  
I found the gamefile which stores the information. It’s called HALOFAM.LBX - but I don’t know how to open that filetype.

Any suggestions?

- if you’re interested, they are GOG (Good Old Games.)

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-master-of-magic-released-1994/747825/2 "2016-03-03T14:03:29Z")

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If the info is really stored there (as opposed to being the image behind for example) perhaps installing the game from zero in a different folder and then copying the resulting HALOFAM.LBX over your current installation would do it.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-master-of-magic-released-1994/747825/3 "2016-03-03T14:29:09Z")

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> [@Frodo](#):
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> If the info is really stored there (as opposed to being the image behind for example) perhaps installing the game from zero in a different folder and then copying the resulting HALOFAM.LBX over your current installation would do it.

That’s a good idea - thanks!

(I’m pretty sure the scores are there - when I moved the file out of it’s set folder, the game wouldn’t work…

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-master-of-magic-released-1994/747825/4 "2016-03-03T14:48:22Z")

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Great game. Still one of my all time faves.