From: "Gil Myers" <gmeyers AT logan DOT net>
Subject: Re: Need help making a zelda clone game
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Date: 23 May 97 04:35:19 GMT
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Paul Derbyshire <ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA> wrote in article
<5m0j4q$mcb AT freenet-news DOT carleton DOT ca>...
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> What the heck is a "magic carpet" map? Perspective view, or side scroll?
> (Like Faxanadu?)
> 

Neither.  It uses a a flying 3d perspective.  Kind of like a flight sim. 
The key feature is
that it renders a landscape with polygons. (as opposed to pseudo-voxel
types like
commanche, and the mars demo thingy that's out there.)

It got it's name from, you guessed it, the game 'magic carpet' 
(which is pretty neat by the way :) ).  There is a demo out there for DJGPP
called MCPFLY,  but I can't remember where I got it. (maybe simtel? maybe
x2ftp?)

Anyways,  that's my $.02